Diagnosis and repair system and method
First Claim
1. A method for implementing a service recommendation for a locomotive, the method comprising:
- collecting operating information from the locomotive;
communicating the operating information to a remote diagnostic center;
analyzing the operating information at the diagnostic center;
generating a service recommendation in response to the step of analyzing;
posting the service recommendation to an Internet site;
providing an address of the Internet site to a computing device operated by a technician at a site of the locomotive;
using the address, accessing the Internet site from the computing device; and
downloading the service recommendation from the Internet site to the computing device for implementing the service recommendation on the locomotive.
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Abstract
A diagnosis and repair recommendation system for a railroad locomotive is disclosed. The system uses generalized repair recommendations and instantiates them to a specific repair process for a unique road number locomotive. In addition to repair steps to be executed by the technician, the method and system remotely provides supporting documentation specifically tailored for each step in the repair process. As the repair is being conducted, feedback information is entered by the technician. The repair recommendations and the supporting documents are available to the technician via a remote unit, thereby allowing the technician to access the repair steps and supporting documentation while the repair is in progress.
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48 Claims
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1. A method for implementing a service recommendation for a locomotive, the method comprising:
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collecting operating information from the locomotive; communicating the operating information to a remote diagnostic center; analyzing the operating information at the diagnostic center; generating a service recommendation in response to the step of analyzing; posting the service recommendation to an Internet site; providing an address of the Internet site to a computing device operated by a technician at a site of the locomotive; using the address, accessing the Internet site from the computing device; and downloading the service recommendation from the Internet site to the computing device for implementing the service recommendation on the locomotive. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for implementing a service recommendation for a locomotive, wherein the service recommendation is created remote from the locomotive, the system comprising:
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a data collecting component on the locomotive for collecting locomotive operating information; a first communicating component responsive to the data collecting component for sending the operating information from the locomotive to a remote site for creating the service recommendation; at the remote site, a second communicating component for posting the service recommendation to an Internet site having an address; and a computing component at a location of the locomotive for downloading the service recommendation from the Internet site by accessing the address, the computing component for use by a technician in implementing the service recommendation on the locomotive. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A method for creating a service recommendation for a locomotive, the method comprising:
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identifying the locomotive to which the service recommendation applies; analyzing operating information provided from the locomotive; identifying service actions to be executed during the service recommendation; selecting service steps in response to the service actions, selecting technical documentation pertinent to the service recommendation from a technical documentation repository; identifying data to be collected during implementation of the service recommendation; bundling the service actions, service steps, technical documentation and data to be collected to create a service recommendation; and providing the service recommendation to a portable unit at the site of the locomotive where the service recommendation is to be implemented, the portable unit providing return information related to implementation of the service recommendation during or after implementation. - View Dependent Claims (45)
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46. A computer program product related to a service recommendation for a locomotive, the computer program product comprising:
a computer usable medium having computer readable program code modules embodied in the medium for implementing the service recommendation; a computer readable first program code module for collecting operating information from the locomotive; a computer readable second program code module for communicating the operating information to a remote diagnostic center; a computer readable third program code module for analyzing the operating information at the diagnostic center; a computer readable fourth program code module for generating a service recommendation in response to the step of analyzing; a computer readable fifth program code module for posting the service recommendation to an Internet site; a computer readable sixth program code module for providing an address of the Internet site to a computing device operated by a technician at a site of the locomotive; a computer readable seventh program code module using the address for accessing the Internet site from the computing device; and a computer readable eighth program code module for downloading the service recommendation from the Internet site to the computing device for implementing the service recommendation on the locomotive.
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47. A computer program product for implementing a service recommendation for a locomotive, wherein the computer program product controls a portable computing device having a display, the computer program product comprising:
a computer usable medium having computer readable program code modules embodied in the medium for implementing the service recommendation; a computer readable first program code module for collecting information from the locomotive; a computer readable second program code module for downloading the service recommendation from an Internet site; a computer readable third program code module controllable by a technician implementing the service recommendation for displaying elements of the service recommendation on the display; and a computer readable fourth program code module for providing data to a remote diagnostic center related to implementation of the service recommendation.
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48. A computer program product for creating a service recommendation for a locomotive, comprising:
a computer usable medium having computer readable program code modules embodied in the medium for creating the service recommendation; a computer readable first program code module for identifying the locomotive to which the service recommendation applies; a computer readable second program code module for analyzing operating information provided from the locomotive; a computer readable third program code module for identifying service actions to be performed during the execution of the service recommendation; a computer readable fourth program code module for selecting service steps in response to the service actions, a computer readable fifth program code module for selecting technical documentation pertinent to the service recommendation from a technical documentation repository; a computer readable sixth program code module for identifying data to be collected during implementation of the service recommendation; a computer readable seventh program code module for bundling the service actions, service steps, technical documentation and data to be collected to create a service recommendation; and a computer readable eighth program code module for providing the service recommendation to a portable unit where the service recommendation is to be implemented, the portable unit providing return information related to implementation of the service recommendation during or after implementation.
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