Patent ID: 7869944

Claim:
A roof inspection system for a recording and a reporting of data related to a roof component, the roof inspection comprising: a server located at a first location; a client located at a second location, the client having a client-server communications interface for communication with the server; and a portable computing device for collecting inspection data at a third location according to an inspection plan, the third location being remote from the second and first locations, wherein the portable computing device further includes: means for receiving signals for determining the geographic position of the portable computing device; means for determining the geographic position of the portable computing device from the signals, the geographic position of the portable computing device forming at least a portion of the inspection data collected according to the inspection plan; a memory for storing the inspection data; and a bidirectional communications interface for transmitting the inspection data to the client and receiving the inspection plan from the client; wherein the portable computing device is configured to associate the geographic position with a roof component.