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DISTRIBUTED MAINTENANCE SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CONNECTED FLEET

  • US 20190318549A1
  • Filed: 02/19/2019
  • Published: 10/17/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2018
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A connected fleet management system, comprising:

  • a plurality of fleet vehicles, each vehicle comprising a telematics control unit or other electronic control unit for collecting data from the vehicle and establishing external two-way electronic communications; and

    at least one fleet management system server with one or more microprocessor programmed to provide connected fleet management services, said fleet management services comprising managing and scheduling maintenance and repairs of fleet vehicles;

    wherein said managing and scheduling maintenance and repairs comprise(a) receiving a report of an actual or predicted problem from a self-reporting fleet vehicle;

    (b) initiating a self-service ticket for the self-reporting fleet vehicle;

    (c) locking the self-reporting fleet vehicle from further reservations; and

    (d) reviewing likely failure modalities probability distribution for other failures for the self-reporting fleet vehicle.

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