IP Library Granted Patent US 10,678,962
Granted Patent B2
US 10,678,962 · App. 15/244,722 · Granted Jun 9, 2020

Integrated construction portal

Inventors: John Louis Vanker (Lac du Flambeau, WI); Michael J. Lastowski (Centennial, CO)
Assignee: PATCO LLC
G06F30/13E04B1/08E04B1/19E04B1/2403E04B1/24E04B2001/0053E04B2001/246E04B2001/2415E04B2001/2448E04B2001/2454E04B2001/2466E04B2001/2481E04B2001/2496
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Patent No.
US 10,678,962
App. No.
15/244,722
Granted
Jun 9, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Method and system disclosed herein provides generating a three-dimensional construction grid based on a data file generated by an architectural software, wherein the three-dimensional grid includes three-dimensional position information of various structural building components; displaying the three-dimensional construction grid using a display device of a computing device; receiving information of various non-structural building components, the information including location of the non-structural building components on the three-dimensional grid; associating the non-structural building components to one or more of the structural components of the three-dimensional grid; and automatically generating a plurality of specifications for the non-structural building components.

Claims (21)

1. A method comprising:

generating a three-dimensional construction grid based on a data file generated by an architectural software, wherein the three-dimensional grid includes three-dimensional position information of various structural building components;

receiving information of various non-structural building components, the information including location of the non-structural building components on the three-dimensional grid;

associating the non-structural building components to one or more of the structural components of the three-dimensional grid;

evaluating if the non-structural building components are compatible with building requirements, specifications, and codes; and

automatically populating a plurality of specifications for the non-structural building components at a URL associated with a QR code associated with the one of the various structural building components.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

scanning the QR code associated with one of the plurality of structural components;

receiving from a user an input associated with one of the plurality of structural components; and

updating information associated with a URL associated with the scanned QR code.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising revising the three-dimensional grid based on the information of various non-structural building components.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein revising the three-dimensional grid includes associating a non-structural building component with structural building components that are affected by the non-structural building component.

5. A system, which comprises a processor, computer, or other hardware device, comprising:

a design module configured to generate a three-dimensional construction grid based on a data file generated by architectural software, wherein the three-dimensional grid includes three-dimensional position information of various structural building components;

an input module configured to receive information of various non-structural building components on the three-dimensional grid;

an association module configured to generate a plurality of specifications for the non-structural building components;

a specification generation module configured to generate a plurality of specifications for the non-structural building components; and

a QR code scanning device configured to scan a QR code associated with one of the plurality of structural components, receive from a user an input associated with the one of the plurality of structural building components, and update information associated with a URL associated with the scanned QR code.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the association module is further configured to associate a non-structural building component with any of the plurality of structural building components that are affected by the non-structural building component.

7. The system of claim 5 , wherein verifying the compatibility of the non-structural building components with the three-dimensional grid further includes evaluating if the non-structural building components are compatible with building requirements, specifications, and codes.

8. The system of claim 5 , wherein the information associated with the URL is an installation status of the one of the plurality of structural building components.

Assignments (6)
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Feb 28, 2022
From: PATCO, LLC
To: GARFIELD PARK, LLC
Reel/Frame 059266/0048 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Feb 28, 2022
From: PATCO, LLC
To: SECURITY BENEFIT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059682/0775 →
TERMINATION AND RELEASE OF PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT @ REEL 053016 AND FRAME 0936 Recorded Apr 16, 2021
From: ELDRIDGE CORPORATE FUNDING LLC
To: PATCO, LLC
Reel/Frame 056047/0984 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 23, 2020
From: PATCO, LLC
To: ELDRIDGE CORPORATE FUNDING LLC
Reel/Frame 053016/0936 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE RECEIVING PARTY DATA PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 040700 FRAME 0304. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jun 9, 2020
From: VANKER, JOHN LOUIS; LASTOWSKI, MICHAEL J.
To: PATCO, LLC
Reel/Frame 052888/0510 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 9, 2016
From: VANKER, JOHN LOUIS; LASTOWSKI, MICHAEL J.
To: PATCO LLC
Reel/Frame 040700/0304 →
Continuity (6)
Continuation 14685440 · Apr 13, 2015
Continuation 13838723 · Mar 15, 2013
Continuation In Part 13719561 · Dec 19, 2012
Continuation In Part 12964380 · Dec 9, 2010
Provisional Application 61288011 · Dec 18, 2009
Related Publication 20170098015A1 · Apr 6, 2017