METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ABUSE PATTERN DETECTION

• US 20130226745A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 08/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Commercial Fuel Systems, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Commercial Fuel Systems, Inc.
• Inventors: Dixon, Mark, Golczewski, Mark
• Application Number:
  US13/840,705
• Publication Number:
  US 20130226745A1
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/20 Administration of product repair or maintenance
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/00 Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points handling coins or valuable papers, e.g. banknotes, G07D; apparatus for vending or hiring articles or services activated by coins, credit cards, paper currency or the like G07F7/00, G07F17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/08 Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle or waiting time

Abstract

A method and system for detecting a pattern of abuse receives at an input port supply data associated with a corresponding one of the one or more vehicles. 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 pattern of abuse relative to the consumption specification data.

Claims

1. A method for detecting a pattern of abuse, the method comprising:

receiving at an input port supply data associated with a corresponding one of said one or more vehicles;

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 pattern of abuse relative to said consumption specification data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the pattern of abuse indicates at least one of:

a predicted service time, wherein the predicted service time is earlier than an expected service time indicated by the consumption specification data; and

an abuse pattern model.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising comparing said pattern of abuse to a consumption criterion to produce a comparison result.

4. The method of claim 3, 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.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein said function comprising communicating an alert message.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the pattern of abuse indicates abuse in at least one of a tire, a lubrication system, an air brake system, a hydraulic braking system, a cooling system, and an electrical system.

7. A system for detecting a pattern of abuse, the system comprising:

an input port for receiving supply data associated with a corresponding one of said one or more vehicles;

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 pattern of abuse relative to said consumption specification data.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the pattern of abuse indicates at least one of:

a predicted service time, wherein the predicted service time is earlier than an expected service time indicated by the consumption specification data; and

an abuse pattern model.

9. The system of claim 7, further comprising a comparator logic that compares said pattern of abuse to a consumption criterion to produce a comparison result.

10. The system of claim 9, 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 comparison result or to another physical transmission medium for further processing the pattern of abuse or comparison result.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein said function comprises communicating an alert message.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the pattern of abuse indicates abuse in at least one of a tire, a lubrication system, an air brake system, a hydraulic braking system, a cooling system, and an electrical system.