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Integrated asset management

  • US 9,760,851 B2
  • Filed: 03/12/2013
  • Issued: 09/12/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An asset management system comprising:

  • a mountable reporting source coupled to an asset, wherein the asset comprises a mobile construction equipment, the mountable reporting source comprising;

    a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver for determining real-time location information about the asset;

    a communication component configured to communicate the location information about the asset to a data transceiver of the asset management system;

    a motion detector for detecting motion of the asset; and

    a controller communicatively coupled to the GNSS receiver, the communication component, and the motion detector, wherein the controller controls receiving and executing commands for determining a location of the asset and controls communicating the location of the asset to the data transceiver;

    wherein the mountable reporting source is configured to be in an idle mode when the asset is stationary and in an operating mode when the asset is in motion as determined by the motion detector;

    an electronic sensor coupled to the asset for determining real-time operation information about the asset;

    the data transceiver communicatively coupled with the mountable reporting source, the electronic sensor, and a first enabled device, the data transceiver configured to;

    receive the location information about the asset from the mountable reporting source;

    receive the operation information about the asset from the electronic sensor; and

    receive inspection information about the asset from the first enabled device, wherein the inspection information comprises information input during an inspection of the asset performed by an operator, wherein first enabled device is a handheld device;

    a database communicatively coupled with the data transceiver and configured to be populated with the location information about the asset, the operation information about the asset, and the inspection information about the asset; and

    an asset information report generator communicatively coupled with the database and configured to generate an asset information report to be provided to the first enabled device, the asset information report including rental contract information, the location information, the operation information, and the inspection information about the asset, wherein the rental contract information includes a rental term specifying a geographical region where the asset is registered and licensed to be operated, and wherein the asset information report allows the operator to determine whether the asset has been operated outside the geographical region such that the rental term is violated.

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