System and method for generating a dig ticket request
AssigneeUnderground Safety Alliance
InventorMatthew D. Colley
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Abstract
A system, device, and method for generating a dig ticket for a proposed dig site using a mobile communication device includes obtaining location data indicative of the current location of the mobile computing device and displaying a digital map on the display of the mobile computing device that includes indicia of the proposed dig site, which corresponds to the location of the mobile computing device. If the location of the proposed dig site is correct, a dig ticket may be generated and transmitted to a dig site authorization server over a network.
Claims20
A mobile computing device comprising:
- a display;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device having stored therein a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the mobile computing device to:
- obtain location data indicative of the current location of the mobile computing device;
- display a digital map on the display of the mobile computing device, the digital map including indicia of a proposed dig site corresponding to the location of the mobile computing device;
- and
- transmit a dig ticket request to a dig site authorization server over a network in response the dig site being verified by a user of the mobile computing device.
A method for generating a dig ticket, the method comprising:
- determining a current location of a mobile computing device based on global positioning system (GPS) coordinate data generated by a GPS circuit of the mobile computing device;
- displaying a digital map on the mobile computing device, the digital map including indicia of a proposed dig site corresponding to the location of the mobile computing device;
- verifying the proposed dig site based on a response by a user of the mobile computing device;
- and
- transmitting a dig ticket request to a dig site authorization server over a network in response the dig site being verified.
A tangible, machine readable medium comprising a plurality of instructions, that in response to being executed, result in a mobile computing device:
- determining a current location of the mobile computing device;
- displaying a digital map on the mobile computing device, the digital map including indicia of a proposed dig site corresponding to the location of the mobile computing device;
- verifying the proposed dig site based on a response by a user of the mobile computing device;
- generating a dig ticket request that identifies the proposed dig site in response to the dig site being verified;
- and
- transmitting the dig ticket request to a dig site authorization server over a network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.