Method and System for Monitoring a Mobile Equipment Fleet

• US 20120028635A1
• Filed: 10/05/2011
• Published: 02/02/2012
• 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.
• Granted Patent: US 8,244,779 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/423
• 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;

the one or more servers analyzing said data 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 be performed 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;

and

storing said data at a device-specific database.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein

said storing said data further comprises

delivering said data, wherein

said data is delivered to said device specific database from a device-specific server;

and

said device-specific server communicates with said device-specific database in response to

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

6. 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.

7. The method of claim 6, 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.

8. The method of claim 6, 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.

9. 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,

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 be performed on said mobile physical asset.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, 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.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein said instructions configured to analyze said data using a set of rules further comprise:

instructions configured to analyze said data using a location-based rule; and

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein said instructions further comprise:

instructions configured to collect said data using said remote device; and

instructions configured to store said data at a device-specific database.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein:

the instructions configured to collect said data further comprise instructions configured to deliver said data to said device specific database from a device-specific server; and

the instructions configured to store said data further comprise instructions configured to enable said device-specific server to communicate with said device-specific database in response to a poll of said device-specific server established over a bi-directional communication channel by said device-specific database.

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

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

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

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

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein said instructions configured to push said event to a master database further comprise:

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

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

16. 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;

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 be performed on the mobile physical asset.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein said method further comprises storing said data in a maintenance history.

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

analyzing said data using a location-based rule.

19. The system of claim 16, said method further comprising:

collecting said data using said remote device; and

storing said data at a device-specific database.

20. The system of claim 19, said method further comprising:

said storing said data further comprises

delivering said data, wherein

said data is delivered to said device specific database from a device-specific server; and

said device-specific server communicates with said device-specific database in response to

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