Systems and methods for improved management of construction project data

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for improving accuracy of rebate claims and tracking distribution of items, the operations comprising:

• receiving location information;
• transmitting the location information to an integration server, wherein the integration server is configured to store information corresponding to construction of homes within one or more communities;
• receiving address information from the integration server in response to transmission of the location information, wherein the address information identifies a community in which one or more homes are being constructed, addresses associated with each of the one or more homes being constructed in the community, and a builder associated with each of the one or more homes being constructed in the community;
• presenting, at a display of a mobile device, the addresses associated with each of the one or more homes being constructed in the community as selectable elements within a first graphical user interface;
• and
• in response to receiving an input indicating selection of a particular selectable element within the first graphical user interface, receiving a second input corresponding to a request to capture item data that specifically identifies a particular product installed at a particular home by a vendor, the particular home corresponding to a particular address associated with the particular selectable element, and wherein the particular product is installed at the home by the vendor in response to a purchase order from a particular builder;
• in response to receiving the second input:
• acquiring, by a camera communicatively coupled to the processor, image data representative of a label of the particular product installed at the particular home by the vendor;
• analyzing the image data to determine whether the label includes new product information and/or redundant product information, wherein the redundant product information corresponds to information previously included in the purchase order, and wherein the new product information corresponds to information comprising at least one of a model number and a serial number that is not included in the purchase order;
• executing a barcode capability to extract item data from a barcode included on the label, the extracted item data corresponding to the new product information;
• updating a record in a database accessible to the integration server, wherein the updating of the record links the captured item data with the particular address of the particular home;
• and
• periodically generating one or more rebate reports for the particular builder, wherein at least one of the rebate reports identifies a number of rebate claims that the builder is entitled to claim from a manufacturer for installing a threshold quantity of a particular product made by the manufacturer in homes built by the builder, wherein the number of rebates is determined by identifying, based on the records stored in the database accessible to the integration server, a number of homes built by the particular builder in which the threshold quantity of the particular product was installed based on the records that link the extracted item data corresponding to products installed in the homes built by the builder with the addresses of the homes built by the builder, and wherein the rebate report includes information that provides the manufacturer with the addresses of the homes built by the builder in which the threshold quantity of the particular product was installed.

A system for improving accuracy of rebate claims and tracking distribution of items, the operations comprising:

• an integration server;
• and
• a mobile device comprising:
• a first processor;
• a camera communicatively coupled to the first processor;
• a display device;
• a first communication module communicatively coupled to the first processor;
• and
• a first memory communicatively coupled to the first processor, the first memory storing instructions that, when executed by the first processor, cause the first processor to perform operations comprising:
• determining location information associated with a location of the mobile device;
• transmitting the location information to the integration server;
• receiving address information from the integration server in response to transmission of the location information, wherein the address information identifies a community in which one or more homes are being constructed, addresses associated with each of the one or more homes being constructed in the community, and a builder associated with each of the one or more homes being constructed in the community;
• presenting, at the display device, the addresses associated with each of the one or more homes being constructed in the community as selectable elements within a first graphical user interface;
• in response to receiving an input indicating selection of a particular selectable element within the first graphical user interface, receiving a second input corresponding to a request to capture item data that specifically identifies a particular product installed by a vendor at a particular home corresponding to a particular address associated with the particular selectable element, and wherein the particular product is installed at the particular home by the vendor in response to a purchase order from a particular builder;
• in response to the second input:
• acquiring, by the camera communicatively coupled to the first processor, image data representative of a label of the particular product installed at the particular home by the vendor;
• analyzing image data to determine whether the label includes new product information and/or redundant product information, wherein the redundant product information corresponds to information previously included in the purchase order, and wherein the new product information corresponds to information comprising at least one of a model number and a serial number that specifically identifies the particular product installed in the particular home by the vendor and is not included in the purchase order;
• executing a barcode capability to extract item data from a barcode included on the label, the extracted item data corresponding to the new product information;
• and
• transmitting, by the first communication module, the extracted item data to the integration server associated with the builder,
• wherein the integration server comprises:
• a second processor;
• a second communication module communicatively coupled to the second processor and configured to communicatively couple the integration server to the mobile device via a network communication link;
• and
• a second memory communicatively coupled to the second processor, the second memory storing:
• a database configured to store information corresponding to construction of homes within one or more communities, wherein the information corresponding to construction of the homes includes information provided by builders constructing homes in each of the one or more communities and information provided by vendors in connection with work performed during construction of the homes at the request of the builders;
• instructions that, when executed by the second processor, cause the second processor to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, by the second communication module, the extracted item data from the mobile device;
• updating a record in the database, wherein the updating of the record links the extracted item data with the particular address of the particular home;
• and
• periodically generating one or more rebate reports for the particular builder in response to a request to prove rebate eligibility, wherein at least one of the rebate reports identifies a number of rebate claims that the particular builder is entitled to for installing a threshold quantity of a particular product made by a manufacturer in homes built by the builder, wherein the number of rebate claims is determined by identifying, based on the records stored in the database, a number of homes built by the particular builder in which the threshold quantity of the particular product was installed based on the records that link the extracted item data corresponding to products installed in the home with the addresses of the homes built by the builder, and wherein the rebate report includes information that provides the manufacturer with the addresses of the homes built by the builder in which the threshold quantity of the particular product was installed.