Patent ID: 8577843

Claim:
In a system comprising a plurality of observers, each associated with one of a plurality of observer identifiers; a plurality of receivers none of which is associated with any particular project log or other destination, or to a particular observer, and each identified by a unique receiver identifier; and a table comprising at least one record for each observer authorized to submit observations, each record in such table comprising at least three data fields, the data fields including an observation identifier field, a receiver identifier field, and a project log identifier field, a method for updating a digital project log, comprising: prior to accepting observations from an authorized observer regarding particular project, inserting a record in the data table, such record containing at least an observer identifier, a receiver identifier to which the observer will send observations for that particular project, and an identifier of the project log to which observations sent by that particular observer to the specified receiver will be associated; receiving via one of the plurality of receivers an observation, the observation comprising an observer identifier associated with the observer sending the received observation; selecting a project log by reference to the data table and based on the combination of the observer identifier included with the observation and the receiver identifier associated with the receiver used to receive the observation; and storing information included in the observation in the selected project log.