Asset and project management platform for service industries

Abstract

An asset and project management platform for field service industries includes a delegation of work hierarchy having a pool of field service industry providers for performing a field service build out, upgrade, or repair of a new or an existing infrastructure is disclosed. Work orders and corresponding data files are associated with the pool of field service industry providers and the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure. A data file management system provides data cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions for information exchange of data files across the delegation of work hierarchy. The platforms include labor, materials and the application of labor and materials management systems for organizing labor, materials, and the application of labor and materials for the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure corresponding to one or more work orders.

Description

TITLE: ASSET AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLATFORM FOR SERVICEINDUSTRIESCROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119 to provisional application Serial No. 63 / 514,284 filed July 18, 2023, which is incorporated by reference in its entirety.FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0002] The present invention relates to an asset and project management system and platform for various field service industries. More particularly, but not exclusively, the present invention relates to an asset and project management system and platform for the telecommunications industry.BACKGROUND

[0003] Industrial and business sectors and the general populace rely extensively on the current and ever-expanding telecommunications infrastructure. Private investments and government funding into the telecommunications industry continue to grow at exponential rates driving growth in and demand for companies and various trades servicing the telecommunications industry. Although the potential for increased revenue exists for companies and industries servicing the telecommunications industry, many still struggle to identify solutions to address costly material losses, labor inefficiencies, and trade shortages. Therefore, what is needed is a comprehensive asset and project management system and platform for the deployment of telecommunications assets and management of the corresponding infrastructure projects, servicing existing infrastructure, and addressing acts of God resulting in catastrophic damage to infrastructure is needed.SUMMARY

[0004] Therefore, it is a primary object, feature, or advantage of the present invention to improve over the state of the art.

[0005] It is a further object, feature, or advantage of the present invention to provide a full- scale and comprehensive asset and project management system and platform for various field service industries, such as, for example, telecommunications, utilities, oil, and gas field services.

[0006] It is a still further object, feature, or advantage of the present invention to provide a full-scale and comprehensive asset and project management system and platform for the telecommunications industry.

[0007] Another object, feature, or advantage is to provide an asset and project management system and platform for various field service industries that includes cascading and reverse cascading of information associated with a work order across a delegation of work spectrum.

[0008] Yet another object, feature, or advantage is to provide a telecommunications asset and project management system and platform that includes cascading and reverse cascading of information associated with a work order across a delegation of work spectrum, including, for example, Internet Service Providers (“ISPs”), proj ect management (e.g., managers, engineers, and designers), prime and general contractors, and subcontractors (e.g., tradesmen).

[0009] A further object, feature, or advantage is to provide a telecommunications asset and project management system and platform that includes cascading and reverse cascading of geo data associated with a work order across a delegation of work spectrum including, for example, Internet Service Providers (“ISPs”), project management (e.g., managers, engineers, and designers), prime and general contractors, and subcontractors (e.g., tradesmen).

[0010] A still further object, feature, or advantage is to provide a telecommunications asset and project management system and platform that includes cascading and reverse cascading of warehouse and inventory data for establishing a chain of custody and accounting for all materials associated with a build out, upgrade, repair, or any aspect of a work order across a delegation of work spectrum including, for example, Internet ServiceProviders (“ISPs”), project management (e g., managers, engineers, and designers), prime and general contractors, and subcontractors (e.g., tradesmen).

[0011] In at least one exemplary aspect of the present invention, an asset and project management system for field service industries is disclosed. The system includes, for example, a delegation of work hierarchy having a pool of field service industry providers for performing a field service build out, upgrade, or repair of a new or an existing infrastructure. One or more work orders are associated with the pool of field service industry providers and the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure. One or more data files are also associated with at least one of the one or more work orders, the pool of field service industry providers, and the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure. The system may also include, for example, a data file management system having data cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions for information exchange of the one or more data files across the delegation of work hierarchy. The data cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions may include a labor organizing management system for organizing labor for the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure, a material organizing management system for organizing material for the labor associated with the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure, and an organization and management system for organizing and delegating the application of labor and material to at least one of the one or more work orders.

[0012] In at least another exemplary aspect of the present invention, a telecommunications industry asset and project management system is disclosed. The telecommunications industry asset and project management system includes, for example, a delegation of work hierarchy having a pool of telecommunication service industry providers for performing a telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of a new or existing telecommunications infrastructure. One or more work orders are associated with the pool of telecommunications service industry providers and the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure. One or more data fdes are also associated with at least one of the one or more work orders, the pool of telecommunications service industry providers, and the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunicationsinfrastructure. A data file management system includes data cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions for information exchange of the one or more data files across the delegation of work hierarchy. The data cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions include, for example, a labor organizing management system for organizing labor for the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure, a material organizing management system for organizing material for the labor associated with the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure, and an organization and management system for organizing and delegating the application of labor and material to at least one of the one or more work orders.

[0013] In at least another exemplary aspect of the present invention, a method for asset and project management for field service industries is disclosed. The method includes, for example, steps, such as, providing a delegation of work hierarchy having a pool of field service industry providers for performing a field service build out, upgrade, or repair of a new or existing infrastructure, associating one or more work orders with the pool of field service industry providers and the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure, associating one or more data files with at least one of the one or more work orders, the pool of field service industry providers, and the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure, managing data file exchanges of the one or more data files across the delegation of work hierarchy with data cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions, wherein the data cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions include, for example, such steps as organizing labor for the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure, organizing material for the labor associated with the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure, and organizing and delegating the application of labor and material to at least one of the one or more work orders.

[0014] In at least another exemplary aspect of the present invention, a method for asset and project management for the telecommunications industry is disclosed. The method includes, for example, such steps as providing a delegation of work hierarchy having a pool of telecommunications service industry providers for performing a telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of a new or existing telecommunications infrastructure,associating one or more work orders with the pool of telecommunications service industry providers and the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure, associating one or more data fdes with at least one of the one or more work orders, the pool of telecommunications service industry providers, and the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure, managing data file exchanges of the one or more data files across the delegation of work hierarchy with data cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions, wherein the data cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions include, for example, such steps as organizing labor for the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure, organizing material for the labor associated with the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure, and organizing and delegating the application of labor and material to at least one of the one or more work orders.

[0015] One or more of these and / or other objects, features, or advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the specification and claims that follow. No single embodiment need provide each and every object, feature, or advantage. Different embodiments may have different objects, features, or advantages. Therefore, the present invention is not to be limited to or by any objects, features, or advantages stated herein.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016] Illustrated embodiments of the disclosure are described in detail below with reference to the attached drawing figures, which are incorporated by reference herein.

[0017] FIG. 1 is a pictorial illustration providing a telecommunications asset and project management system and platform architecture in accordance with an exemplary aspect of the present invention.

[0018] FIG. 2 is a pictorial illustration providing a field service asset and project management system and platform management hierarchy in accordance with an exemplary aspect of the present invention.

[0019] FIG. 3 is a pictorial illustration providing a telecommunications asset and project management system and platform showing cascading and reverse cascading information and work order data flow across a delegation of work spectrum in accordance with an exemplary aspect of the present invention.

[0020] FIG. 4 is a pictorial illustration providing a telecommunications asset and project management system and platform showing information and data exchange in accordance with an exemplary aspect of the present invention.

[0021] FIG. 5 is a pictorial illustration providing a telecommunications asset and project management system and platform showing cascading and reverse cascading information and data exchange across a management hierarchy and delegation of work spectrum in accordance with an exemplary aspect of the present invention.

[0022] FIG. 6 is a pictorial illustration providing a telecommunications asset and project management system and platform showing cascading and reverse cascading of information and data for an organization management system in accordance with an exemplary aspect of the present invention.

[0023] FIG. 7 is a pictorial illustration providing a telecommunications asset and project management system and platform showing cascading and reverse cascading of information and data for a data protocols and management system in accordance with an exemplary aspect of the present invention.

[0024] FIG. 8 is a pictorial illustration providing a telecommunications asset and project management system and platform showing cascading and reverse cascading of information and data for a work order management system in accordance with an exemplary aspect of the present invention.

[0025] FIG. 9 is a pictorial illustration providing a telecommunications asset and project management system and platform showing cascading and reverse cascading of information and data for a geo data management system in accordance with an exemplary aspect of the present invention.

[0026] FIG. 10 is a pictorial illustration providing a telecommunications asset and project management system and platform showing cascading and reverse cascading of information and data for a permissions management system in accordance with an exemplary aspect of the present invention.

[0027] FIG. 11 is a pictorial illustration providing a telecommunications asset and project management system and platform showing cascading and reverse cascading of information and data for an office and human resources management system in accordance with an exemplary aspect of the present invention.

[0028] FIG. 12 is a pictorial illustration providing a telecommunications asset and project management system and platform showing cascading and reverse cascading of information and data for an inventory / warehouse management system in accordance with an exemplary aspect of the present invention.

[0029] FIG. 13 is a pictorial illustration providing a telecommunications asset and project management system and platform showing cascading and reverse cascading of information and data for an accounting management system in accordance with an exemplary aspect of the present invention.

[0030] FIG. 14 is a pictorial illustration providing a telecommunications asset and project management system and platform showing cascading and reverse cascading of information and data for an analytics management system in accordance with an exemplary aspect of the present invention.DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0031] FIGS. 1-14 provide pictorial illustrations setting forth nonlimiting exemplary aspects of the present invention. Other aspects of the invention described throughout the entirety of this application but not presented illustratively in figures form and are incorporated by reference in the detailed description of the invention.

[0032] FIG. 1 provides a telecommunications asset and project management system and platform architecture 100 with database(s) 102, network(s) 104, artificial intelligence engines / models 108, server(s) 106, and electronic devices such as desktop device(s) 114, portable device(s) 112, smart device(s) 110.

[0033] Each of the devices, systems, platforms, and equipment of the systems shown, for example, in FIGS. 1 and 4, may include any number of computing and telecommunications components, devices or elements which may include processors, memories, caches, busses, motherboards, chips, traces, wires, pins, circuits, ports, interfaces, cards, converters,adapters, connections, transceivers, displays, antennas, operating systems, kernels, modules, scripts, firmware, sets of instructions, and other similar components and software that are not described herein for purposes of simplicity. The systems may work as an integrated component or as networked devices that coordinate to perform the methods and processes herein described.

[0034] In one aspect, the systems and platforms of the present invention may be utilized by any number of users, organizations, or providers to receive, manage, review, analyze, process, distribute, advertise, market, display, and / or monetize data and information. In one aspect, the systems of the present invention may utilize any number of secure identifiers (e.g., passwords, pin numbers, certificates, etc.), secure channels, connections, or links, virtual private networks, biometrics, or so forth to upload, manage, and secure data and information and cascading and reverse cascading of information 512-536 across the delegation of work hierarchy / spectrum 502-510 shown, for example, in FIG. 5, perform applicable electronic interactions between systems and users. As noted, the systems of the present invention may utilize a high-performance computing (HPC) server, a data acquisition and management system (e.g., market data feeds, exchanges, data storage solutions, database servers, etc.), networking and communication hardware, developing and testing hardware (e.g., workstations, CPUs, RAM, SSD, testing servers, etc.), backup and disaster recovery systems, user interfaces and interaction hardware (i.e., trading terminals, user devices, etc.), security and compliance hardware.

[0035] Alternatively, the systems and platforms of the present invention may be a blockchain system that utilizes a digital ledger to track cascading and reverse cascading of information 512-536 across the delegation of work hierarchy / spectrum 502-510 shown, for example, in FIG. 5. For example, the digital ledger may store cascading and reverse cascading of information 512-536 across the delegation of work hierarchy / spectrum 502- 510. The devices shown in the figures are representative of multiple devices that may be utilized by businesses, users, or consumers, including, but not limited to the devices shown in FIGS. 1 and 4. The devices utilize any number of exchanges, applications, browsers, gateways, bridges, or interfaces to communicate with the systems and / or associated components of the present invention.

[0036] The wireless smart device 110, portable smart device such as a tablet 112, and wearable 406 are examples of common devices that may be utilized to capture, receive, and manage data, create, manage, and execute transactions, and perform various operations across the systems and platforms of the invention. Other examples of devices may include e-readers, trading terminals, vehicle systems, kiosks, televisions, smart displays, monitors, entertainment devices, virtual reality / augmented reality systems, or so forth. The devices may communicate wirelessly or through any number of fixed / hardwired connections, networks, signals, protocols, formats, or so forth. In one aspect, smart devices 110, 418 are cell phones that communicate with the network 104 through a 5G connection. Laptops 112, 416 may communicate with the network 104 through an Ethernet, Wi-Fi connection, cellular, or other wired or wireless connection.

[0037] The systems and platforms of the present invention may aggregate, manage, analyze, and process cascading and reverse cascading of information 512-536 across the delegation of work hierarchy / spectrum 502-510 shown, for example, in FIG. 5, across the Internet and any number of networks, sources, and third-party resources. For example, the networks shown in FIGS. 1 and 4 may represent any number of public, private, virtual, specialty, or other network types or configurations. The different components of the systems and platforms of the present invention, including the devices shown in FIGS. 1 and 4 may be configured to communicate using wireless communications, such as Bluetooth®, Wi-Fi®, or so forth. Alternatively, the devices may communicate utilizing satellite connections, Wi-Fi, 3G, 4G, 5G, LTE, personal communications systems, DMA wireless networks, and / or hardwired connections, such as fiber optics, Tl, cable, DSL, high speed trunks, powerline communications, and telephone lines. Any number of communications architectures including client-server, network rings, peer-to-peer, n-tier, application server, mesh networks, fog networks, or other distributed or network system architectures may be utilized. The networks shown in FIGS. 1 and 4 may represent a single communication service provider or multiple communications services providers.

[0038] FIG. 2 provides a field service asset and project management system and platform management (delegation of work) hierarchy 200 with government and private investment 202, service providers, such as internet service providers (ISPs) and broadband service providers (BSPs) 204, engineering and design 206 with office and human resources 214,management 218, project managers 220, and employees 216, contractors such as general contractors and prime contractors 208 with office and human resources 214, management 218, project managers 220, and employees 216, subcontractors 210 with office and human resources 214, management 218, project managers 220, and employees 216, and tradesmen 212

[0039] FIG. 3 provides a telecommunications asset and project management system and platform 300 with a telecommunications asset and project management platform 312 showing cascading and reverse cascading information 302 and information and work order data 310 flow across a delegation of work spectrum with tasks including, for example, organizing and accounting for labor for build out(s), upgrade(s) and repair(s) 304, organizing and accounting for material(s) 306, and organizing, delegating and accounting for work 308.

[0040] FIG. 4 provides a telecommunications asset and project management system and platform 400 showing information and data 426 transfer or exchange including, for example, access data 428, global positioning software (GPS) data 430, work order(s) data 432, warehouse and inventory data 434, accounting and invoicing data 436, office and human resource (HR) data 438, project management (mgmt.) data 440, data protocols and artificial intelligence (Al) 442, personal management data 444, and analytics data 446 transferred, stored, retrieved, exchanged via still and video imaging with camera(s) 404, portable smart devices such as wearable technology and smart watch(es) 406, vehicle electronics, displays, and onboard smart components 408, orbiting satellite(s) 410 and terrestrial based satellite(s) 412, network enabled devices and cellular enabled devices, such as Wi-Fi enable devices, Bluetooth enabled devices and / or NFMI / NFC enabled devices, web applications 402, RFID systems 424, cloud systems 424, scale / load cell devices 422, computer systems 420, smart device(s) 418, portable electronic devices such as laptop and tablet devices 416, web server(s) 414, and other suitable information communication devices, systems, and platforms.

[0041] FIG. 5 provides a telecommunications asset and project management system and platform 500 showing cascading and reverse cascading information and data exchange across a management hierarchy and delegation of work spectrum including government and private investment 502, service providers, such as internet service providers (ISPs) andbroadband service providers (BSPs) 504, engineering and design 506, contractors such as general contractors and prime contractors 508, and subcontractors 510. Reverse data cascading 536 and data cascading 534 across the management hierarchy and delegation of work spectrum includes, for example, geo spatial data 512, project management data 514, analytics 516 such as project analytics, team and crew data 518, office and human resource (HR) data 520, data protocols 522, work delegation 524, permissions and access 526, work order data 528, documentation and imaging 530 such as still and video imaging for work orders, and accounting and invoicing 532.

[0042] FIG. 6 provides a telecommunications asset and project management system and platform 600 showing cascading and reverse cascading of information and data 602 for an organization management system 620 with organization management including, for example, onboarding 616, profile management 618, offboarding 604, reporting, documentation, and imaging 606, geodata informatics 608, analytics 610 such as workorder and project analytics, permissions 612, and accounting and invoicing 614.

[0043] FIG. 7 provides a telecommunications asset and project management system and platform 700 showing cascading and reverse cascading of information and data 702 for a data protocols and management system 724 with data protocols management including, for example, for analytics 704 such as workorder and project analytics, management 706, auditing 708, permissions 710, tradesmen 712, subcontractors 714, prime contractors and general contractors 716, engineering, planning and design 718, service provider(s) 720, and government and private investor(s) 722.

[0044] FIG. 8 provides a telecommunications asset and project management system and platform 800 showing cascading and reverse cascading of information and data for a work order management system 818 with work order management including, for example, work order information 804, custody 806, documentation 808, auditing 810, accounting 812, status 814, and permissions 816.

[0045] FIG. 9 provides a telecommunications asset and project management system and platform 900 showing cascading and reverse cascading of geostationary earth orbit (“geo”) information and data 902 for a geo data management system 918 with geo data management including, for example, build out blueprints including as-build and as-design versions 904, auditing 906, actual build asset, infrastructure, and project management 908,work order geo data 910, digitized asset, infrastructure, and project data 912, digital geo map overlays 914, and digital geo maps 916.

[0046] FIG. 10 provides a telecommunications asset and project management system and platform 1000 showing cascading and reverse cascading of permissions information and data 1002 for a permissions management system 1016 with permissions management including, for example, work order information 1004, permissions and settings 1006, auditing 1008, access requests 1010, create, view, edit, and delete information settings 1012, and user credentials 1014.

[0047] FIG. 11 provides a telecommunications asset and project management system and platform 1100 showing cascading and reverse cascading of office and human resource information and data 1102 for an office and human resources management system 1116 with office and human resource management including, for example, employee information 1104, QR code association 1106, company and employee interlinking 1108, company and company interlinking 1110, onboarding 1112, and company information 1114

[0048] FIG. 12 provides a telecommunications asset and project management system and platform 1200 showing cascading and reverse cascading of inventory, warehouse and project management information and data 1202 for an inventory, warehouse and project management system 1216 with a chain of custody 1218 for inventory, warehouse and project management including, for example, work order 1204 information, material accounting 1206, material status 1208, material acceptances 1210, material logs 1212, and material delegation and assignment 1214.

[0049] FIG. 13 provides a telecommunications asset and project management system and platform 1300 showing cascading and reverse cascading of accounting management information and data 1302 for an accounting management system 1320 with accounting management including, for example, reconciliation 1304, auditing 1306, analytics 1308, documentation 1310, permissions 1312, payments 1314, invoicing 1316, and work order data 1318.

[0050] FIG. 14 provides a telecommunications asset and project management system and platform 1400 showing cascading and reverse cascading of analytics information and data 1402 for an analytics management system 1424 with analytics management including, forexample, auditing and reporting 1404, office and human resource data 1406, permissions 1408, geo data 1410, machine learning and artificial intelligence (Al) 1412, warehouse and inventory data 1414, organizational data 1416, work order data 1418, accounting data 1420, and human resource data 1422. Systems and platforms of the present invention may be implemented using a range of Al technologies, including large language models (LLMs) and natural language processing (NLP) algorithms. An Al module 1412 may employ a large language model (LLM) such as GPT-4 or similar models. These models can manage and process the cascading and reverse cascading of information 512-536 across the delegation of work hierarchy / spectrum 502-510 shown, for example, in FIG. 5. Additionally, the systems and platforms of the present invention with Al module 1412 may utilize NLP algorithms to analyze and interpret the cascading and reverse cascading of information 512-536 across the delegation of work hierarchy / spectrum 502-510. NLP techniques can be applied to parse data and information, identify key data and information, and generate communications with users. Examples of NLP tools include sentiment analysis APIs, text classification algorithms, and named entity recognition (NER) systems.

[0051] One exemplary aspect illustratively shown in the figures sets forth an asset and project management system 100 for field service industries. The system 100 (see, for example, FIG. 1) includes, for example, a delegation of work hierarchy 200 (see, for example, FIG. 2) having a pool of field service industry providers 202, 204, 206, 208, 210, 212 (see, for example, FIG. 2) and 502, 504, 506, 508, 508, 510 (see, for example, FIG. 5) including, for example, office and human resources 214, management 218, project management 220, and employees 216 for performing a field service build out, upgrade, or repair of a new or an existing infrastructure. One or more work orders 310, communicated work orders 432, and work order management system(s) 800 (see, for example, FIGS. 3, 4, & 8) are associated with the pool of field service industry providers 202, 204, 206, 208, 210, 212 and 502, 504, 506, 508, 508, 510 (see, for example, FIG. 5) and the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure. One or more data files (see, for example, system information and data shown in FIGS 1-14) are also associated with at least one of the one or more work orders, the pool of field service industry providers, and the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure. The system may also include, for example, a data file management system 100, 300, 400, 500,700 (see, for example, FIGS. 1, 3, 4, 5, 7) having data cascading and reverse cascading protocols 700 (see, for example, FIG. 7) and permissions 1000 (see, for example, FIG. 10) for information exchange of the one or more data files across the delegation of work hierarchy. The data cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions may include a labor organizing management system 300, 500, 600, 800 (see, for example, FIGS. 3, 5, 6, 8.) for organizing labor for the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure, a material organizing management system 300, 500, 600, 800, 1200 (see, for example, FIGS. 3, 5, 6, 8, 12) for organizing material for the labor associated with the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure, and an organization and management system 300, 500, 600, 700, 800, 1100, 1200 (see, for example, FIGS. 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12) for organizing and delegating the application of labor and material to at least one of the one or more work orders. Other exemplary forms of the invention include, but are not limited to:

[0052] (1) at least one or more cloud based administrative web portals, at least one or more iOS-based field applications, at least one or more Android based field applications, and at least one or more smart mobile based field applications for administering the system to the pool of field service industry providers 100, 400 (see, for example, FIGS. 1, 4);

[0053] (2) a global positioning satellite mapping database 100, 400, 500, 600, 900 (see, for example, FIGS. 1, 4, 5, 6, 9) having one or more geological maps of the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure, wherein at least one of the one or more data files associated with one of more of the work orders is geo tagged on the one or more geological maps for recording the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure for the data file management system to cascade and reverse cascade the one or more geo tagged data files across the delegation of work hierarchy;

[0054] (3) a warehouse and inventory and project management database 100, 300, 400,500, 800, 1200 (see, for example, FIGS. 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 12) having one or more material chain of custody logs for the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure, wherein at least one of the one or more data files associated with one of more of the work orders includes at least one of the one or more material chain of custody logs for recording material associated with the field service build out, upgrade, or repair ofthe new or existing infrastructure for the data file management system to cascade and reverse cascade the one or more data files across the delegation of work hierarchy;

[0055] (4) a human resource database 100, 200, 400, 500, 600, 1100 (see, for example,FIGS. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 11), wherein the one or more data files having company and employee data files for associating the pool of field service industry providers with at least one of the one or more work orders for the data file management system to cascade and reverse cascade the one or more data files across the delegation of work hierarchy; and

[0056] (5) an accounting database 100, 300, 400, 500, 600, 800, 1300 (see, for example, FIGS. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 13), wherein the one or more data files having accounting data files for the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure, wherein at least one of the one or more data files associated with one of more of the work orders includes at least one of the one or more accounting records associated with the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure for the data file management system to cascade and reverse cascade the one or more data files across the delegation of work hierarchy based the cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions for information exchange of the one or more data files across the delegation of work hierarchy.

[0057] Another exemplary aspect illustratively shown in the figures sets forth a telecommunications industry asset and project management system. The telecommunications industry asset and project management system 100 (see, for example, FIG. 1) includes, for example, a delegation of work hierarchy 200 (see, for example, FIG. 2) having a pool of telecommunication service industry providers 202, 204, 206, 208, 210, 212 (see, for example, FIG. 2) for performing a telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of a new or existing telecommunications infrastructure. One or more work orders 300, 400, 800 (see, for example, FIGS. 3, 4, 8) are associated with the pool of telecommunications service industry providers and the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure. One or more data files (see, for example, system information and data shown in FIGS 1-14) are also associated with at least one of the one or more work orders, the pool of telecommunications service industry providers, and the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure. A datafile management system 100, 300, 400, 500, 700 (see, for example, FIGS. 1 , 3, 4, 5, 7) includes data cascading and reverse cascading protocols 700 (see, for example, FIG. 7) and permissions 1000 (see, for example, FIG. 10) for information exchange of the one or more data files across the delegation of work hierarchy. The data cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions include, for example, a labor organizing management system 300, 500, 600, 800 (see, for example, FIGS. 3, 5, 6, 8) for organizing labor for the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure, a material organizing management system 300, 500, 600, 800, 1200 (see, for example, FIGS. 3, 5, 6, 8, 12) for organizing material for the labor associated with the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure, and an organization and management system 300, 500, 600, 700, 800, 1100, 1200 (see, for example, FIGS. 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12) for organizing and delegating the application of labor and material to at least one of the one or more work orders. Other exemplary forms of the invention include, but are not limited to:

[0058] (1) at least one or more cloud based administrative web portals, at least one or more iOS-based field applications, at least one or more Android based field applications for administering the system to the pool of telecommunication service industry providers 100, 400 (see, for example, FIGS. 1, 4);

[0059] (2) a global positioning satellite mapping database 100, 400, 500, 600, 900 (see, for example, FIGS. 1, 4, 5, 6, 9.) having one or more geological maps of the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure, wherein at least one of the one or more data files associated with one of more of the work orders is geo tagged on the one or more geological maps for recording the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure for the data file management system to cascade and reverse cascade the one or more geo tagged data files across the delegation of work hierarchy;

[0060] (3) a telecommunications warehouse and inventory database 100, 300, 400,500, 800, 1200 (see, for example, FIGS. 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 12) having one or more material chain of custody logs for the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure, wherein at least one of the one or more datafiles associated with one of more of the work orders includes at least one of the one or more material chain of custody logs for recording telecommunications material associated with the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure for the data file management system to cascade and reverse cascade the one or more data files across the delegation of work hierarchy;

[0061] (4) a human resource database 100, 200, 400, 500, 600, 1100 (see, for example,FIGS. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 11), wherein the one or more data files having company and employee data files for associating the pool of telecommunications service industry providers with at least one of the one or more work orders for the data file management system to cascade and reverse cascade the one or more data files across a set of selected telecommunications service industry providers in the delegation of work hierarchy; and

[0062] (5) an accounting database 100, 300, 400, 500, 600, 800, 1300 (see, for example, FIGS. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 13), wherein the one or more data files having accounting data files for the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure, wherein at least one of the one or more data files associated with one of more of the work orders includes at least one of the one or more accounting records associated with the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure for the data file management system to cascade and reverse cascade the one or more data files across a set of selected telecommunications service industry providers in the delegation of work hierarchy based the cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions for information exchange of the one or more data files.

[0063] Still another exemplary aspect illustratively shown in the figures sets forth a method for asset and project management for field service industries 100 (see, for example, FIG. 1). The method includes, for example, steps, such as, providing a delegation of work hierarchy 200 (see, for example, FIG. 2) having a pool of field service industry providers 204 (see, for example, FIG. 2) for performing a field service build out, upgrade, or repair of a new or existing infrastructure, associating one or more work orders 300, 400, 800 (see, for example, FIGS. 3, 4, 8) with the pool of field service industry providers and the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure, associating one or more data files (see, for example, system information and data shown in FIGS. 1-14)with at least one of the one or more work orders, the pool of field service industry providers, and the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure, managing data file exchanges 100, 300, 400, 500, 700 (see, for example, FIGS. 1, 3, 4, 5, 7.) of the one or more data files across the delegation of work hierarchy with data cascading and reverse cascading protocols 700 (see, for example, FIG. 7) and permissions 1000 (see, for example, FIG. 10), wherein the data cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions include, for example, such steps as organizing labor 300, 500, 600, 800 (see, for example, FIGS. 3, 5, 6, 8) for the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure, organizing material 300, 500, 600, 800, 1200 (see, for example, FIGS. 3, 5, 6, 8, 12) for the labor associated with the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure, and organizing and delegating the application of labor and material 300, 500, 600, 700, 800, 1100 (see, for example, FIGS. 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12) to at least one of the one or more work orders. Other exemplary forms of the invention include, but are not limited to:

[0064] (1) administering the system 100, 400 (see, for example, FIGS. 1, 4) to the pool of field service industry providers with at least one or more cloud based administrative web portals, at least one or more iOS-based field applications, at least one or more Android based field applications;

[0065] (2) acquiring one or more digital geological maps of the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure from a global positioning satellite mapping database 100, 400, 500, 600, 900 (see, for example, FIGS. 1, 4, 5, 6, 9); geo tagging at least one of the one or more data files associated with one of more of the work orders on the one or more geological maps 100, 400, 500, 600, 900 (see, for example, FIGS. 1, 4, 5, 6, 9) for recording the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure; and cascading and reverse cascading the one or more geo tagged data files across a set of selected field service industry providers in the delegation of work hierarchy based on the data cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions;

[0066] (3) generating one or more material chain of custody logs for the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure from a warehouse and inventory database 100, 300, 400, 500, 800, 1200 (see, for example, FIGS. 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 12), wherein at least one of the one or more data files associated with one of more of thework orders includes at least one of the one or more material chain of custody logs for recording material associated with the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure; and cascading and reverse cascading at least one of the one or more data files having the one or more chain of custody logs across a set of selected field service industry providers in the delegation of work hierarchy based on the data cascading and reverse cascading protocols 700 (see, for example, FIG. 7) and permissions 1000 (see, for example, FIG. 10.);

[0067] (4) a human resource database 100, 200, 400, 500, 600, (see, for example,FIGS. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 11), wherein the one or more data files include company and employee data files for associating a set of selected field service industry providers from the delegation of work hierarchy with at least one of the one or more work orders using at least one or the one or more data files having at least one or more company and employee data files from a human resource database; and cascading and reverse cascading at least one of the one or more data files having the one or more company and employee files across a set of selected field service industry providers in the delegation of work hierarchy based on the data cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions; and

[0068] (5) acquiring one or more data files 100, 200, 400, 500, 600, 1100 (see, for example, FIGS. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 11) having at least one or more accounting data files for the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure from an accounting database, wherein at least one of the one or more data files associated with one of more of the work orders includes at least one of the one or more accounting data files associated with the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure; and cascading and reverse cascading at least one of the one or more accounting data files having one or more accounting records for associated with one or more of the work orders across a set of selected field service industry providers in the delegation of work hierarchy based on the data cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions.

[0069] At least one other exemplary aspect illustratively shown in the figures sets forth a method for asset and project management for the telecommunications industry 100 (see, for example, FIG. 1). The method includes, for example, such steps as providing a delegation of work hierarchy 200 (see, for example, FIG. 2) having a pool oftelecommunications service industry providers 204? (see, for example, FIG. 2) for performing a telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of a new or existing telecommunications infrastructure, associating one or more work orders 300, 400, 800 (see, for example, FIGS. 3, 4, 8) with the pool of telecommunications service industry providers and the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure, associating one or more data files (see, for example, system information and data shown in FIGS. 1-14) with at least one of the one or more work orders, the pool of telecommunications service industry providers, and the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure, managing data file exchanges 100, 300, 400, 500, 700 (see, for example, FIGS. 1, 3, 4, 5, 7) of the one or more data files across the delegation of work hierarchy with data cascading and reverse cascading protocols 700 (see, for example, FIG. 7) and permissions 1000 (see, for example, FIG. 10), wherein the data cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions include, for example, such steps as organizing labor 300, 500, 600, 800 (see, for example, FIGS. 3, 5, 6, 8) for the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure, organizing material 300, 500, 600, 800, 1200 (see, for example, FIGS. 3, 5, 6, 8, 12) for the labor associated with the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure, and organizing and delegating the application of labor and material 300, 500, 600, 700, 800, 1100, 1200 (see, for example, FIGS. 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12) to at least one of the one or more work orders. Other exemplary forms of the invention include, but are not limited to:

[0070] (1) administering the system 100, 400 (see, for example, FIGS. 1, 4) to the pool of telecommunications service industry providers with at least one or more cloud based administrative web portals, at least one or more iOS-based field applications, at least one or more Android based field applications;

[0071] (2) acquiring one or more digital geological maps of the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure from a global positioning satellite mapping database 100, 400, 500, 600, 900 (see, for example, FIGS. 1, 4, 5, 6, 9); geo tagging at least one of the one or more data files associated with one of more of the work orders on the one or more geological maps 100,400, 500, 600, 900 (see, for example, FIGS. 1, 4, 5, 6, 9) for recording the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure; and cascading and reverse cascading the one or more geo tagged data fdes across a set of selected telecommunications service industry providers in the delegation of work hierarchy based on the data cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions;

[0072] (3) generating one or more material chain of custody logs for the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure from a telecommunications warehouse and inventory database 100, 300, 400, 500, 800, 1200 (see, for example, FIGS. 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 12), wherein at least one of the one or more data files associated with one of more of the work orders includes at least one of the one or more material chain of custody logs for recording material associated with the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure; and cascading and reverse cascading at least one of the one or more data files having the one or more chain of custody logs across a set of selected telecommunications service industry providers in the delegation of work hierarchy based on the data cascading and reverse cascading protocols 700 (see, for example, FIG. 7) and permissions 1000 (see, for example, FIG. 10);

[0073] (4) a human resource database 100, 200, 400, 500, 600, 1100 (see, for example,FIGS. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 11), wherein the one or more data files having company and employee data files for associating a set of selected telecommunications service industry providers from the delegation of work hierarchy with at least one of the one or more work orders using at least one or the one or more data files having at least one or more company and employee data files acquired from a human resource database; and cascading and reverse cascading at least one of the one or more data files having the one or more company and employee files across a set of selected telecommunications service industry providers in the delegation of work hierarchy based on the data cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions; and

[0074] (5) acquiring one or more data files 100, 200, 400, 500, 600, 1100 (see, for example, FIGS. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 11) having at least one or more accounting data files for the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or telecommunicationsexisting infrastructure from an accounting database, wherein at least one of the one or more data fdes associated with one of more of the work orders includes at least one of the one or more accounting data files associated with the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure; and cascading and reverse cascading at least one of the one or more accounting data files having one or more accounting records for associated with one or more of the work orders across a set of selected telecommunications service industry providers in the delegation of work hierarchy based on the data cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions.

[0075] FIGS. 1-14 illustratively show a full-scale and comprehensive telecommunications asset and project management platform. Generally, as shown in FIG. 2, telecommunications investment 202 dollars are contracted with or awarded to internet services providers 204, also known as broadband providers, who in turn work with project managers (engineers) 206 to design a telecommunications buildout. Project managers inturn often contract with prime contractor s / general contractors 208 who perform the work and / or in-turn work with subcontractors 210 across various trades using tradesmen 212 to complete different aspects of a telecommunications buildout. Each of the organizations / businesses are generally structured having a delegation of work hierarchy or delegation of work spectrum that includes for example, a management team 218 such as executives and business managers, project management 220 such as project managers, directors and coordinators, human resources 214 such administrators, accounting, and logistics, and employees 216 of the company. Data and information associated with the business’ operations cascade and reverse cascade across the delegation of work hierarchy of each business. At a high level, the telecommunications asset and project management platform of the present invention provides a tool, in at least one of its primary commercial embodiments, in the form of a cloud based administrative web portal and iOS and Android field applications on smart device(s) 110 and portable smart device(s) 112, shown in FIG.1, for organizing labor for a build out or repair, organizing material for the labor (e.g., via upstream and downstream warehouse and inventory management, and organizing and delegating the work (e.g., organizing the application of the labor and material to a work order 304), as shown by way of example, in FIG. 3. A key aspect of the platform is its ability to provide for the cascading (i.e., downstream) and reverse cascading (i.e.,upstream) of all information in its various forms related to organizing labor 304, organizing material for the labor 306, and organizing and delegating the work 308 for a telecommunications build out, upgrade, or repair and propagate the information across the delegation of work hierarchy / spectrum based on permissions set up and administered in the Permissions Management System 1000, shown in FIG. 10, to each organization / individual based on the type of information 512-536 and type / role of the organization 502-510, as shown by platform 500 in FIG. 5. The information, shown at least in part in FIG. 4, cascading across the delegation of work hierarchy / spectrum in both upstream and downstream directions, accessible (e.g., create, read, edit, delete, copy, etc.) based on user permissions, includes, for example, but is not limited to, platform Access via onboarding details including sharable QR codes accessible via a camera enabled electronic device for associating users of an organization (e.g., with whatever organization they work with for interlinking company to company 1110 and / or company to employee 1108; for example, the Office / Human Resources Management System 1100, shown in FIG. 11, may be QR code 1106 driven to provide immediate onboarding 1112 process whereby, for example, a contractor would have company information 1114, such as W9, tax, insurance, and other business information already available and uploaded to the system and an employee would have tax and other personal information 1104 already uploaded to the system), internal user management (e.g., invite employees to join the platform using QR code), crew management (e.g., add in field crews), and add external associated contractors (e.g., anyone you are working for outside of your organization). The information cascading across the delegation of work hierarchy / spectrum in both upstream and downstream directions, accessible (e.g., create, read, edit, delete, copy, etc.) based on user permissions, may also include, for example, but is not limited to, accessing the Accounting Management System 1300, shown in FIG. 13, predefined billable units added to a work order (e.g., part type, number of units, and price per unit), via accessing an Inventory Warehouse Management System 1200, shown in FIG. 12, the predefined inventory units / warehouse materials added to a work order (e.g., part type, number of units, units issued, remaining available units, and price per unit), via accessing an InventoryWarehouse & Project Management System 1200, shown in FIG. 12, and predefined documents added to a work order (e.g., photos, videos, parts lists, work summaries, etc.) via accessing a Work OrderManagement System 800, shown in FIG. 8, GPS to jobsite (e.g., jobsite address, access details, digital credentials, commute time, available routes, etc.), via accessing a Geo Data Management System 900, shown in FIG. 9. The information 512-536, shown in FIG. 5, cascading across the delegation of work hierarchy / spectrum 502-510 in both upstream and downstream directions, accessible (e.g., create, read, edit, delete, copy, etc.) based on user permissions 1000 (see FIG. 10), may also include, for example, but is not limited to, accessing a Work Order Management System 800, associating organizations / individuals (e.g., associating with a work order), adding work order(s), assigning work order(s) (e.g., multi-tier for working across the delegation of work hierarchy / spectrum), processing work order(s) (e.g., add billable units (i.e., line items on invoice), viewing invoice, adding inventory units (i.e., what part(s) / hardware was used), adding photos (e.g., for quality control / job completion confirmation), adding any documents related to a work order, adding work order notes, submission controls and recording of submitted work order(s), approval(s) of completed work order or work order(s) rejected with rejection notes, sending of payment if completed work order(s) approved, daily summarizing of work order details (e.g., work completed, issues encountered, variations from the as-designed build out, etc.), viewing analytics (e.g., organizations, individuals, crews and teams, invoicing, job performance, quality, post repairs, delays, accuracy, labor and material use efficiencies, material and inventory management, etc ), via accessing an Analytics Management System 1400, shown in FIG. 14. The information 512-536, shown in FIG. 5, cascading across the delegation of work hierarchy / spectrum 502-510 in both upstream and downstream directions, accessible (e.g., create, read, edit, delete, copy, etc.) based on user permissions 1000 (see FIG. 10), may also include, for example, but is not limited to, accessing a Geo Data Management System 900, shown in FIG. 9, GIS mapping using Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) digital maps (e.g., geo-pining / geo-mapping as design / as build geo coordinates for infrastructure and assets throughout the material(s) chain of custody for an individual / organization associated with one or more work orders) and mobilizing infrastructure and project assets to a work site, warehousing (e.g., delegate materials to every contractor (i.e., multitiered) to establish a chain of custody and accounting for issued, installed, returned, defective material that is part of a project and establish accountability with a multitiered warehouse), via accessing theInventory / Warehouse & Project Management System 1200, shown in FIG. 12 and establishing, tracking, recording, auditing, and processing timesheets (e.g., recording, editing, auditing time associated with one or more work orders), via accessing an Accounting Management System 1300, shown in FIG. 13. Another aspect of the cascading and reverse cascading of information 512-536 across the delegation of work hierarchy / spectrum 502-510 shown, for example, in FIG. 5, includes cascading permissions (i.e., decreasing permission controls) and reverse cascading permissions (increasing permission controls) for creating, viewing, editing, and deleting information available on the platform, via accessing the Permissions Management System 1000, shown in FIG. 10. For example, a broadband provider would have full access to and permission controls for build out / upgrade / repair information whereas a subcontractor (e.g., a guy with a shovel in his hand working at the location of a work order) who is reporting the work via notes, photos, parts used, geotags for installed parts / hardware would not necessarily have full access and permission controls on the platform to all the same information as the broadband provider, engineer(s), or prime / general contractors. Another aspect of the cascading and reverse cascading of information 512-536 across the delegation of work hierarchy / spectrum 502-510 shown, for example, in FIG. 5, includes the downstream and upstream movement of geo data associated with a build out, upgrade, repair, or any aspect of a work order, via accessing the Geo Data Management System 900, shown in FIG. 9. Generally, an engineering or design firm creates an as-build or as-design for each telecommunications build out, which includes, for example, a blueprint on a map with all of the project, infrastructure, and build out information. The blueprints are then marked up by hand with the as-built information for recording infrastructure installed, location of the install, changes from the as-build design (e.g., due to, for example, topography and ground condition variations from the blueprint occur), contractor predispositions and preferences performing the install, etc. The marked-up blueprints are entered into a CAD program for digitizing (i.e., electronically recording) the as-built design to provide an accurate, electronic depiction of the as-built design (i.e., the actual build) constructed on each work order. The asset and project management system of the present invention digitally overlays all the geo data for a project, infrastructure, and asset management onto the as-build or as- design maps provided by the engineers. The geo coordinates for the material used,infrastructure installed (e.g., pedestal, cable routers, hubs, connectors, etc.) and contractor performing the install are digitally recorded on the as-build geo map thereby automatically creating an as-built geo map for tracking and recording build out information in real time. For example, a contractor having one or more electronic devices (e.g., GPS data 430 from a GPS locator such as SPIKE), shown in FIG. 4, may add geo stamped information (e.g., photos with geo location of work and installed, repaired, or removed hardware / infrastructure) to a work order that is added to a digital blueprint that is part of the data package that is automatically sent back (i.e., that reverse cascades) up and is made available across the delegation of work spectrum to those with the requisite permission(s). The automated digitized platform integrates the office with the field, from the guy operating a directional drill at an install location all the way up to the corporate office of the Internet Service Provider. Providers may log into the platform to see progression of project / work order in real-time. Another aspect of the cascading and reverse cascading of information 512-536 across the delegation of work hierarchy / spectrum 502- 510 shown, for example, in FIG. 5, includes the downstream and upstream movement of warehouse / inventory and project management data, via accessing the Inventory / Warehouse & Project Management System 1200, shown in FIG. 12, associated with a build out, upgrade, repair, or any aspect of a work order 1204. For example, the cascading warehouse feature provides for the delegation / assignment of materials 1214 to every employee, contractor, or tradesman that is part of work order 1204. In addition, the platform establishes accountability with a multitiered warehouse, by, for example, allowing subscribers to log into the platform for entering what materials taken, receiving a notification on an electronic device asking if the materials are accepted thereby making the material acceptee 1210 in charge of the chain of custody 1218 of the materials. Additionally, crews check out work order material and it goes into their chain of custody, all materials are logged 1212, materials are associated with a job, logging exactly what materials being used on the jobsite. Another aspect of the cascading and reverse cascading of information 512-536 across the delegation of work hierarchy / spectrum 502-510 shown, for example, in FIG. 5, includes the upstream and downstream movement of the analytics data obtained, via accessing the Analytics Management System 1400, shown in FIG. 14 from all of the data collected over time bythe users accessing and using the platform(s). The analytics could be used to show, amongst many other things discussed above, whether a company is making / losing money, key performance indicators (KPIs), contractors, subcontractors, and employees that are more productive than others and those who make / save money, have less downtime, rework and repairs showing how to reallocate capital assets, etc.

[0076] The invention is not to be limited to the particular embodiments described herein. In particular, the invention contemplates numerous variations in an asset and project management system and platform for various field service industries, such as the telecommunications industry. The foregoing description has been presented for purposes of illustration and description. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list or limit any of the inventions to the precise forms disclosed. It is contemplated that other alternatives or exemplary aspects are considered included in the invention. The description is merely examples of embodiments, processes or methods of the invention. It is understood that any other modifications, substitutions, and / or additions may be made, which are within the intended spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. An asset and project management system for field service industries, comprising: a delegation of work hierarchy comprising a pool of field service industry providers for performing a field service build out, upgrade, or repair of a new or existing infrastructure; one or more work orders associated with the pool of field service industry providers and the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure; one or more data files associated with at least one of the one or more work orders, the pool of field service industry providers, and the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure; a data file management system comprising data cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions for information exchange of the one or more data files across the delegation of work hierarchy, wherein the data cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions comprise: a labor organizing management system for organizing labor for the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure; a material organizing management system for organizing material for the labor associated with the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure; and an organization and management system for organizing and delegating the application of labor and material to at least one of the one or more work orders.

2. The asset and project management system of claim 1, further comprising: at least one or more cloud based administrative web portals, at least one or more iOS-based field applications, at least one or more Android based field applications for administering the system to the pool of field service industry providers.

3. The asset and project management system of claim 1 , further comprising: a global positioning satellite mapping database comprising one or more geological maps of the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure, wherein at least one of the one or more data files associated with one of more of the work orders is geo tagged on the one or more geological maps for recording the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure for the data file management system to cascade and reverse cascade the one or more geo tagged data files across the delegation of work hierarchy.

4. The asset and project management system of claim 1, further comprising: a warehouse and inventory database comprising one or more material chain of custody logs for the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure, wherein at least one of the one or more data files associated with one of more of the work orders includes at least one of the one or more material chain of custody logs for recording material associated with the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure for the data file management system to cascade and reverse cascade the one or more data files across the delegation of work hierarchy.

5. The asset and project management system of claim 1, further comprising: a human resource database, wherein the one or more data files comprise company and employee data files for associating the pool of field service industry providers with at least one of the one or more work orders for the data file management system to cascade and reverse cascade the one or more data files across the delegation of work hierarchy.

6. The asset and project management system of claim 1, further comprising: an accounting database, wherein the one or more data files comprise accounting data files for the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure, wherein atleast one of the one or more data files associated with one of more of the work orders includes at least one of the one or more accounting records associated with the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure for the data file management system to cascade and reverse cascade the one or more data files across the delegation of work hierarchy based the cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions for information exchange of the one or more data files across the delegation of work hierarchy.

7. A telecommunications industry asset and project management system, comprising: a delegation of work hierarchy comprising a pool of telecommunication service industry providers for performing a telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of a new or existing telecommunications infrastructure; one or more work orders associated with the pool of telecommunications service industry providers and the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure; one or more data files associated with at least one of the one or more work orders, the pool of telecommunications service industry providers, and the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure; a data file management system comprising data cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions for information exchange of the one or more data files across the delegation of work hierarchy, wherein the data cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions comprise: a labor organizing management system for organizing labor for the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure; a material organizing management system for organizing material for the labor associated with the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure; andan organization and management system for organizing and delegating the application of labor and material to at least one of the one or more work orders.

8. The telecommunications industry asset and project management system of claim 7, further comprising: at least one or more cloud based administrative web portals, at least one or more iOS-based field applications, at least one or more Android based field applications for administering the system to the pool of telecommunication service industry providers.

9. The telecommunications industry asset and project management system of claim 7, further comprising: a global positioning satellite mapping database comprising one or more geological maps of the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure, wherein at least one of the one or more data files associated with one of more of the work orders is geo tagged on the one or more geological maps for recording the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure for the data file management system to cascade and reverse cascade the one or more geo tagged data files across the delegation of work hierarchy.

10. The telecommunications industry asset and project management system of claim 7, further comprising: a telecommunications warehouse and inventory database comprising one or more material chain of custody logs for the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure, wherein at least one of the one or more data files associated with one of more of the work orders includes at least one of the one or more material chain of custody logs for recording telecommunications material associated with the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existingtelecommunications infrastructure for the data file management system to cascade and reverse cascade the one or more data files across the delegation of work hierarchy.

11. The telecommunications industry asset and project management system of claim 7, further comprising: a human resource database, wherein the one or more data files comprise company and employee data files for associating the pool of telecommunications service industry providers with at least one of the one or more work orders for the data file management system to cascade and reverse cascade the one or more data files across a set of selected telecommunications service industry providers in the delegation of work hierarchy.

12. The telecommunications industry asset and project management system of claim 7, further comprising: an accounting database, wherein the one or more data files comprise accounting data files for the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure, wherein at least one of the one or more data files associated with one of more of the work orders includes at least one of the one or more accounting records associated with the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure for the data file management system to cascade and reverse cascade the one or more data files across a set of selected telecommunications service industry providers in the delegation of work hierarchy based the cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions for information exchange of the one or more data files.

13. A method for asset and project management for field service industries, comprising: providing a delegation of work hierarchy comprising a pool of field service industry providers for performing a field service build out, upgrade, or repair of a new or existing infrastructure;associating one or more work orders with the pool of field service industry providers and the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure; associating one or more data files with at least one of the one or more work orders, the pool of field service industry providers, and the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure; managing data file exchanges of the one or more data files across the delegation of work hierarchy with data cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions, wherein the data cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions comprise: organizing labor for the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure; organizing material for the labor associated with the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure; and organizing and delegating the application of labor and material to at least one of the one or more work orders.

14. The method for asset and project management for field service industries of claim 13, further comprising: administering the system to the pool of field service industry providers with at least one or more cloud based administrative web portals, at least one or more iOS-based field applications, at least one or more Android based field applications.

15. The method for asset and project management for field service industries of claim 13, further comprising: acquiring one or more digital geological maps of the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure from a global positioning satellite mapping database;geo tagging at least one of the one or more data files associated with one of more of the work orders on the one or more geological maps for recording the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure; and cascading and reverse cascading the one or more geo tagged data files across a set of selected field service industry providers in the delegation of work hierarchy based on the data cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions.

16. The method for asset and project management for field service industries of claim 13, further comprising: generating one or more material chain of custody logs for the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure from a warehouse and inventory database, wherein at least one of the one or more data files associated with one of more of the work orders includes at least one of the one or more material chain of custody logs for recording material associated with the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure; and cascading and reverse cascading at least one of the one or more data files having the one or more chain of custody logs across a set of selected field service industry providers in the delegation of work hierarchy based on the data cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions.

17. The method for asset and project management for field service industries of claim 13, further comprising: a human resource database, wherein the one or more data files comprise company and employee data files for associating a set of selected field service industry providers from the delegation of work hierarchy with at least one of the one or more work orders using at least one or the one or more data files comprising at least one or more company and employee data files from a human resource database; andcascading and reverse cascading at least one of the one or more data files having the one or more company and employee files across a set of selected field service industry providers in the delegation of work hierarchy based on the data cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions.

18. The method for asset and project management for field services industries of claim 13, further comprising: acquiring one or more data files comprising at least one or more accounting data files for the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure from an accounting database, wherein at least one of the one or more data files associated with one of more of the work orders includes at least one of the one or more accounting data files associated with the field service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing infrastructure; and cascading and reverse cascading at least one of the one or more accounting data files having one or more accounting records for associated with one or more of the work orders across a set of selected field service industry providers in the delegation of work hierarchy based on the data cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions.

19. A method for asset and project management for the telecommunications industry, comprising: providing a delegation of work hierarchy comprising a pool of telecommunications service industry providers for performing a telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of a new or existing telecommunications infrastructure; associating one or more work orders with the pool of telecommunications service industry providers and the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure;associating one or more data files with at least one of the one or more work orders, the pool of telecommunications service industry providers, and the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure; managing data file exchanges of the one or more data files across the delegation of work hierarchy with data cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions, wherein the data cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions comprise: organizing labor for the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure; organizing material for the labor associated with the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure; and organizing and delegating the application of labor and material to at least one of the one or more work orders.

20. The method for asset and project management for the telecommunications industry of claim 19, further comprising: administering the system to the pool of telecommunications service industry providers with at least one or more cloud based administrative web portals, at least one or more iOS-based field applications, at least one or more Android based field applications.

21. The method for asset and project management for the telecommunications industry of claim 19, further comprising: acquiring one or more digital geological maps of the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure from a global positioning satellite mapping database; geo tagging at least one of the one or more data files associated with one of more of the work orders on the one or more geological maps for recording the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure; andcascading and reverse cascading the one or more geo tagged data files across a set of selected telecommunications service industry providers in the delegation of work hierarchy based on the data cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions.

22. The method for asset and project management for the telecommunications industry of claim 19, further comprising: generating one or more material chain of custody logs for the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure from a telecommunications warehouse and inventory database, wherein at least one of the one or more data files associated with one of more of the work orders includes at least one of the one or more material chain of custody logs for recording material associated with the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure; and cascading and reverse cascading at least one of the one or more data files having the one or more chain of custody logs across a set of selected telecommunications service industry providers in the delegation of work hierarchy based on the data cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions.

23. The method for asset and project management for the telecommunications industry of claim 19, further comprising: a human resource database, wherein the one or more data files comprise company and employee data files for associating a set of selected telecommunications service industry providers from the delegation of work hierarchy with at least one of the one or more work orders using at least one or the one or more data files comprising at least one or more company and employee data files acquired from a human resource database; and cascading and reverse cascading at least one of the one or more data files having the one or more company and employee files across a set of selected telecommunications service industryproviders in the delegation of work hierarchy based on the data cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions.

24. The method for asset and project management for the telecommunications industry of claim 19, further comprising: acquiring one or more data files comprising at least one or more accounting data files for the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or telecommunications existing infrastructure from an accounting database, wherein at least one of the one or more data files associated with one of more of the work orders includes at least one of the one or more accounting data files associated with the telecommunications service build out, upgrade, or repair of the new or existing telecommunications infrastructure; and cascading and reverse cascading at least one of the one or more accounting data files having one or more accounting records for associated with one or more of the work orders across a set of selected telecommunications service industry providers in the delegation of work hierarchy based on the data cascading and reverse cascading protocols and permissions.

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