METHOD AND SYSTEM THAT MONITORS SUPPLY OF PHYSICAL CONSUMABLES RELATIVE TO CONSUMPTION SPECIFICATIONS

• US 20100205072A1
• Filed: 02/06/2009
• Published: 08/12/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Commercial Fuel Systems, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Commercial Fuel Systems, Inc.
• Inventors: Dixon, Mark, Golczewski, Mark
• Granted Patent: US 8,255,294 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/28
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders

Abstract

A method and system for monitoring supply of physical consumables for one or more vehicles receives at an input port supply data associated with a corresponding one of the one or more vehicles. The supply data is originated at a supply device that supplies the physical consumables. Consumption specification data associated with the one or more vehicles are retrieved from a storage device. The consumption specification data is specified by at least one of a vehicle manufacturer or an authority, e.g. a commercial, governmental or military authority. The method and system provides the supply data to a processing unit over a physical transmission medium to determine a variance relative to the consumption specification data.

Claims

1. A method for monitoring supply of physical consumables for one or more vehicles, the method comprising:

receiving at an input port supply data associated with a corresponding one of said one or more vehicles, said supply data being originated at a supply device that supplies said physical consumables;

retrieving consumption specification data associated with said one or more vehicles from a storage device, said consumption specification data being specified by at least one of a vehicle manufacturer or an authority;

providing said supply data to a processing unit over a physical transmission medium to determine a variance relative to said consumption specification data.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising comparing said variance to a consumption criterion to produce a comparison result.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising outputting data associated with said comparison result wherein outputting comprises displaying said comparison result or placing said comparison result on another physical transmission medium for further processing, or performing a function associated with said comparison result.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein said function comprising communicating an alert message.

5. A system for monitoring supply of physical consumable for one or more vehicles, the system comprising:

an input port for receiving supply data associated with a corresponding one of said one or more vehicles, said supply data being originated at a supply device that supplies said physical consumable;

a storage device for storing consumption specification data associated with said one or more vehicles, said consumption specification data being specified by at least one of vehicle manufacturer or an authority;

a processing unit for processing said supply data to determine a variance relative to said consumption specification data.

6. The system of claim 5, further comprising a comparator logic that compares said variance to a consumption criterion to produce a comparison result.

7. The system of claim 6, further comprising an output port that outputs data associated with said comparison result wherein said port is coupled to a display unit for displaying said variance or comparison result or to another physical transmission medium for further processing the variance or comparison result.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein said function comprises communicating an alert message.