Patent ID: 8688770

Claim:
A system for job management between mobile devices, comprising: a processor; a plurality of mobile devices; a storage coupled to said processor and storing messages and data pertaining to job assignments and reassignments at and between said mobile devices; a communication interface coupled to said processor and enabling communication between said processor and said mobile devices; a dispatch terminal coupled to said processor and adapted to send requests to said processor containing messages and data pertaining to creating and allocating job assignments and reassignments at and between said mobile devices; and a historical record in said storage concerning each job assignment and reassignment with respect to the mobile devices, said record comprised of said messages and data; wherein said processor is configured to store, in said storage, messages and data pertaining to job assignments and reassignments at and between said mobile devices, build and maintain the historical record in said storage concerning each job assignment and reassignment with respect to the mobile devices, receive the requests from said dispatch terminal, communicate via said communication interface with said mobile devices, execute the requests by creating and allocating the job assignments and reassignments at and between said mobile devices, and output to the storage the messages and data pertaining to the allocation of job assignments and reassignments to add to and maintain the historical record in said storage concerning each job assignment and reassignment with respect to said mobile devices; wherein said dispatch terminal is operable to display one of a plurality of windows which is used by a dispatcher to reorder priority of jobs; wherein said dispatch terminal is operable to display one of a plurality of windows which is used by a dispatcher to track the history of jobs using a single job reference number.