Patent ID: 8364546
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for automatically generating work orders for a restroom comprising; sensing a state for each of a plurality of fixture sensors; sensing a nonfixture state from a non-fixture sensor associated with the restroom; communicating the sensed states to a controller; determining by the controller a state of a non-sensorized restroom fixture not associated with one of the plurality of fixture sensors based on inference from the sensed states, the non-sensorized restroom fixture not in communication with the controller; for each of a plurality of types of consumable dispensers within the restroom, calculating the use of a consumable based upon the sensed state of at least one of the plurality of fixture sensors and one or more of, the sensed state of the nonfixture state from a non-fixture sensor associated with the restroom, and the determined state of the non-sensorized restroom fixture by, for each of the plurality of types of consumable dispensers, applying a fixture to consumable correlation factor associated with the fixture sensor; determining by the controller when the total amount of consumable used for each of the plurality of types of consumable dispensers surpasses a predetermined threshold; and issuing a work order for replenishment from the controller, indicating the type and amount of consumable to be replenished for which the respective threshold has been surpassed.