Document Management System for Buildings
OwnerMichael Murdock, John MacLean +1inventors
InventorsMichael Murdock, John MacLean, John Rexhausen
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Abstract
A document management system separates building information into a variety of data sets. Each data set has at least one common attribute that links it to all other types of data sets for the building. The information for maintaining the building is stored in a manner allowing users to retrieve only selective information from a vast amount of stored information. Users can query and retrieve data sets in a vast number of combinations relating to a specific building, or floor, room, system or system component in the building.
Claims1
A method of storing and retrieving maintenance and operational documents for a building, comprising the steps of:
- a) providing and populating an organizational table, the organizational table containing a plurality of records relating to at least one building, each of the records in the organizational table having a plurality of associated data fields for recording data relating to at least one attribute of the plurality of building records with which it is associated;
- b) providing and populating a record table, the record table containing a plurality of records relating to the at least one building, each of the records in the record table having a plurality of associated data fields for recording data relating to at least one attribute of the plurality of records with which it is associated;
- c) providing and populating at least one cross table containing records defining the relationships between the organizational table and record table;
- d) providing and populating at least one electronic file for document storage referenced by data in the record table;
- e) providing an interface to access the records and associated data;
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- f) accessing selective documents in the at least one electronic file by selecting records and data through the interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.