Method and apparatus for management for use in fleet service and logistics
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1. A fleet management and logistics system, comprising:
- an autonomic product support system capable of graphically presenting fleet data including logistical data regarding at least one asset within a fleet over time in a graphically navigable form to a user;
a simulator capable of simulating the effect over time of a prospective management decision regarding the asset over time and upon request of the user through the autonomic support system; and
a communications channel over which the user interfaces with the fleet data through the autonomic product support system.
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Abstract
An apparatus and a method for managing a fleet of assets and their associated logistics are disclosed. The apparatus includes an Autonomic Product Support (“APS”) system, a simulator, and fleet data including logistical data. A user can interact with the fleet data to make management decisions both in maintenance and operations through the APS system, including simulations on the simulator of what-if scenarios to determine preferred courses of action.
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1. A fleet management and logistics system, comprising:
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an autonomic product support system capable of graphically presenting fleet data including logistical data regarding at least one asset within a fleet over time in a graphically navigable form to a user;
a simulator capable of simulating the effect over time of a prospective management decision regarding the asset over time and upon request of the user through the autonomic support system; and
a communications channel over which the user interfaces with the fleet data through the autonomic product support system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computing system, comprising:
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a software-implemented fleet management and logistics system, including;
an autonomic product support system capable of graphically presenting fleet data including logistical data regarding at least one asset within a fleet over time in a graphically navigable form to a user; and
a simulator capable of simulating the effect over time of a prospective management decision regarding the asset over time and upon request of the user through the autonomic support system;
a user station through which the user interfaces with the autonomic product support system of the fleet management and logistics system; and
a communications channel over which the user interfaces with the fleet data through the autonomic product support system. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A program storage medium encoded with instructions comprising an autonomic product support system capable of graphically presenting logistical data regarding at least one asset within a fleet over time in a graphically navigable form to a user, including:
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a data access module responsible for extracting information from at least one data source and creating data access objects with the information;
an information composition and analytics module responsible for analyzing and composing the data access objects into at least one data set;
an application controller module that delegates authority to the a plurality of function tools within the information composition and analytics tier based upon received requests from the user; and
a presentation module capable of rendering the analyzed and composed data into a graphical form and presenting the rendered data to the user. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computing apparatus, comprising:
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a processor;
a bus system;
a storage that communicates with the processor over the bus system and on which reside;
an autonomic product support system capable of graphically presenting logistical data regarding at least one asset within a fleet over time in a graphically navigable form to a user; and
a simulator capable of simulating the effect over time of a prospective management decision regarding the asset over time and upon request of the user through the autonomic support system. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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26. A system, comprising:
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a fleet of assets distributed across a theatre of operations;
a computing system, including;
a plurality of user stations through which a plurality of users may manage the assets of the fleet;
an autonomic product support system graphically presenting fleet data including logistical data regarding the assets over time in a graphically navigable form to the users;
a simulator capable of simulating the effect over time of prospective management decisions regarding the assets over time and upon request of the users through the autonomic support system from the user stations; and
a communications channel over which the users interface with the fleet data through the autonomic product support system. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method for managing a fleet of assets and their associated logistics, comprising:
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presenting to a user in a graphically navigable form a current state for at least one asset of the fleet and at least one navigable choice for accessing additional logistical information regarding the at least one asset;
receiving an input from the user selecting a navigable choice; and
presenting to the user in a graphically navigable form the additional logistical information. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A program storage medium encoded with instruction that, when executed by a computing device, perform a method for managing a fleet of assets and their associated logistics, comprising:
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presenting to a user in a graphically navigable form a current state for at least one asset of the fleet and at least one navigable choice for accessing additional logistical information regarding the at least one asset;
receiving an input from the user selecting a navigable choice; and
presenting to the user in a graphically navigable form the additional logistical information. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A computing apparatus, comprising:
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a computing device;
a bus system;
a storage that communicates with the processor over the bus system; and
a software-implemented application residing on the storage than, when invoked by the computing device, performs a method for managing a fleet of assets and their associated logistics, comprising;
presenting to a user in a graphically navigable form a current state for at least one asset of the fleet and at least one navigable choice for accessing additional logistical information regarding the at least one asset;
receiving an input from the user selecting a navigable choice; and
presenting to the user in a graphically navigable form the additional logistical information. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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