Patent ID: 7606919

Claim:
A system for managing operational facilities, the system being of the type which utilizes predefined events to carry out managing operations for the facilities, said system comprising: at least one server configured to receive the predefined events from a client, the predefined events, including a job site set-up event; at least one client having a unique login identity and configured to selectively send the predefined events to said server via a communication link; and, said at least one server being configured to perform a clearinghouse function and selectively store data from each client in a database, and to selectively authorize predefined events by each client according to said login identity of each such client, to selectively schedule predefined events in response to data stored in said database and to monitor the status of all events stored in said database; wherein during said job site-setup event said authorized client is configured to execute: a contact-setup event that allows said authorized client to input and edit contact data for said job site data; a vendor-setup event that allows said authorized client to input and edit vendor data for said job site data; an inspection-setup event that allows said authorized client to input and edit inspection data for said job site data; and, a special-actions-setup event that allows said authorized client to input and edit special-action data for said job site data.