Method and system for providing notifications related to service information of machine

• US 10,482,402 B2
• Filed: 08/22/2017
• Issued: 11/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Caterpillar Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Caterpillar Incorporated
• Inventors: Williams, Jamin T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Marc-Coleman, Marthe Y
• Application Number:
  US15/682,875
• Publication Number:
  US 20190066004A1
• Time in Patent Office: 819 Days
• Field of Search: 701 29
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/205 Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental

Abstract

A method for providing notifications related to service information of a machine located at a worksite is provided includes detecting, by a worksite management system, an entry of the machine in a first predefined service zone based on machine location data and machine identification data. The first predefined service zone is defined in the worksite management system corresponding to a first service area at the worksite. The method also includes generating, by the worksite management system, a first notification based on at least one predefined parameter and the machine identification data upon the entry of the machine in the first predefined service zone. The first notification includes information related to a service to be performed at the first service area. The method further includes detecting, by the worksite management system, an exit of the machine from the first predefined service zone based on the machine location data.

Claims

1. A method for providing notifications related to service information for service of a machine located at a worksite, the method comprising:

detecting, by a worksite management system, an entry of the machine in a first predefined service zone based on machine location data and machine identification data, wherein the first predefined service zone is defined in the worksite management system corresponding to a first service area at the worksite at which to receive a first service;

generating, by the worksite management system, a first notification based on at least one predefined parameter and the machine identification data upon the entry of the machine in the first predefined service zone, wherein the first notification includes information related to the first service to be performed at the first service area, and the first service to be performed being to the machine at the first service area; and

detecting, by the worksite management system, an exit of the machine from the first predefined service zone based on the machine location data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a number of predefined service zones are defined in the worksite management system corresponding to a number of service areas at the worksite.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising prompting, by the worksite management system, a personnel to enter information related to the service performed on the machine at any one of the service areas.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of generating the first notification further comprises:

identifying the machine based on the machine identification data;

retrieving one or more maintenance protocols associated with the machine, wherein the one or more maintenance protocols are predefined at the worksite management system; and

coordinating the at least one predefined parameter and the one or more maintenance protocols associated with the machine to generate the first notification.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising generating, by the worksite management system, a second notification after detecting the exit of the machine from the first predefined service zone, wherein the second notification includes information related to a subsequent service to be performed on the machine.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the second notification is generated based on one or more maintenance protocols associated with the machine and the service performed on the machine at the first service area.

7. The method of claim 5 further comprising displaying the first and second notifications on a user equipment communicably coupled to the worksite management system.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one predefined parameter includes at least one of a type of the machine, a type of the service area and a type of service to be performed on the machine.

9. A system for providing notifications related to service information for service of a machine located at a worksite, the system comprising:

a worksite management system having a first predefined service zone, wherein the first predefined service zone is defined in the worksite management system corresponding to a first service area at the worksite at which to receive a first service, the worksite management system being configured to;

detect an entry of the machine in the first predefined service zone based on machine location data and machine identification data;

generate a first notification upon the entry of the machine in the first predefined service zone, wherein the first notification includes information related to the first service to be performed at the first service area, and the first service to be performed being to the machine at the first service area;

detect an exit of the machine from the first predefined service zone based on the machine location data; and

generate a second notification after detecting the exit of the machine from the first predefined service zone, wherein the second notification includes information related to a subsequent service, different from the first service, to be performed to the machine at a second predefined service zone different from the first predetermined service zone; and

a user equipment communicably coupled to the worksite management system, wherein the user equipment is configured to display the first and second notifications received from the worksite management system.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein a number of predefined service zones are defined in the worksite management system corresponding to a number of service areas at the worksite.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the worksite management system is configured to prompt a personnel to enter information related to the service performed on the machine at any one of the service areas.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the worksite management system is configured to:

identify the machine based on the machine identification data;

retrieve one or more maintenance protocols associated with the machine, wherein the one or more maintenance protocols are predefined at the worksite management system; and

coordinate the at least one predefined parameter and the one or more maintenance protocols associated with the machine to generate the first notification.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the second notification is generated based on one or more maintenance protocols associated with the machine and the service performed on the machine at the first service area.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one predefined parameter includes at least one of a type of the machine, a type of the service area and a type of service to be performed on the machine.

15. A computer program product embodied in a computer for providing notifications related to service information for service of a machine located at a worksite, the computer program product causing the computer to perform operations comprising:

detecting, by the worksite management system, an entry of a machine in a first predefined service zone based on machine location data and machine identification data, wherein the first predefined service zone is defined in the worksite management system corresponding to a first service area at the worksite at which to receive a first service;

generating, by the worksite management system, a first notification based on at least one predefined parameter and the machine identification data upon the entry of the machine in the first predefined service zone, wherein the first notification includes information related to the first service to be performed at the first service area, and the first service to be performed being to the machine at the first service area;

detecting, by the worksite management system, an exit of the machine from the first predefined service zone based on the machine location data; and

generating, by the worksite management system, a second notification after detecting the exit of the machine from the first predefined service zone, wherein the second notification includes information related to a subsequent service, different from the first service, to be performed to the machine at a second predefined service zone different from the first predetermined service zone.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein a number of predefined service zones are defined in the worksite management system corresponding to a number of service areas at the worksite.

17. The computer program product of claim 15 further comprising prompting, by the worksite management system, a personnel to enter information related to the service performed on the machine at any one of the service areas.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the step of generating the first notification further comprises:

identifying the machine based on the machine identification data;

retrieving one or more maintenance protocols associated with the machine, wherein the one or more maintenance protocols are predefined at the worksite management system; and

coordinating the at least one predefined parameter and the one or more maintenance protocols associated with the machine to generate the first notification.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the second notification is generated based on one or more maintenance protocols associated with the machine and the service performed on the machine at the first service area.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the at least one predefined parameter includes at least one of a type of the machine, a type of the service area and a type of service to be performed on the machine.