SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POINT-OF-USE INSTRUCTION

• US 20080301152A1
• Filed: 08/13/2008
• Published: 12/04/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Boeing Co.
• Original Assignee: The Boeing Co.
• Inventors: Hadley, Brent Louis, Kollgaard, Jeffrey R., Floyd, Joseph Frank, Linn, John Robert
• Granted Patent: US 9,123,189 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/00 Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for implementation of business processes of specific business sectors, e.g. utilities or tourism healthcare informatics G16H
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2205/02 using a vehicle scan tool
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0808 Diagnosing performance data testing of vehicles G01M17/00; testing of electrical installation on vehicles G01R31/005

Abstract

In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, systems and methods for transferring data over a network include communicating with a user via a portable communication device over the network, receiving a request for at least one instruction sequence related to a particular repair task of a machine from the user via the portable communication device over the network, processing the request from the user by accessing and retrieving the at least one instruction sequence from a database component, and transferring the at least one instruction sequence from the database component to the portable communication device.

Claims

1. A system for transferring data over a network, the system comprising:

a database component for storing one or more instruction sequences for a plurality of tasks related to repairing a machine;

a communication component adapted to communicate with a user via a portable communication device over the network; and

a processing component adapted to receive a request for at least one instruction sequence related to a particular repair task of the machine from the user via the portable communication device over the network and process the request from the user by accessing and retrieving the at least one instruction sequence from the database component,

wherein the communication component transfers the at least one instruction sequence from the database component to the portable communication device for viewing by the user.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the portable communication device comprises at least one of a cell phone and personal digital assistant (PDA).

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the network comprises a cellular phone network.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one instruction sequence is displayed to the user on a display component of the portable communication device.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one instruction sequence comprises step-by-step guidance through each instruction in the instruction sequence.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the portable communication device comprises a portable database component for storage of the at least one instruction sequence.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the portable communication device comprises a user input component that receives input from the user including data and information related to the at least one instruction sequence.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the machine comprises an airplane.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the system comprises a server.

10. A method for transferring data over a network, the method comprising:

communicating with a user via a portable communication device over the network;

receiving a request for at least one instruction sequence related to a particular repair task of a machine from the user via the portable communication device over the network;

processing the request from the user by accessing and retrieving the at least one instruction sequence from a database component; and

transferring the at least one instruction sequence from the database component to the portable communication device.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising conducting an automated query and response session with the user via the portable communication device.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising receiving and analyzing data related to at least one of damage and malfunction of the machine.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising preparing a damage report for the user based on the query and response session and deciding whether the machine is ready for use or repair based on the damage report.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein deciding whether the machine is ready for use or repair based on the damage report includes one or more of:

deciding to make minor repairs and dispatch the machine;

deciding to remove the machine from service for major repair; and

deciding to dispatch the machine without repair.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the portable communication device comprises at least one of a cell phone and a personal digital assistant (PDA), and wherein the network comprises a cellular phone network.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the portable communication device comprises a display component for display of the at least one instruction sequence to the user, and wherein the portable communication device comprises a portable database component for storage of the at least one instruction sequence, and wherein the portable communication device comprises a user input component that receives input from the user including data and information related to the at least one instruction sequence.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one instruction sequence comprises step-by-step guidance through each instruction in the instruction sequence.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein the machine comprises an airplane.

19. A system for transferring data over a network, the system comprising:

means for communicating with a user via a portable communication device over the network;

means for receiving a request for at least one instruction sequence related to a particular repair task of a machine from the user via the portable communication device over the network;

means for processing the request from the user by accessing and retrieving the at least one instruction sequence from a database component; and

means for transferring the at least one instruction sequence from the database component to the portable communication device.

20. Software encoded in one or more computer readable media and when executed operable to transfer data over a network, the software further operable to:

communicate with a user via a portable communication device over the network;

receive a request for at least one instruction sequence related to a particular repair task of a machine from the user via the portable communication device over the network;

process the request from the user by accessing and retrieving the at least one instruction sequence from a database component; and

transfer the at least one instruction sequence from the database component to the portable communication device.