Patent ID: 7181304

Claim:
A method for managing required inspections of inspectable objects for a plurality of different jurisdictions by a central computer system by facilitating the inspection of objects and review and approval of data from object inspection by object controlling jurisdictions, comprising the steps of: receiving object data for inspectable objects located in a plurality of jurisdictions in the central computer system via a global computer network; storing the object data in at least one database coupled to the central computer system; determining an object controlling jurisdiction for each object; displaying online inspection template information based upon compliance requirements of an object controlling jurisdiction; receiving object inspection result data relating to an object resulting from inspection of the object by an inspection entity based upon the inspection template information via the global computer network; storing the object inspection result data in the at least one database; providing object inspection result data on-line to the object controlling jurisdiction via the global computer network; receiving review result data with respect to object inspection result data on-line from the object controlling jurisdiction via the global computer network; storing the review result data in the at least one database; and providing the review result data on-line to the inspection entity via the global computer network.