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US 9,317,502 B2Granted
System and method for monitoring items
AssigneeCartasite, Inc.
InventorsDavid Armitage, Mark Mason
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Abstract
Systems, software, and methods for improved monitoring and identification systems for items and units to be serviced and reported, such as seal tags and other information from items or units to be serviced.
Claims20
A method for monitoring equipment, comprising;
- initializing a recording application on a user device;
- recording information about a seal tag by the recording application, wherein the seal tag is associated with an oil or gas distribution unit or mechanical equipment associated with the distribution unit;
- recording other information associated with the distribution unit or mechanical equipment, the information comprising global positioning system information associated with the user device;
- and
- transmitting the recorded information by the user device via a network to a central database.
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A system for monitoring equipment, comprising:
- a user device capable of recording information about a seal tag, wherein the seal tag is associated with a piece of equipment at a site, recording information associated with the site comprising global positioning information associated with the user device, recording information associated with a new seal tag to be affixed to the equipment, and transmitting the recorded information;
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- a central database capable of receiving and storing the recorded information via a network from the user device.
A computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which if executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- record information about a seal tag, wherein the seal tag is associated with a equipment associated with a site;
- record information associated with the site comprising global positioning information associated with the user device;
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- transmit the recorded information about a seal tag or associated with the site via a network to a central database;
- wherein a QR code or bar code comprises the information about a seal tag or the information associated with the site.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.