Patent ID: 8271314

Claim:
A system for real-time synchronization of users and materials for one or more homebuilding developments using mobile devices, comprising: a) an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system controlling a database containing information for projects and lots, including: lots for completion for each project, tasks for completion for each lot, assignment of suppliers and material to specific tasks, projected and actual times for completion of tasks, contact information for suppliers, and invoicing information for payments of purchase orders upon task completion; b) a web server enabling communication between the ERP system and the mobile devices, and enabling the mobile devices to send, receive and change information in the ERP system in real-time; c) the mobile devices, as one or more mobile devices assigned to one or more users for real-time tracking and recording of production and work status information for the lots and the tasks and real-time transmission and automatic intermittent sequential synchronization of updated information to and from the ERP system, and also enabling communication with parties assigned to a task directly from a task list or individual task display; d) one or more software applications coordinating communication, data transmission, synchronization and security for the mobile devices, the web server and the ERP system; wherein the mobile devices are capable of independent operation from the ERP system and do not require a continuous connection to the Internet, the ERP system or the web server.