Web based system using events and pushed web content to interact with remote users for notifications and data collections

• US 9,584,625 B2
• Filed: 07/09/2012
• Issued: 02/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Raven Industries Incorporated (CNH Industrial N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Raven Industries Incorporated (CNH Industrial N.V.)
• Inventors: Fowler, David A., Ingalls, Mark, Kleinsasser, Kelby R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Meky, Moustafa M
• Assistant Examiner(s): MENDAYE, KIDEST H
• Application Number:
  US13/544,638
• Publication Number:
  US 20130179493A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,695 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

In a system and method for a web based system using events and pushed web content to interact with remote users for notifications and data collections operations may be performed including receiving, from a computing device, event data concerning a job being performed by a piece of agricultural equipment wherein the event data includes an identifier associated with the agricultural equipment. A database may be queried to determine a subscriber associated with the identifier. The event data may be transmitted to a network address associated with the subscriber. A response message may be received from the subscriber and forwarded to the computing device. The computing device may connect with the subscriber via a web application address included in the response message.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving at a server, from a computing device located proximate to a piece of agricultural equipment, event data concerning a job being performed by the agricultural equipment, the event data including an identifier associated with the agricultural equipment;

querying, using at least one processor of the server, a database of subscribers using the identifier to determine a subscriber to the event data associated with the identifier and a uniform resource locator for the subscriber, wherein the subscriber is a web service;

transmitting, from the server, the event data to the uniform resource locator for the subscriber;

receiving, at the server, a response message from the web service, the response message including a uniform resource locator of a web application of the web service; and

forwarding, from the server, the response message to the computing device for processing by the computing device allowing the computing device to display information from the subscriber on a display of the computing device via the web application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the event data identifies a status of the job being performed with the piece of agricultural equipment.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein status of the job indicates the job has ended.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the response message includes a universal resource locator for the web application that presents a new job assignment for the piece of agricultural equipment.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the event data includes data indicating the piece of agricultural equipment is to power off.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the event data is received using a first transport protocol and the event data is transmitted using a second transport protocol, the first and second transport protocols being different.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining, at the server, that the subscriber is authorized to transmit a response message to the computing device before forwarding the response message to the computing device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein determining that the subscriber is authorized to transmit the response message to the computing device before forwarding the response message to the computing device comprises:

receiving an authentication key from the subscriber with the response message; and

querying the subscriber database using the authentication key as an input to determine that the subscriber has been authorized for communication with the agricultural equipment.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving a request to revoke authorization of the subscriber; and

in response to the revocation request, updating the subscriber database to indicate the subscriber'"'"'s authorization has been revoked.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the web application is a web page.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request from the subscriber to receive the event data, the request including an authorization key, the authorization key generated by an entity other than the subscriber.

12. The method claim 1, wherein transmitting, from the server, the event data to the uniform resource locator for the subscriber includes invoking an Application Programming Interface call.

13. A method comprising:

generating, using at least one processor of a computing device, event data associated with a job being performed by agricultural equipment in a geographic location, wherein the computing device is located proximate to the agricultural equipment;

transmitting, from the computing device, the event data to an event server;

receiving, at the computing device, a response message from the event server based in part on the event data, the response message including a uniform resource locator (URL) link to a web application associated with a subscriber of the event data;

establishing communication from the computing device to the subscriber via the web application; and

displaying the web application on a display device of the computing device, and

wherein the communication between the computing device and web application is performed using a first transport protocol and where the event data transmitted from the computing device to the event server uses a second transport protocol, the second transport protocol being different than the first transport protocol and the second transport protocol being a proprietary transport protocol.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the response message includes a priority level.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein data from the URL is displayed on the display device of the computing device when the priority level of the response message is greater than a threshold.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the event data includes a job start notification indicating the piece of equipment is to begin a job in the geographic location.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein data accessed at the URL includes a rate at which to apply a chemical in the geographic location.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the event data includes a low-fuel event associated with the piece of equipment.

19. A machine-readable storage device storing instructions, which when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving at a server, from a computing device located proximate to a piece of agricultural equipment, event data concerning a job being performed by the agricultural equipment, the event data including an identifier associated with the agricultural equipment;

querying a database of subscribers using the identifier to determine a subscriber to the event data associated with the identifier and a uniform resource locator for the subscriber, wherein the subscriber is a web service;

transmitting, from the server, the event data to the uniform resource locator for the subscriber;

receiving, at the server, a response message from the web service, the response message including a uniform resource locator of a web application of the web service; and

forwarding, from the server, the response message to the computing device for processing by the computing device allowing the computing device to display information from the subscriber on a display of the computing device via the web application.