Suwon City Obtains Patent for 'Mobile Field Administration System'

Suwon City announced on the 10th that it has filed the 'Mobile Field Administration System,' which is being used by all city employees, with the Korean Intellectual Property Office and has received the nation's first patent registration.

The Mobile Field Administration System uses smartphones and tablet PCs for administrative work to immediately resolve citizens' inconveniences at the field sites, while enabling horizontal communication between departments and staff without restrictions on location and time, and allowing the progress of citizen promise projects to be checked anytime and anywhere through mobile devices at field sites.

The patent that Suwon City filed for the Mobile Field Administration System is a Business Model patent, which will be recognized for patent rights over the next 20 years, allowing exclusive use. A Business Model patent refers to a patent implemented with concrete technology based on computer, communication, and internet technology.

In particular, the patent rights officially recognized by the Korean Intellectual Property Office have the intellectual property rights vested in Suwon City, enabling the city to exercise usage fees (royalties) and property rights when other institutions request use of the system.

The city plans to implement a smart local government by applying smart new technologies such as mobile services to administrative work, thereby enhancing the status of Human City Suwon, where people are welcomed.