Patent ID: 9064290
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of inspecting an asset, comprising: providing on a mobile computing device a graphical user interface indicating a plurality of pre-defined elements of the asset to be inspected and a plurality of types of data that may be entered, and for entering data in predefined fields in formats appropriate to each element and type of data; receiving via the graphical user interface a selection of one or more of the plurality of pre-defined elements of the asset to be inspected; receiving via the graphical user interface one or more of the plurality of types of data for each selected element; automatically annotating the received data with the current time and the geo-location of the mobile computing device; displaying on the graphical user interface a score indicating completeness of the received data, the score determined in part by comparing the received data for at least two of the pre-defined elements to an expected set of data; transmitting the received selection and annotated data to a server; storing the received selection and annotated data on the server in a manner in which they may not be modified, thereby creating an audit trail of the received selection and annotated data.