TRIGGER-BASED APPLICATION CONTROL

• US 20110270783A1
• 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:
  US12/915,777
• Publication Number:
  US 20110270783A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/412
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply

Abstract

Trigger-based application control may be provided. A work implement may receive an application trigger comprising a location-based condition. In response to determining that the work implement has entered the work area associated with the location-based condition, an application associated with the work implement may be received and initialized.

Claims

1. A method of providing trigger-based application control, the method comprising:

receiving, by a work implement, at least one application trigger comprising a location-based condition;

determining whether the work implement has entered a work area associated with the location-based condition; and

in response to determining that the work implement has entered the work area associated with the location-based condition;

receiving an application associated with the work implement, and initializing the application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein initializing the application comprises displaying at least one work task associated with the work area to an operator of the work implement.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether the work implement has left the work area associated with the location-based condition; and

in response to determining that the work implement has left the work area associated with the location-based condition;

halting the application; and

transmitting a data report.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

in response to determining that the work implement has left the work area associated with the location-based condition, determining whether the work implement has entered a second work area associated with a second location-based condition of at least one second application trigger; and

in response to determining that the work implement has entered the second work area associated with the second location-based condition of the at least one second application trigger;

receiving a second application associated with the work implement, and

initializing the second application.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

measuring at least one data parameter; and

providing the at least one data parameter to the application.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the application is operative to execute on a computing device associated with the work implement.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the application is operative to execute on a computing device communicatively coupled with the work implement via a network.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein providing the at least one data parameter to the application comprises transmitting the at least one data parameter to the application via the network.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one application trigger further comprises a time-based condition, and wherein the method further comprises:

determining whether a current time satisfies the time-based condition; and

in response to determining that a current time does not satisfy the time-based condition, ignoring the at least one application trigger.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether the work implement comprises at least one equipment attachment required for a work task associated with the at least one application trigger; and

in response to determining that the work implement does not comprise the at least one equipment attachment required for the work task, ignoring the at least one application trigger.

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;

determine whether at least one characteristic associated with a work implement satisfies a condition of at least one application trigger;

in response to determining that the at least one characteristic associated with the work implement satisfies the condition of the at least one application trigger;

initialize an application associated with the at least one application trigger,

record at least one data parameter associated with the at least one application trigger,

provide the at least one data parameter to the application, and

display at least one work task instruction associated with the application to an operator of the work implement.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least one characteristic comprises at least one of the following:

an equipment type coupled to the work implement, a location of the work implement, a time, a date, an environmental condition, and a measurement recorded by the work implement.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the processing unit is further operative to:

determine whether the at least one data parameter satisfies at least one operating condition; and

in response to determining that the at least one data parameter does not satisfy the at least one operating condition, display at least one new work task instruction to the operator of the work implement.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein being operative to determine whether the at least one data parameter satisfies the at least one operating condition comprises determining whether the at least one data parameter is within a target range.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein being operative to determine whether the at least one data parameter satisfies the at least one operating condition comprises determining whether an operational cost of the work implement exceeds a cost threshold.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the operational cost comprises at least a fuel expense and a compensation expense associated with the operator and wherein the cost threshold is established according to a current market price.

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:

transmitting a location of a work implement to a monitoring server;

receiving, from the monitoring server, an application configuration associated with the location comprising at least one first work instruction, at least one required measurement, and at least one condition associated with the at least one required measurement;

displaying the at least one first work instruction to an operator of the work implement;

recording a plurality of data measurements according to the at least one required measurement;

determining whether at least one of the plurality of data measurements satisfies the at least one condition; and

in response to determining that the at least one of the plurality of data measurements satisfies the at least one condition, displaying at least one second work instruction to the operator of the work implement.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the at least one first work instruction comprises a crop harvesting instruction and the at least one required measurement comprises a quality measurement associated with a harvested crop material.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the quality measurement comprise a moisture level measurement.

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

creating a data tag associated with the harvested crop material comprising the quality measurement; and

transmitting the data tag to the monitoring server.