Methods, apparatus, and systems for facilitating and/or verifying locate and/or marking operations
AssigneeCertusView Technologies, LLC
InventorsSteven Nielsen, Curtis Chambers, Jeffrey Farr
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Abstract
First ticket information is electronically received relating to at least one locate request ticket pertaining to a locate and/or marking operation, in which a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility within a dig area planned to be excavated or disturbed is detected and/or marked. A process guide for the locate and/or marking operation is executed and/or generated based at least in part on the first ticket information.
Claims65
An apparatus for facilitating a locate and/or marking operation, the locate and/or marking operation comprising detecting and/or marking a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility within a dig area, wherein at least a portion of the dig area is planned to be excavated or disturbed during excavation activities, the apparatus comprising:
- at least one communication interface;
- a memory to store processor-executable instructions, wherein the processor-executable instructions include ticket processing software;
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- a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and the at least one communication interface, wherein upon execution of the ticket processing software by the processor, the processor:
- A) receives via the at least one communication interface ticket information relating to at least one locate request ticket pertaining to the locate and/or marking operation;
- and
- B) generates and/or executes a process guide for the locate and/or marking operation based at least in part on the ticket information.
A computer-implemented method for facilitating a locate and/or marking operation, the locate and/or marking operation comprising detecting and/or marking a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility within a dig area, wherein at least a portion of the dig area is planned to be excavated or disturbed during excavation activities, the method comprising:
- A) electronically receiving first ticket information relating to at least one locate request ticket pertaining to the locate and/or marking operation;
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- B) generating and/or executing, by at least one processor, a process guide for the locate and/or marking operation based at least in part on the first ticket information.
At least one computer readable medium encoded with at least one program including processor-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform a method for facilitating a locate and/or marking operation, the locate and/or marking operation comprising detecting and/or marking a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility within a dig area, wherein at least a portion of the dig area is planned to be excavated or disturbed during excavation activities, the method comprising:
- A) electronically receiving first ticket information relating to at least one locate request ticket pertaining to the locate and/or marking operation;
- and
- B) generating and/or executing a process guide for the locate and/or marking operation based at least in part on the first ticket information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.