System for and method of controlling operations of a car wash

A system for controlling operations of a car wash comprising:

• a primary server computing device, having a first memory and one or more processors, configured to communicate with a plurality of remote computing devices, and off-site from the car wash, wherein a workflow is stored in said first memory, said workflow including data defining (i) at least a first plurality of actions, (ii) a screen display associated with each of said first plurality of actions, (iii) a first plurality of graphical elements displayed in one or more of said screen displays associated with said first plurality of actions, and (iv) a first predetermined order of displaying said screen displays associated with said first plurality of actions,
• at least one secondary server computing device, having a second memory and one or more processors, positioned on-site at the car wash, wherein said workflow is also stored in said second memory, wherein said at least one secondary server computing device and said primary server computing device are configured to communicate with one another, said at least one secondary server computing device configured to direct a command to at least one electromechanical peripheral positioned within the tunnel of the car wash;
• wherein at least one of said primary server computing device and said at least one secondary server computing device controls a first portion of said data of said workflow from alteration through said at least one secondary server computing device, wherein said first portion of said data of said workflow includes said first plurality of actions and said first predetermined order;
• wherein said at least one secondary server computing device includes a workflow builder module to alter a second portion of said data of said workflow;
• at least one tertiary computing device having one or more processors and including a touch screen display, positioned along a pathway extending through a tunnel of the car wash, wherein said at least one tertiary computing device is configured to fetch from said at least one secondary server computing device said screen displays associated with said first plurality of actions, wherein said at least one tertiary computing device is further configured to display with said touch screen display each screen display of said screen displays associated with said first plurality of actions successively according to said first predetermined order, wherein said at least one tertiary computing device is further configured to receive one or more customer inputs with said touch screen display, and wherein said at least one tertiary computing device is further configured to communicate the one or more customer inputs received with said touch screen display to said at least one secondary server computing device;
• wherein said at least one secondary server computing device is further configured to, in executing said workflow builder module, to control a second display to concurrently display:
• the first portion of the data of the workflow as a flow diagram including a first plurality of symbols including a start symbol and an end symbol, said first plurality of symbols disposed along a primary path between the start symbol and the end symbol, wherein each symbol of the first plurality of symbols corresponds to at least one of the first plurality of actions and to the respective screen display, the first plurality symbols arranged along the primary path according to the first predetermined order, and
• the second portion of the data of the workflow including a first plurality of buttons, each selectable by a user of the workflow builder module, and at least one sub-path, displayed in response to selection of one of the first plurality of buttons, that branches away from a first predetermined position along the primary path and rejoins the primary path at a second predetermined position along the primary path, wherein both the first predetermined position and the second predetermined position lie between the start symbol and the end symbol along the primary path, wherein at least one symbol is disposed along the at least one sub-path between the first predetermined position and the second predetermined position, wherein the at least one symbol disposed along the at least one sub-path corresponds to at least one action not included in the first plurality of actions and to a screen display associated with the at least one action and not included in the first plurality of screen displays;
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• wherein said touch screen display of said at least one tertiary computing device is further configured to display the screen display not included in the first plurality of screen displays in addition to at least most of the screen displays associated with the first plurality of actions.