Patent ID: 6993576

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 adapted to receive the predefined events from a client and forward said events to a clearinghouse via a communication link, the predefined events, including a job site set-up event; at least one client having a unique login identity and adapted to selectively send the predefined events to said server via said communication link; and, a clearinghouse connected to each said server and each said client via said communication link for selectively storing data from each server and each client in a database, and being adapted 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 adapted 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.