Asset visibility management system with rule engine
First Claim
1. An asset visibility management system comprising:
- a visibility application interface that provides communication between one of a plurality of visibility applications and a common communication format;
an asset data acquisition and communication device interface that provides communication between a plurality of data acquisition and communication devices and the common communication format; and
a rules engine that receives a rule criteria from the visibility application interface in the common communication format and receives visibility events from the asset data acquisition and communication device interface in the common communication format;
wherein rules engine use the received visibility events to determine whether the rule criteria has been satisfied.
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Abstract
An asset visibility management system that includes a visibility application interface, an asset data acquisition and communication device interface, and a rules engine. The visibility application interface provides communications between one of a plurality of visibility applications and a common communication format. The asset acquisition and communication device interface provides communications between a plurality of data acquisition and communication devices and the common communication format. The rules engine receives a rule criteria from the visibility application interface in the common communication format and receives visibility events from the asset data acquisition and communication device interface in the common communication format. The rules engine then uses the received visibility events to determine whether the rule criteria has been satisfied.
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30 Claims
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1. An asset visibility management system comprising:
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a visibility application interface that provides communication between one of a plurality of visibility applications and a common communication format;
an asset data acquisition and communication device interface that provides communication between a plurality of data acquisition and communication devices and the common communication format; and
a rules engine that receives a rule criteria from the visibility application interface in the common communication format and receives visibility events from the asset data acquisition and communication device interface in the common communication format;
wherein rules engine use the received visibility events to determine whether the rule criteria has been satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An asset visibility management system comprising:
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a first interface that translates a rule criteria in a first format from a visibility application into a common communication format;
a second interface that translates a visibility event in a second format from a data acquisition and communication device into the common communication format; and
a rules engine that receives the rule criteria and the visibility event in the common communication format and determines whether the rule criteria has been satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method in an asset visibility management system for processing at least one rule criteria, the method comprising:
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translating the rule criteria in a first format associated with a visibility application operated by a first business entity into a common communication format;
translating a visibility event in a second format associated with a data acquisition and communication device operated by a second business entity into the common communication format, the first business entity being different from the second business entity; and
determining whether the rule criteria has been satisfied based on the translated visibility event. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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