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G06Q 10/06 (2012.01) H04W 4/12 (2009.01) G06Q 50/08 (2012.01) H04L 12/16 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2690239
Methods, apparatus, and systems for providing information regarding a locate and/or marking operation to identify a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility within a dig area. At least one notification indicating a status of the locate and/or marking operation is electronically transmitted and/or stored so as to inform at least one party associated with requesting the operation (a "requesting party," e.g., an excavator, a property owner, a facility owner, a regulatory authority, a damage investigator, etc.) of the status of the operation. In one aspect, a requesting party may designate a preferred format, content, and/or method of receiving notifications regarding the locate and/or marking operation. In another aspect, a computer-generated GUI is provided to facilitate submission of requests, generation of "virtual white line" images to indicate one or more dig areas on a digital image of a work site, and/or selection of notifications and preferences for same. In yet another aspect, a requesting party may provide an acknowledgement of receipt (e.g., a"return receipt") for one or more received notifications.
Chambers Curtis
Farr Jeffrey
Nielsen Steven
Borden Ladner Gervais Llp
Certusview Technologies Llc
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