Patent Document ID: 20100205195
Application ID: 12475935
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. An apparatus for facilitating detection of a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility within a dig area, wherein at least a portion of the dig area may be excavated or disturbed during excavation activities, the apparatus comprising: a communication interface; a memory to store processor-executable instructions; and a processing unit coupled to the communication interface and the memory, wherein upon execution of the processor-executable instructions by the processing unit, the processing unit: digitally searches the memory to identify a descriptor file corresponding to a ticket; based on identifying information in the descriptor file, identifies at least one image corresponding to the ticket, the at least one image comprising at least one indication of at least one dig area; electronically bundles the at least one image with ticket information from the ticket to generate the ticket bundle; and provides the ticket bundle to at least one party associated with the at least one underground facility.