| US 7,548,970 B2 | ||
| System and method for managing maintenance of building facilities | ||
| Frank Labedz, Omaha, Nebr. (US); and Srinivas Gaddam, Omaha, Nebr. (US) | ||
| Assigned to TangoPoint, Inc., Omaha, Nebr. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 26, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/340,394. | ||
| Application 11/340394 is a continuation of application No. 09/592686, filed on Jun. 13, 2000, granted, now 6,993,576. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0155815 A1, Jul. 13, 2006 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/173 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 709—223 [709/229] | 55 Claims |
| 1. A system for managing the maintenance of building facilities, the system being of the type which utilizes predefined events
to carry out managing operations for the building facilities, said system comprising:
at least one server is operable to receive predefined events including building inspection events from a client that can be
located at the building facilities and forward said events to a clearinghouse via a communication link;
at least one client having a unique login identity and is operable to selectively send said predefined events to said server
via said communication link; and,
a clearinghouse connected to each said server and each said client via said communication link for selectively storing data
from each server and each client in a database, and is operable to authorize selected predefined events that can be performed
by each client according to said login identity of each such client, to selectively schedule predefined events in response
to data stored in said database and to monitor the status of all said predefined events stored in said database.
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