REMOTELY MONITORING RAILROAD EQUIPMENT USING NETWORK PROTOCOLS
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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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Abstract
Remote monitoring and diagnosis of railroad devices using data structures defined for each of the railroad devices. The railroad devices are configured to populate the data structures with status data. The railroad devices transmit the status data for analysis using a network protocol. The analysis of the data results in reduced maintenance.
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1. A method for remotely monitoring railroad equipment, said method comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for remotely monitoring railroad equipment, said method comprising:
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a memory area for storing a data structure corresponding to one or more of a plurality of railroad devices, said plurality of railroad devices being located within a railroad infrastructure; and a processor configured to execute computer-executable instructions for; receiving, by a computing device via a network management protocol, data from one or more of the railroad devices, said received data being formatted into the data structure corresponding to the railroad devices, said received data representing a state of the devices, said computing device being remotely situated from the devices; and analyzing the received data as a function of the corresponding data structures stored in the memory area to identify the state of the devices. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. One or more computer-readable media having computer-executable components for providing diagnostic information for railroad equipment, said components comprising:
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a data structure component for storing status data in a memory area, said status data representing a state of a railroad device, said railroad device being associated with a railroad track; a protocol component for generating communication data, as a function of a network management protocol, from the status data stored in the memory area by the data structure component, said communication data including the status data formatted into a management information block; and an interface component for communicating the communication data generated by the protocol component from the railroad device to a computing device via the network management protocol, wherein the railroad device is situated remotely from the computing device, wherein the computing device analyzes the status data as a function of the management information block to monitor the railroad device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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