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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2014
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Robert Alan Wetzel, Melbourne, FL (US);
Patrick Joseph Venneman, Blue Springs, MO (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling a site-specific activity at a plurality of remote locations, for example, the inspection of geographically remote equipment or the gathering of data for a census. A mobile operator transports a portable tool to a plurality of locations where a site-specific activity is to be conducted. The portable tool includes a location detection device. Processing of data using the portable tool is enabled only when the portable tool is located proximate a designated site, as determined by the location detection device. In various embodiments, the enabled site-specific activity may include data recordation, data transmission, data reception, data processing, and/or the display of a data entry form.