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US 8,428,994 B2Granted
System and method for managing facilities
AssigneeVfa, Inc.
InventorsLee Kaufman, Mark Ayasse, Raymond Johnson, Raymond Dufresne
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Abstract
A system allowing a user to answer a series of questions to generate survey data, associating system data with the survey data to generate a highly accurate report. The report allows, for example, for targeted assessment of select facilities systems including a time frame within which work to be performed on select facilities systems and/or a cost associated with work to be performed.
Claims52
A method for generating a facilities report for an existing facility comprising the steps of:
- generating a series of options relating to various facilities;
- storing the series of options on a storage accessible by a system computer;
- generating and storing facility data selected from the group consisting of compliance data, facilities system data and combinations thereof, that relate to various facilities;
- associating the facility data with the series of options;
- presenting the series of options to a user accessing a user computer coupled to the system computer via a network connection;
- receiving survey data from the user, the survey data relating to an existing facility and based on the user's responses to the series of options;
- gathering facility data based on the survey data received from the user;
- generating a facilities report based on the survey data and the gathered facility data, the report including an asset report based upon the facilities data, the asset report including a Facility Condition Index (FCI) of the property;
- and
- presenting the facilities report to the user.
7 more elements
A system for generating a facilities report comprising:
- a system computer accessible by a user computer via a network connection;
- a facilities data storage accessible by said system computer, said facilities data storage having stored thereon;
- a series of options relating to various facilities;
- and
- facilities data selected from the group consisting of compliance data, facilities system data and combinations thereof, that relate to various facilities, where particular facilities data is associated with particular options of said series of options;
- said series of options presented to the user;
- survey data received by said system computer, said survey data based on the user's responses to the series of options;
- a facilities report generated by said system computer, said facilities report generated based on the received survey data and gathered facilities data associated with the survey data, the report including an asset report based upon the facilities data, the asset report including a Facility Condition Index (FCI) of the property.
5 more elements
A method for generating a facilities report comprising the steps of:
- generating a series of options relating to various facilities systems;
- storing the series of options on a storage accessible by a system computer;
- generating and storing cost data associated with particular facilities systems, the cost data selected from the group consisting of:
- labor costs, materials costs and combinations thereof;
- associating the cost data with the series of options;
- presenting the series of options to a user accessing a user computer coupled to the system computer via a network connection;
- receiving survey data from the user, the survey data based on the user's responses to the series of options;
- gathering cost data based on the survey data received from the user;
- and
- generating a facilities report based on the survey data and the gathered cost data, the report including an asset report based upon the facilities data, the asset report including a Facility Condition Index (FCI) of the property.
7 more elements
A method for generating a facilities report on an existing real property asset comprising the steps of:
- receiving, on a user computer, a list of one or more existing real property assets and associated asset data, from a system computer via a network connection, the list of real property assets corresponding to one or more existing structures;
- selecting, on the user computer, an existing real property asset from the list of existing real property assets;
- presenting, on the user computer, a series of options related to the asset data of the selected existing real property asset;
- generating, on the user computer, survey data based on a user's input relating to the series of options;
- sending the survey data from the user computer to the system computer via a network connection;
- generating the facilities report based on the survey data.
3 more elements
A system for generating a facilities report on an existing real property asset comprising:
- a system computer:
- a user computer coupled to said system computer via a network;
- a facilities data storage accessible by said system computer, said facilities data storage having stored thereon a list of one or more existing real property assets and associated asset data, the list of real property assets corresponding to one or more existing structures;
- sending over said network said list of existing real property assets and associated asset data to said user computer;
- receiving, on the user computer, a selection of an existing real property asset from the list of existing real property assets;
- displaying, on said user computer, a series of options related to the asset data of the selected existing real property;
- receiving, on said user computer, input relating to said series of options;
- generating, on said user computer, survey data associated with said input and said series of options;
- sending said survey data to said system computer;
- generating, on said system computer, a facilities report based on said survey data.
7 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.