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User community generated analytics and marketplace data for modular systems

  • US 9,589,287 B2
  • Filed: 10/21/2015
  • Issued: 03/07/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for managing a machine, comprising:

  • communicating, to a collection computer, component identification data separately stored in each of a plurality of component identification (ID) Tags that correspond to one or more components for the machine, wherein the component identification data includes a component type;

    automatically determining a machine type of the machine based on a comparison of the one or more component types and one or more previously provided combinations of component types that correspond to one or more previously determined machine types, wherein a statistical evaluation of a look up table that maps correlations between specific combinations of component types and machine types is employed to determine the machine type;

    recommending one or more candidate peers to include in a social network of a user based on one or more of the component types or the machine type, wherein the one or more candidate peers are included in a user community;

    providing an analytics template to the user, wherein the analytics template is populated with analytics for the machine type based on machine data provided by the user community; and

    providing a marketplace template to the user, wherein the marketplace template is populated with marketplace data for the machine type based on the machine data provided by the user community.

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