DISTRIBUTED WORKSITE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• US 20140277967A1
• Filed: 05/27/2014
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Caterpillar Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Caterpillar Incorporated
• Inventors: Sprock, Christopher M., Doherty, Thomas F., Baumann, Ryan, Daiber, Daniel A., Blaine, Douglas R., Ronna, Jonathon D., Long, Daniel J., Hou, Jingming
• Application Number:
  US14/287,466
• Publication Number:
  US 20140277967A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/50
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06311 Scheduling, planning or task assignment for a person or group

Abstract

A distributed worksite data management system is provided. The system includes a plurality of machines, each having a data communication device and a controller on-board the machine. The controller is configured to read sensor data associated with the machine and transmit the sensor data to the data communication device. A worksite datacenter is accessible by the plurality of machines. The worksite datacenter is situated remotely from the worksite. The worksite datacenter includes a plurality of databases and application servers. An end user device is associated with the plurality of machines. The end user device is configured to visualize results of an execution of an application of the controller.

Claims

1. A distributed worksite data management system comprising:

a plurality of machines operating on a worksite;

a data communication device on-board each of the plurality of machines;

a controller on-board each of the plurality of machines, the controller communicably coupled to the data communication device, wherein the controller is configured to;

read sensor data associated with the machine; and

transmit the sensor data to the data communication device of the machine;

a worksite datacenter accessible by the plurality of machines, the worksite datacenter situated remotely from the worksite, the worksite datacenter including;

a plurality of databases; and

a plurality of application servers,

wherein the worksite datacenter is configured to communicate with the data communication device via a network, wherein the network is adapted to transmit data with a network protocol; and

an end user device associated with the plurality of machines, the end user device configured to visualize results of the execution of the application.