DYNAMICALLY TRIGGERED APPLICATION CONFIGURATION

• US 20110270723A1
• Filed: 10/29/2010
• Published: 11/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AGCO Corporation
• Original Assignee: AGCO Corporation
• Inventors: O'NEIL, CHRISTOPHER BURTON
• Application Number:
  US12/915,792
• Publication Number:
  US 20110270723A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/02 Agriculture; Fishing; Forestry; Mining

Abstract

Dynamically triggered application configuration may be provided. An application trigger may be created and associated with a work area. A characteristic may be associated with a work implement. The work implement may be determined to be located in the work area and, if the characteristic of the work implement satisfies a condition associated with the application trigger, an application configuration may be transmitted to the work implement.

Claims

1. A method of providing a dynamic configuration trigger, the method comprising:

creating at least one application trigger associated with a work area;

identifying at least one characteristic associated with a work implement;

determining whether the work implement is located in the work area;

in response to determining that the work implement is located in the work area, determining whether the at least one characteristic of the work implement satisfies a condition associated with the at least one application trigger; and

in response to determining that the at least one characteristic of the work implement satisfies a condition associated with the at least one application trigger, transmitting an application configuration to the work implement.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one characteristic comprises at least one of the following:

a type of the work implement, a capability of the work implement, a time of day, a date, a recorded data element, an analysis of the recorded data element, an operator, and an environmental factor.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one application trigger comprises a server identifier associated with an application server operative to provide the application configuration.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether at least one second application trigger is associated with the work area;

in response to determining whether at least one second application trigger is associated with the work area, determining whether at least one second characteristic of the work implement satisfies a condition associated with the at least one second application trigger; and

in response to determining that the at least one second characteristic of the work implement satisfies a condition associated with the at least one second application trigger, transmitting a second application configuration to the work implement.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein determining whether the at least one second application trigger is associated with the work area occurs after a work task associated with the application configuration has been completed.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein determining whether the at least one second application trigger is associated with the work area occurs before a work task associated with the application configuration has been started.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein determining whether the at least one second application trigger is associated with the work area occurs while a work task associated with the application configuration is in progress.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to determining that the at least one characteristic of the work implement satisfies a condition associated with the at least one application trigger, transmitting at least one second application configuration to the work implement.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the application configuration comprises a destination for receiving a plurality of data recorded by the work implement.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

determining whether the work implement has completed a work task associated with the application configuration; and

in response to determining that the work implement has completed the work task associated with the application configuration, generating a report according to the plurality of data recorded by the work implement.

11. A system for providing an application trigger, the system comprising:

a memory storage; and

a processing unit coupled to the memory storage, wherein the processing unit is operative to;

locate a work area,

define an application trigger associated with the work area,

determine whether a work implement is located within the work area, and

in response to determining that the work implement is located with the work area, transmit an application configuration to the work implement.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the application configuration comprises at least one data parameter for the work implement to record.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the processing unit is further operative to receive a transmission of the at least one data parameter recorded by the work implement.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the processing unit is further operative to:

determine whether the work implement has moved from the work area to a depot area; and

in response to determining that the work implement has moved from the work area to the depot area, transmit a work analysis application to the work implement.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the processing unit is further operative to:

receive a fuel use analysis from the work analysis application; and

produce a work report according to the fuel use analysis and transmitted at least one data parameter received from the work implement.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the processing unit is further operative to transmit an executable application to the work implement.

17. A computer-readable medium which stores a set of instructions which when executed performs a method for providing a dynamic application configuration trigger, the method executed by the set of instructions comprising:

receiving a plurality of data from a work implement;

identifying a location of the work implement;

determining whether at least one first application trigger of a plurality of application triggers is associated with the location of the work implement; and

in response to determining that the at least one first application trigger is associated with the location of the work implement, providing the received plurality of data to an application server associated with the at least one first application trigger.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 17, further comprising:

receiving a modification to the received plurality of data from the application server;

determining whether at least one second application trigger of the plurality of application triggers is associated with the location of the work implement; and

in response to determining that the at least one second application trigger is associated with the location of the work implement, providing the modified plurality of data to a second application server associated with the at least one second application trigger.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 17, further comprising:

determining whether the work implement is no longer located within the work area; and

in response to determining that the work implement is no longer located within the work area, providing the received plurality of data to a reporting application.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 17, further comprising:

generating an invoice according to the received plurality of data; and

providing the invoice to an owner of the work area.