Systems and methods for geofence-verified quality assurance of retail displays

A system for providing status information and verification relating to installing a retail display at a retail location, comprising:

• a server equipped with a processor, non-volatile computer-readable memory, and a network interface, and having a database stored in the non-volatile computer-readable memory which contains data for defining at least one retail display project, at least one retail location associated with the at least one project, and data indicating a status of the at least one project at the at least one location;
• and
• at least one software application provided in a second non-volatile computer-readable memory and distributable to a plurality of computing devices, each of which is equipped with a display, an input device, and a further non-volatile computer-readable memory capable of storing a copy of said at least one software application, wherein the copy of said software application, when installed in the further non-volatile memory, provides instructions to a further processor associated with each of the plurality of computing devices, wherein the plurality of computing devices are configured to communicate over a network with the server;
• wherein the server is configured to:
• store data identifying at least one administrative account and at least one retail account associated with the at least one software application;
• receive, from the at least one administrative account via the at least one software application, data defining the at least one project;
• receive, from the at least one administrative account and from the at least one retail account, via the at least one software application, data relating to the status of the at least one project;
• and
• providing to the plurality of computing devices at least a portion of said data relating to the status of the at least one project for displaying on the plurality of computing devices, wherein the particular portion of said data provided to a particular one of the plurality of computing devices is based on whether the particular one of the plurality of computing devices is associated with an administrative account or a retail account;
• wherein at least one of the plurality of computing devices associated with a retail account comprises a mobile device having image capture functionality and location awareness functionality:
• wherein the at least one software application is configured to:
• prompt a user of the mobile device associated with the retail account to capture an image of the retail display on the mobile device after installation of the retail display is completed at the at least one retail location, wherein the image is superimposed on a standard image of the retail display provided by the at least one software application and displayed on the mobile device while the image is being captured;
• compare, using automated image comparison algorithms, the captured image with the standard image;
• detect a location of the mobile device when the image was captured;
• and
• if the comparison of the captured image with the standard image exceeds a predetermined threshold and the detected location of the mobile device is within a predetermined geofence associated with the at least one retail location, then provide data to the server indicating that the installing of the retail display at the retail location is satisfactorily completed.