US 6,633,900 B1
Mobile crew management system for distributing work order assignments to mobile field crew unitsGeneral
US 6,633,900 B1
Mobile crew management system for distributing work order assignments to mobile field crew units
Tech Center:
2100 Computer Architecture and Software
Examiner:
Krisna Lim
Art Unit:
2153 Data Bases & File Management
Agent:
Inventors:
AMIR KHALESSI; SASAN H. ARDALAN
Assignee:
Priority:
01/08/99
Filed:
01/08/99
Granted:
10/14/03
Expiration:
04/26/20
Abstract
A system for multi-crew management comprises an enterprise computing system, a mobile field unit, and wireless communication network which supports terminal control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP). The enterprise computing network comprises application programs through which work orders may be assigned and managed, various server machines containing data related to the work orders, a local area network (LAN) connecting the server machines, and a gateway to the TCP/IP wireless network. A mobile field unit comprises a computing device and modem for communicating over the wireless network to the enterprise computing system. A mobile field unit and each machine in the enterprise computing system has a unique IP address assigned to it. Accordingly, commands and data can be communicated freely between all machines.