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REMOTELY MONITORING RAILROAD EQUIPMENT USING NETWORK PROTOCOLS

  • US 20090079560A1
  • Filed: 12/27/2007
  • Published: 03/26/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for remotely monitoring railroad equipment, said method comprising:

  • defining a data structure corresponding to one or more of a plurality of railroad devices;

    locating the plurality of railroad devices within a railroad infrastructure, wherein each of the railroad devices populates the corresponding defined data structure with data representing a state of the railroad device;

    receiving, by a computing device via a network management protocol, one or more of the populated data structures from the railroad devices, said computing device being remotely situated from the railroad devices; and

    analyzing the data within the received data structures to diagnose the railroad devices.

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