Method and system for monitoring a mobile equipment fleet

• US 8,244,779 B2
• Filed: 10/05/2011
• Issued: 08/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Uatc, LLC (Uber Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: BorgSolutions, Inc.
• Inventors: Borg, Christophe S., Copeland, Christopher K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Corrielus, Jean M
• Assistant Examiner(s): LODHI, ANDALIB FT
• Application Number:
  US13/253,599
• Publication Number:
  US 20120028635A1
• Time in Patent Office: 314 Days
• Field of Search: 707/721, 707/792, 707/803, 455/404, 455/456, 455/566
• US Class Current: 707/803
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/917 Text
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/918 Location
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/944 Business related
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/955 Object-oriented

Abstract

A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving a message from a remote device. The message includes data. The method further includes analyzing the data using a set of rules. The analyzing includes performing a maintenance analysis by analyzing the data using a set of asset maintenance rules and a set of asset usage rules. Responsive to the analyzing the data using the set of rules, an alert is sent.

Claims

1. A method, said method comprising:

one or more servers receiving a message from a remote device attached to a mobile physical asset that is remote from the one or more servers, wherein said message comprises data describing a status of the mobile physical asset and a location of the mobile physical asset;

storing said described data, wherein storing said described data comprises

a device specific database from a device-specific server using a poll of said device-specific server established over a bi-directional communication channel by said device-specific database;

analyzing said stored data of the one or more servers using a set of rules, wherein said analyzing comprises

performing a maintenance analysis with respect to maintenance of the mobile physical asset; and

responsive to said analyzing said data using said set of rules, sending an alert, wherein

said alert specifies a maintenance activity to perform on the mobile physical asset.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein

said method further comprises storing said data in a maintenance history,

said maintenance history comprises a record of maintenance activities performed on the mobile physical asset, and

the mobile physical asset is a vehicle.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said analyzing further comprises

analyzing said data using a location-based rule.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising,

collecting said data using said remote device.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

pre-processing said data to create an event;

pushing said event to a master database; and

presenting a report of said alert to a user.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein said pushing said event to said master database further comprises

said pushing being performed without processing said event;

and

said pushing being performed by a priority push engine.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein

said pushing further comprises

pushing said event to said master database after processing said event;

said pushing is performed by a processed-push engine;

said method further comprises building a quote associated with said alert; and

said quote lists one or more parts required to perform a task associated to said alert.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program instructions configured, when executed, to cause a server to:

receive a message from a remote device attached to a mobile physical asset that is remote from the server, wherein said message comprises data describing a status of the mobile physical asset and a location of the mobile physical asset,

store said described data, wherein said stored data comprise instructions configured to cause said server to;

deliver said data to a device specific database from a device-specific server using a poll of said device-specific server established over a bi-directional communication channel by said device-specific database,

analyze said data using a set of rules, wherein said instructions configured to analyze said data comprise instructions configured to perform a maintenance analysis with respect to maintenance of the mobile physical asset, and

responsive to said maintenance analysis, send an alert, wherein the alert specifies a maintenance activity to perform on said mobile physical asset.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein said program instructions are further configured to cause said server to store said data a maintenance history, and said maintenance history comprises a record of maintenance activities performed on the mobile physical asset.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein said instructions configured to analyze said data using a set of rules further comprise:

instructions configured to cause said processor to analyze said data using a location-based rule.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein said instructions further comprise:

instructions configured to cause said processor to collect said data using said remote device.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein said instructions further comprise:

instructions configured to cause said processor to pre-process said data to create an event;

instructions configured to cause said processor to push said event to a master database; and

instructions configured to cause said processor to present a report of said event to a user.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein said instructions configured to cause said processor to push said event to a master database further comprise:

instructions configured to cause said processor to perform said pushing without processing said event; and

instructions configured to cause said processor to perform said pushing using a priority push engine.

14. A system, comprising:

a processor,

instructions, stored on a computer-readable storage medium, configured to cause said processor to perform a method, said method comprising

receiving a message from a remote device attached to a mobile physical asset that is remote from a server, wherein said message comprises data describing a status of the mobile physical asset and a location of the mobile physical asset;

storing said described data, wherein storing data comprises;

delivering said data to a device specific database from a device-specific server using a poll of said device-specific server established over a bi-directional communication channel by said device-specific database;

analyzing said data using a set of rules, wherein said analyzing comprises

performing a maintenance analysis with respect to maintenance of the physical asset; and

responsive to said analyzing said data using said set of rules, sending an alert, wherein the alert specifies a maintenance activity to perform on the mobile physical asset.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein said method further comprises storing said data in a maintenance history.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein said analyzing further comprises

analyzing said data using a location-based rule.

17. The system of claim 14, said method further comprising:

collecting said data using said remote device.