Patent ID: 8554595

Claim:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer program instructions for causing a computer device to implement a method for providing controls related to weather-dependent work at a first location, the method comprising: locating a first weather information source providing weather information relating to a second location, the second location being estimated to have weather similar to weather occurring at the first location; determining a correlation between the weather information relating to the second location and a need for weather-dependent work at the first location by comparing weather history data relating to the second location from the first weather information source to work history data for weather-dependent work at the first location; monitoring the first weather information source for current weather information related to possible weather-related events suggesting a need for weather-dependent work at the first location; recording possible weather-related events suggesting a need for weather-dependent work at the first location; determining whether an invoice for weather-dependent work at the first location has been received corresponding to all recorded possible weather-related events; notifying a service provider of weather-dependent work at the first location when no invoice for weather-dependent work at the first location has been received corresponding to any possible weather-related event suggesting a need for weather-dependent work at the first location; and auditing the invoice for weather-dependent work at the first location when the invoice is received.