Patent ID: 7048185

Claim:
A system for maintaining inspection reports of a group of equipment, comprising: a data communication network over which data can be transferred; a memory coupled to the network for storing data representing inspection reports of equipment; a server coupled to the network for accessing the data stored by the memory; and a wireless portable communication device to communicate with the server over the network and access the data stored by the memory, the wireless portable communication device having a processor, a display, and a local memory storing data representing an inspection checklist, data representing completed inspection checklists, and an inspection application and a regulatory interface application, the inspection application executed by the processor to retrieve the data representing the inspection checklist and display the checklist on the display, and in response to completion of the checklist, store the data for the completed inspection checklist in the local memory and transmit the data for the completed inspection checklist to the server for storage in the memory as data representing an inspection report, the regulatory interface application executed by the processor to communicate with a regulatory application having access to the data stored by the memory and providing a regulatory agency with the data for inspection and review thereof.