Construction Material Digital Chain of Custody System
a construction material and digital technology, applied in the field of electronic systems for maintaining chain of custody information, can solve problems such as text, fragile and susceptible to damage, and paper records that pose problems
Inactive Publication Date: 2022-11-03
HAUL HUB INC
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The patent text describes a digital chain of custody system for construction materials. The system uses electronic load tickets instead of paper records, which are fragile and subject to damage. The electronic database stores the load tickets, and the server sends confirmation electronic load tickets to the second communication device, which wirelessly receives the confirmation tickets and stores them in its memory. The second communication device uses the information about the load to select the corresponding confirmation ticket and sends it to the server. The server automatically selects a matching electronic load ticket and alters it to indicate custody of construction material associated with the ticket. The technical effect of the invention is to provide a more robust and resilient system for keeping track of construction materials during transportation.
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Unfortunately, paper records pose problems.
For example, paper records are fragile and subject to damage, particularly in harsh environments present at supplier facilities, en route, and at job sites.
For example, rain water weakens paper and makes text, particularly text written using water-soluble ink, on the paper difficult or impossible to read.
Furthermore, paper records are often difficult to read under ideal circumstances due to poor handwriting by parties involved.
Unfortunately, many of these sites suffer from poor or non-existent wireless connectivity.
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[0007]An embodiment of the present invention provides a digital chain of custody system. The system includes an electronic database, a server, and a second communication device. The electronic database is configured to store electronic load tickets. Each electronic load ticket is associated with a respective haul of construction material by a vehicle. Each electronic load ticket includes respective initial load data, including custody data.
[0008]The server is coupled to the electronic database and to a wireless communication network. The server is configured to automatically send copies of at least portions of ones of the electronic load tickets as respective confirmation electronic load tickets via the wireless communication network.
[0009]The second communication device includes a processor and a second memory. The second communication device is configured to wirelessly receive a plurality of confirmation electronic load tickets from the server. The second communication device stor...
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A digital chain of custody system resilient to wireless connectivity disruption includes an electronic database that stores electronic load tickets, a server, and one or more user communication devices wirelessly coupled to the server, examples of which include a sender communication device, a trucker communication device, and a receiver communication device. The receiver communication device and / or the server accepts a portion, less than all, of a load ticket identifier and uses a heuristic to identify a corresponding electronic load ticket in the database. In some embodiments, the receiver communication device stores information until wireless connectivity is restored, thereby enabling communication of the electronic load tickets, despite lack of wireless connectivity.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 17 / 513,745, filed Oct. 28, 2021, titled “Construction Material Digital Chain of Custody System,” which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 17 / 246,223, filed Apr. 30, 2021, titled “Construction Material Digital Chain of Custody System,” the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein in their entireties.BACKGROUNDTechnical Field[0002]The invention relates to electronic systems for maintaining chain of custody information, such as for construction materials hauled by trucks, and more particularly to such electronic chain of custody systems that are resilient to loss of wireless connectivity.Related Art[0003]Construction, service and maintenance materials, such as ready-mix concrete, aggregates, structural steel beams, hot-mix asphalt (“HMA”), timber, salt, etc., (collectively herein referred to as “construction materials”) are...
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IPC IPC(8): G06Q10/08
CPCG06Q10/087G06Q10/10G06Q10/0832G06Q10/0833
InventorSPINELLI, JOSEPHPARADIS, COREYPARTHASARATHI, VARADARAJANVALLE, MATTHEWBANKADE, PRAJYOT
OwnerHAUL HUB INC