Systems and methods for intelligently establishing communication

• US 20080027600A1
• Filed: 07/31/2006
• Published: 01/31/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Caterpillar Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Caterpillar Incorporated
• Inventors: Schulz, Robert F., Brandt, Wayne D., Wood, Daniel C., Ferguson, Alan L., Bierdeman, Paul W.
• Application Number:
  US11/495,750
• Publication Number:
  US 20080027600A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/24
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for intelligently establishing a communication session between a machine and off-board system. In one implementation, a system for intelligently establishes a communication session. The system includes a machine communicating with a network and an off-board system that transmits a request for data from the machine over the network. The system also includes a communication server in communication with the machine and the off-board system via the network. The communication server determines whether hardware and a network connection to transmit the requested data and are available on-board the machine and determines whether the off-board system has authority to receive the requested data.

Claims

1. A system for intelligently establishing a communication session, the system comprising:

a machine communicating with a network;

an off-board system that transmits a request for data from the machine over the network; and

a communication server in communication with the machine and the off-board system via the network, wherein the communication server receives the request, determines whether hardware and a network connection to transmit the requested data are available on-board the machine and determines whether the off-board system has authority to receive the requested data.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication server establishes a communication session between the machine and the off-board system when the determined hardware and the determined network connection are available on-board the machine and the off-board system has authority to receive the requested data.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the communication server determines, prior to establishing the communication session, whether delays may effect transmission between the machine and the off-board system.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the communication server determines, prior to establishing the communication session, whether security features are implemented by the off-board system.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the communication server determines, prior to establishing the communication session, whether any run-time flags have occurred or whether a required local connection to the network is unavailable.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein the communication server determines, prior to establishing the communication session, whether to establish the communication session based on an operational status of the machine.

7. The system of claim 2, wherein after the communication session is established, the machine transmits the requested data to the off-board system using the determined hardware and the determined network connection.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the machine communicates with the network via an antenna.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication server is included on-board the machine.

10. A method for intelligently establishing a communication session, the method comprising:

receiving, over a network, a request from an off-board system for data from a machine;

determining whether hardware to transmit the requested data is available on-board the machine;

determining whether a network connection to transmit the requested data is available from the machine; and

determining whether the off-board system has authority to receive the requested data.

11. The method of claim 10, further including:

establishing a communication session between the machine and the off-board system when the determined hardware and determined network connection are available on-board the machine and the off-board system has authority to receive the requested data.

12. The method of claim 11, further including:

determining, prior to establishing the communication session, whether delays may effect transmission between the machine and the off-board system.

13. The method of claim 11, further including:

determining, prior to establishing the communication session, whether security features are implemented by the off-board system.

14. The method of claim 11, further including:

determining, prior to establishing the communication session, whether any run-time flags have occurred or whether a required local connection to the network is unavailable.

15. The method of claim 11, further including:

determining, prior to establishing the communication session, whether to establish the communication session based on an operational status of the machine.

16. The method of claim 11, further including:

transmitting, by the machine, the requested data to the off-board system using the determined hardware and the determined network connection.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the machine communicates with the network via an antenna.

18. A computer-readable medium for intelligently establishing a communication session, the computer-readable medium executing program instructions according to a method, the method comprising:

receiving, over a network, a request from an off-board system for data from a machine;

determining whether hardware to transmit the requested data is available on-board the machine;

determining whether a network connection to transmit the requested data is available from the machine; and

determining whether the off-board system has authority to receive the requested data.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 18, further including:

establishing a communication session between the machine and the off-board system when the determined hardware and determined network connection are available on-board the machine and the off-board system has authority to receive the requested data.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 18, further including:

transmitting, by the machine, the requested data to the off-board system using the determined hardware and the determined network connection.