Mobile asset data management system

• US 20080140483A1
• Filed: 11/28/2007
• Published: 06/12/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Id Systems Incorporated (PowerFleet, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Id Systems Incorporated (PowerFleet, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hecker, Yaron, Ehrman, Michael L., Jagid, Jeffrey M., Pimentel, Leonard, Ehrman, Kenneth S., Pinzon, Joseph M.
• Application Number:
  US11/998,128
• Publication Number:
  US 20080140483A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2325/304 Boats
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/04 operating on the propulsion system, e.g. engine or drive motor
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/102 a signal being sent to a remote location, e.g. a radio signal being transmitted to a police station, a security company or the owner
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/302 using recording means, e.g. black box
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063 Operations research, analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06312 Adjustment or analysis of established resource schedule, e.g. resource or task levelling, or dynamic rescheduling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/203 Inventory monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/382 insuring higher security of transaction
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/00 Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points handling coins or valuable papers, e.g. banknotes, G07D; apparatus for vending or hiring articles or services activated by coins, credit cards, paper currency or the like G07F7/00, G07F17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/32 in combination with an identity check
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/127 to a central station ; Indicators in a central station
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/20 Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/107 wherein the security policies are location-dependent, e.g. entities privileges depend on current location or allowing specific operations only from locally connected terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/108 when the policy decisions are valid for a limited amount of time
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 : involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 : in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 : Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 : Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 : Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/76 : Group identity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 : Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 : Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 : Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 : WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

A vehicle control device is provided to analyze data associated with assets monitored by an asset management system. The system includes a database, a computing unit, software executable by the computing unit, and a display device. The database contains data associated with the monitored assets. The computing unit is in communication with the database. The software is executable by the computing unit and operable to: receive a request to select specific data associated with the assets; and process the selected data to form a dataset based to generate a report of the asset management system. The display device is in communication with the computing unit, and is operable to receive and display at least a portion of the dataset.

Claims

1. A system for analyzing data associated with assets monitored by an asset management system, said system comprising:

a database containing the data associated with the assets being monitored by the asset management system, the data being generated in response to events occurring in association with respective assets;

a computing unit in communication with said database;

software executable by said computing unit and operable to;

receive a request to select specific data associated with the assets; and

process the selected specific data to form a dataset based on the events of the respective assets to generate a report for a user of the asset management system to view; and

a display device in communication with said computing unit and operable to receive and display at least a portion of the dataset based on the events of the respective assets for the user to view.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein said software is further operable to generate a graphical representation of the dataset.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein said database further includes event indicators representative of an event type.

4. The system according to claim 3, wherein the event indicators include operator identifiers generated in response to operators of the assets interacting with at least one component of the asset management system to utilize the asset.

5. The system according to claim 3, wherein the event type includes completion of an OSHA related questionnaire.

6. The system according to claim 3, wherein the event type includes start and stop times of the assets.

7. The system according to claim 3, wherein the event type includes entry into an unauthorized area for the vehicle.

8. The system according to claim 3, wherein the event type includes entry into an unauthorized area of an operator of the asset.

9. The system according to claim 1, wherein the dataset formed by the processing of said software includes data representative of utilization of the assets.

10. The system according to claim 9, wherein the utilization includes a value indicative of the peak number of assets used.

11. A method for analyzing data associated with assets monitored by an asset system, said method comprising:

monitoring events occurring in association with the assets;

generating data associated with the respective assets being monitored and in response to events occurring with respective assets;

communicating the data generated to be stored in a database;

storing the data in the database;

receiving a request to select specific data associated with the assets;

processing the selected specific data to form a dataset based on the events of the respective assets to generate a report for a user of the asset management system to view; and

displaying at least a portion of the dataset based on the events of the respective assets for the user of the asset management system to view.

12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising generating a graphical representation of the dataset.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein said generating data includes generating event indicators representative of an event type.

14. The method according to claim 11, further comprising displaying an OSHA related questionnaire operable for an operator of an asset to answer.

15. The method according to claim 11, wherein said generating of the data includes generating start and stop times of the asset in response to the asset being started and stopped.

16. The method according to claim 11, further comprising generating an alert identifier in response to the asset entering an unauthorized area.

17. The method according to claim 11, wherein said generating includes forming data representative of utilization of the assets.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein forming data representative of utilization of the assets comprises generating a value indicative of the number of different assets used.

19. The method according to claim 17, wherein forming data representative of utilization of the assets comprises generating a value indicative of the peak number of assets used.

20. The method according to claim 17, wherein forming data representative of utilization of the assets comprises generating a value indicative of the average number of assets used.

21. The method according to claim 17, wherein forming data representative of the utilization of the assets comprises generating an amount of time that the assets are utilized to perform operations.

22. The method according to claim 17, wherein the operations include motion time.

23. The method according to claim 17, wherein the operations include log-in time.

24. The method according to claim 17, wherein the operations include lift time.

25. The method according to claim 17, further comprising comparing actual accumulated amount of time that the assets are utilized with planned utilization of the assets.