WEB BASED SYSTEM USING EVENTS AND PUSHED WEB CONTENT TO INTERACT WITH REMOTE USERS FOR NOTIFICATIONS AND DATA COLLECTIONS

• US 20130179493A1
• Filed: 07/09/2012
• Published: 07/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Raven Industries Incorporated (CNH Industrial N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Raven Industries Incorporated (CNH Industrial N.V.)
• Inventors: Fowler, David A., Ingalls, Mark, Kleinsasser, Kelby R.
• Granted Patent: US 9,584,625 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

In a system and method for a web based system using events and pushed web content to interact with remote users for notifications and data collections operations may be performed including receiving, from a computing device, event data concerning a job being performed by a piece of agricultural equipment wherein the event data includes an identifier associated with the agricultural equipment. A database may be queried to determine a subscriber associated with the identifier. The event data may be transmitted to a network address associated with the subscriber. A response message may be received from the subscriber and forwarded to the computing device. The computing device may connect with the subscriber via a web application address included in the response message.

Claims

1. A method for establishing communication between a third-party subscriber and a computing device associated with a piece of agricultural equipment via a web application, the method comprising:

receiving at a server, from the computing device associated with the agricultural equipment, event data concerning a job being performed by the agricultural equipment, the event data including an identifier associated with the agricultural equipment;

querying, using at least one processor of the server, a database of subscribers using the identifier to determine a subscriber of the identifier;

transmitting, from the server, the event data to a network address associated with the subscriber;

receiving, at the server, a response message from the subscriber, the response message including a location of the web application; and

forwarding, from the server, the response message to the computing device for processing by the computing device allowing the computing device to communicate with the subscriber via the web application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the event data identifies a status of the job being performed with the piece of equipment.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein status of the job indicates the job has ended.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the response message includes a universal resource locator for the web application that indicates a new job assignment for the piece of equipment.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the event data includes data indicating the piece of equipment is to power off.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the event data is received using a first transport protocol and the event data is transmitted using a second transport protocol, the first and second transport protocols being different.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining, at the server, that the subscriber is authorized to transmit a response message to the computing device before forwarding the response message to the computing device.

8. A method for establishing communication between a third-party subscriber and a computing device associated with a piece of agricultural equipment via a web application, the method comprising:

generating, using at least one processor of the computing device, event data associated with a job being performed by the agricultural equipment in a geographic location;

transmitting, from the computing device, the event data to an event server;

receiving, at the computing device, a response message from the event server based in part on the event data, the response message including a link to a web application associated with a subscriber of the event data; and

establishing communication from the computing device to the subscriber via the web application.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the response message includes a priority level.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein data from the URL is displayed on a display device of the computing device when the priority level of the response message is greater than a threshold.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the computing device is located proximate to the piece of equipment.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the event data includes a job start notification indicating the piece of equipment is to begin a job in the geographic location.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein data accessed at the URL includes a rate at which to apply a chemical in the geographic location.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the event data includes a low-fuel event associated with the piece of equipment.

15. A machine-readable storage device storing instructions, which when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving at a server, from a computing device associated with a piece of agricultural equipment, event data concerning a job being performed by the agricultural equipment, the event data including an identifier associated with the agricultural equipment;

querying a database of subscribers using the identifier to determine a subscriber of the identifier;

transmitting, from the server, the event data to a network address associated with the subscriber;

receiving, at the server, a response message from the subscriber, the response message including a location of a web application; and

forwarding, from the server, the response message to the computing device for processing by the computing device allowing the computing device to communicate with the subscriber via the web application.