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20100169230 | METHOD OF DETERMINING APPLIANCE PARTS STATUS - A method identifies whether a component in an appliance is original with the manufacture of the appliance or replaced after manufacture of the appliance. The component will have one or more indicators. The method includes setting the indicator of each component when the components are made to indicate that the components are replacements, and setting the indicator of each component installed in the appliance when the appliance is made to indicate that the component is original. Thus, any component installed in the appliance after the appliance is made will have an indicator indicating it as a replacement. | 07-01-2010 |
20100211510 | RENTAL ARTICLE SERVICING - A method of renting a rental article is provided including delivering the rental article by a delivery service provider between rentees without returning the rental article to a renter of the rental article; and delivering the rental article to an article service provider, between deliveries of the rental article, to two of the rentees, based upon a predetermined event. | 08-19-2010 |
20100223190 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPERATING A VIRTUAL NETWORK OPERATIONS CENTER - Methods and systems for operating a virtual network operations center are described. In one embodiment, a data processing module receives data from an initial user regarding an incident or outage. A collaboration module enables collaboration between the initial user and at least one additional user in resolving the incident or outage during a collaborative session. A paging module pages at least one additional user to the collaborative session. An incident reporting module provides an incident report. A problem ticket module provides a problem ticket. An action item module provides one or more action items. Additional methods and systems are also disclosed. | 09-02-2010 |
20100250453 | REMOTE MONITORING SYSTEM - A remote monitoring system includes an operating data receiving device, a failure report transmitting section, a new failure determining section, a repair progress data generating section and a repair progress updating section. The operating data receiving device receives failure data from a facility device or a management device. The failure report transmitting section transmits a failure report to a concerned party. The new failure determining section determines whether or not the failure data are new. The repair progress data generating section generates repair progress data using repair progress of the failure as a first state when the failure data are new. The repair progress updating section is capable of updating the repair progress of the repair progress data from the first state to a second state. The failure report transmitting section stops transmission of the failure report when the repair progress is the second state. | 09-30-2010 |
20100274731 | Method and System for Recording Real Estate Transactions - The present invention provides a system for recording real estate transactions including, at least one buyer and at least one seller and/or at least one real estate agent, at least one property for sale, at least one real estate transaction between said buyer and seller/real estate agent and a recording means for capturing at least one footage of said transaction whereby the system for recording real estate transactions provides a means of enabling a person to have a visual and/or audio record of all aspects of a real estate transaction. | 10-28-2010 |
20110225096 | Method And System For Providing Diagnostic Feedback Based On Diagnostic Data - A system and method for providing diagnostic feedback based on vehicle diagnostic data is disclosed. According to one embodiment, vehicle data is received from a communication device connected to a motor vehicle. The vehicle data comprises a vehicle identifier and diagnostic data. The diagnostic data is analyzed based on the vehicle identifier. A list of diagnoses is generated based on the analysis. Diagnostic feedback corresponding to the list of diagnoses is transmitted to the communication device. According to one embodiment, the diagnostic feedback is service pricing comprising a list of parts and estimated labor corresponding to the list of diagnoses. | 09-15-2011 |
20110270772 | Method of Leasing a Vehicle - In one aspect of the present invention, a method of leasing a vehicle comprises the steps of providing by a lessor a vehicle that incurs ongoing operating costs and leasing the vehicle to a lessee, wherein the ongoing operating costs are included in a recurring lease payment paid by the lessee to the lessor. | 11-03-2011 |
20110270773 | HOME MAINTENANCE RECOMMENDATION TOOL - Embodiments of the present invention provide a home maintenance recommendation tool that is incorporated into a user's online financial account. The home maintenance recommendation tool, generally provides a user the ability to review, edit, submit, and track home maintenance repairs needed on the one or more properties owned by the user. The home maintenance recommendation tool receives information related to repairs that the property might need through information that is captured when the mortgage is originated, purchased, or serviced, or through purchases made by the user at a business using certain financial accounts. The home maintenance recommendation tool also provides the user the ability to search, identify, receive, and purchase products and services needed to make the suggested repairs through businesses that are strategic partners with the financial institution using the user's online financial account. | 11-03-2011 |
20110302091 | Auto Repair Estimation System - A system for estimating cost or time to repair a damaged vehicle includes an electronic measuring system that can measure control points of the vehicle and determine whether those control points are out of tolerance (i.e., damaged) even though the damage is not perceptible by the human eye. The system further takes into account various efficiencies and inefficiencies due to extent of damage, type of material, etc. by adding to or subtracting from estimated cost or time. | 12-08-2011 |
20110302092 | SERVICE CENTER SUPPORT - A control unit on a vehicle requests a vehicle service appointment when service is required. Scheduling is performed first with reference to the user's calendar and then by confirmation with the user. | 12-08-2011 |
20120005107 | System and Method for Monitoring Equipment Maintenance - A method comprises storing maintenance data associated with a particular maintenance task for a particular type of equipment, where the maintenance data includes calendar maintenance data and usage maintenance data. The method further comprises storing calendar tracking data and usage tracking data. The method further comprises determining if the calendar tracking data equals or exceeds a first predetermined threshold associated with the calendar maintenance data, determining if the usage tracking data equals or exceeds a second predetermined threshold associated with the usage maintenance data, and in response to either the first or the second predetermined thresholds being met, generating an alert associated with the maintenance task for the instance of the particular type of equipment that has been deployed. | 01-05-2012 |
20120011073 | Knowledge Extraction Methodology for Unstructured Data Using Ontology-Based Text Mining - A method is provided for extracting data from service repair verbatims in a vehicle service reporting system. Each service repair verbatim includes a technician's comments concerning a part, a symptom associated with the part, and a repair action associated with the symptom. Each service repair verbatim includes information relating to an identified problem with at least one vehicle part. A diagnostic and prognostic ontology database is provided that is structured by vehicle part classification, a vehicle part sub-class classification, and a relationship classification, wherein the relationship classification includes symptom relationships and action relationships. Each of the service repair verbatims are reconstructed utilizing the diagnostic and prognostic ontology database. Combinations of information are extracted from the reconstructed service repair verbatims as a function of user input criteria. A frequency is determined of each combination extracted in the reconstructed service repair verbatims. The service repair verbatims are clustered for each combination. | 01-12-2012 |
20120023028 | ASSISTED SERVICE TERMINAL - An assisted service terminal is described. The terminal comprises a currency dispenser; and an operator computer coupled to the currency dispenser. The operator computer includes: (i) an agent arranged to communicate status information to a remote management system, and (ii) a dashboard application. The dashboard application is arranged to (a) receive status messages from the currency dispenser indicative of a fault in the currency dispenser, (b) present the received status messages to an operator, and (c) notify the agent to issue a request to create an incident on the remote management system in response to the operator indicating that the fault cannot be resolved without a visit from a service engineer. | 01-26-2012 |
20120072356 | DATA-PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An elevator inspection system to provide real-time access to workflow processing information for the elevator inspection industry is described. | 03-22-2012 |
20120109831 | AUTOMATED MACHINERY LUBRICATION SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE PLANNING SYSTEM - A method or system for providing service and maintenance information for a piece of equipment to a consumer by analyzing consumer information provided by the consumer. The consumer information about the piece of equipment is requested from the consumer. Consumer information is then received about the piece of equipment and the consumer information is analyzed for the piece of equipment to generate a report containing service and maintenance information based on the consumer information provided by the consumer. The service and maintenance information typically contains at least one oil type information and at least one non-oil type information. The report is then outputted to the consumer so that the consumer can use the report in maintaining the piece of equipment. | 05-03-2012 |
20120123951 | SERVICE MANAGEMENT PLATFORM FOR FLEET OF ASSETS - A system for managing a plurality of assets and a plurality of parties related to those assets includes a plurality of data sources with information related to the parties and the service of the assets and a first service management server. The service management server may be configured as first and second servers with different functionalities. The service management server, or the first and second service management servers, is configured to collect the data from the plurality of data sources related to the parties and the service of the assets; and is configured to determine maintenance or service requirements for the assets, collect and distribute asset specific data for managing the service requirements of the assets, facilitate communication between parties to a service event, and maintain current and historical data about the service event. | 05-17-2012 |
20120173438 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING OPERATING PERFORMANCE OF A TRANSPARENCY - Repair or replacement of a transparency mounted in body of a vehicle, e.g. an aircraft when one or more properties of the transparency is (are) operating outside of an acceptable limit(s) is arranged by monitoring operating performance of a property of the transparency, e.g. by mounted a sensor, e.g. a sensor for detecting moisture; a sensor for detecting impacts and vibrations; a sensor for detecting fractures; a sensor for detecting electric arcing, and a sensor for measuring temperature of an electrically conductive coating, on the transparency. Scheduling repair or replacement of the transparency at a geographical area when the operating performance of the property is outside an acceptable operating performance limit, and forwarding the schedule to the vehicle and to a maintenance location to prepare for the repair or replacement of the transparency at the geographical work area. | 07-05-2012 |
20120203704 | SERVICING-TIMING SELECTING APPARATUS AND SERVICING-TIMING SELECTING METHOD - In a wind turbine generator system, a system managing device determines a servicing timing for replacing or repairing a main component included in the wind turbine generator due to a failure of the main component in accordance with a time point at which the main component may fail, which is predicted on the basis of a temporal change in a detection signal output from a status detector that detects the status of the main component. A servicing planning device selects a servicing timing for the main component on the basis of a servicing suspension rate at which an average wind speed at a location where the wind turbine generator is installed becomes higher than or equal to a predetermined threshold value at which servicing of the component is not possible, the timing being selected with reference to the determined timing. | 08-09-2012 |
20130132286 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR SERVICING A SUBSCRIBER VEHICLE - A method for servicing a subscriber vehicle involves establishing a connection, via a telematics unit, with a communications device at a third party facility. A packet data message is sent from the telematics unit to a telematics service center. The packet data message includes identification information of the vehicle, and is sent using an internet protocol address of the third party facility. Via a processor associated with the telematics service center, the subscriber vehicle is identified from the identification information, and the third party facility is identified from the internet protocol address. A notification message is sent from the telematics service center to the third party facility, where the message indicates that the subscriber vehicle is available for servicing. Also disclosed herein are systems for accomplishing the same. | 05-23-2013 |
20130144795 | Hybrid Interactive Electronic Technical Manual - A method, apparatus, and computer program product of developing a hybrid interactive electronic technical manual. A set of sub-elements associated with core maintenance tasks is selected from a plurality of sub-elements in technical data for a device to form a set of core sub-elements. A cost-benefit analysis is performed on each sub-element in the set of remaining sub-elements to identify a sub-element benefit rating for the each sub-element. Sub-elements in the set of remaining sub-elements having a sub-element rating greater than or equal to a threshold benefit rating are selected to form a set of high benefit sub-elements. The set of core sub-elements and the set of high benefit sub-elements are converted from the non-interactive native file format to an interactive electronic technical manual database format. A set of links to the set of unconverted sub-elements is generated to form the hybrid interactive electronic technical manual. | 06-06-2013 |
20130159200 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR SERVICING EQUIPMENT IN THE FIELD - System, techniques, and apparatus are provided for servicing equipment. Context information associated with the equipment may be obtained by a processing device. The processing device may further obtain expert information associated with the equipment based on the context information. The processing device is operative to provide service information including information describing how the equipment was serviced. This service information may be used to generate updated expert information. | 06-20-2013 |
20130159201 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A PLURALITY OF TIRES - Systems, methods and computer program products are provided for managing a plurality of tires from their procurement through their disposal. An embodiment may include a method for determining all the costs of a tire over its total service life including procurement costs, repair costs, retread costs and disposal costs. An embodiment may include managing an inventory by automatically replenishing the inventory by following a set of stored inventory management rules. An embodiment may include helping to ensure that an impermissible tire is not mounted on a vehicle. A stored set of tire mounting rules automatically check the tire being mounted against requirements for the tire set by the rules, the requirements set as to by vehicle type and wheel position. | 06-20-2013 |
20130166458 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE AND AUTOMATIC ASSESSMENT OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND REPAIR - Structural analysis automation allows the implementation of more detailed or accurate analysis methodology that reflects the actual behavior of the damaged or repaired structure and consequently improves the resulting damage disposition for example by Increasing the allowable damages and structural repairs applicability, increasing the allowable damage limits causing the reduction of unnecessary installation of structural repairs, optimizing repairs and increasing fly-by periods and inspection intervals. | 06-27-2013 |
20130173480 | MAINTENANCE CYCLE FOR AN AIRCRAFT - The invention relates to a maintenance cycle for an aircraft, which comprises the steps a) carrying out a maintenance process for an aircraft after the expiry of a time interval (ΔT) which is less than or equal to a specified maintenance interval (ΔT | 07-04-2013 |
20130179356 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAINTENANCE OF TURBOMACHINERY - A method and a system for analysis of turbomachinery are provided. In one embodiment, a system includes a request initiation system configured to initiate a departure request for a turbomachinery. The system further includes a commercial screening system configured to receive the departure request and to derive a commercial evaluation based on the departure request. The system also includes a technical evaluation system configured to derive a technical evaluation profile based on the departure request. The system additionally includes a request acceptance system configured to derive at maintenance action based on the commercial evaluation and the technical evaluation profile, wherein the technical evaluation profile comprises a technical analysis of the turbomachinery. | 07-11-2013 |
20130198088 | MANAGEMENT TOOLS FOR SIMULATION OF PERFORMANCE AND OUTCOME OF WINTER TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES - An apparatus and system for evaluating winter transportation infrastructure maintenance operations includes a quantification component and a simulation component. Input data representative of collected winter transportation infrastructure maintenance data and observed transportation infrastructure data are modeled in a comprehensive data processing mechanism to measure and carry out effective and efficient winter maintenance planning and operations. | 08-01-2013 |
20130218784 | 4PL System and Method - System and method for returns management using a fourth-party logistics integrator | 08-22-2013 |
20130246285 | RECEIVING MALFUNCTIONING MOBILE PHONE AND A DISPENSING FUNCTIONING CELLULAR TELEPHONE CONSOLE - The present invention relates to a user-friendly and a user-interactive cellular mobile phone console, allowing a user to interactively replace a malfunctioning cellular mobile phone with a functioning mobile phone, whiles enabling the user to track said malfunctioning cellular mobile through its delivery cycle. | 09-19-2013 |
20130246286 | DATA-PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An elevator inspection system to provide real-time access to workflow processing information for the elevator inspection industry is described. | 09-19-2013 |
20130262322 | HOME APPLIANCE DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM AND DIAGNOSIS METHOD FOR SAME - The present invention relates to a home appliance diagnosis system and to a diagnosis method for same, and more particularly, to a home appliance diagnosis system and to a diagnosis method for same, which involve receiving product information on the home appliance, which is outputted in a predetermined signal form from the home appliance, and analyzing the received product information to check the condition of the home appliance and to diagnose faults in the home appliance. According to the present invention, a diagnosis server easily extracts product information from a signal, and improves the accuracy of the product information through a multi-stage verification process when the diagnosis server outputs product information from the signal received thereat to diagnose the home appliance, to thereby achieve improved accuracy and reliability of the result of the diagnosis based on the product information. | 10-03-2013 |
20130275313 | APPARATUS, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR KNOWLEDGE BASED MAINTENANCE - A processor based method comprising: identifying a device using a portable electronic apparatus; offering a plurality of options, for selection by a user of the portable electronic apparatus, about how to proceed for the purpose of attending the device; providing step-by-step guiding instructions as to how to attend the device, the guiding instructions being specific to the identified device and the option selected; if, after user follows the guiding instructions, the purpose of attending the device is achieved, ending the process; and, if, after user follows the guiding instructions, the purpose of attending the device is not achieved, providing communication options to the user, using the portable electronic apparatus. | 10-17-2013 |
20140067694 | Method for planning and managing maintenance, repair and overhaul work, a computer software product, a digital storage medium, a terminal, a system for planning and managing, and a communications interface - The invention relates to a method ( | 03-06-2014 |
20140067695 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ANALYZING MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS AND ASSESSING THE READINESS OF REPAIRABLE SYSTEMS - An automated method, system and computer program product for assessing the readiness of a plurality of repairable systems, such as a fleet of aircraft, are provided. In addition to identifying the repairable systems that will be operational, the relative state of readiness of the repairable systems is determined such that the repairable systems that are most likely to successfully complete the designated task can be selected. Additionally, an automated method of analyzing the maintenance operations performed upon a plurality of repairable systems, such as a fleet of aircraft, is provided. In this regard, the relative states of readiness of the repairable systems are determined and maintenance resources are allocated based upon the respective measures of the relative states of readiness of the repairable systems. As such, maintenance operations scheduled for the aircraft that will have the greatest state of readiness upon completion of the maintenance operations can be prioritized. | 03-06-2014 |
20140074730 | HVAC SYSTEM REMOTE MONITORING AND DIAGNOSIS - A method of operating a heating, ventilation, or air conditioning (HVAC) monitoring service is described. The method includes: providing a local device for installation in an HVAC system of a residential or commercial building; periodically receiving data from the local device across a wide area network, wherein the received data includes electrical sensor data including at least one of current or power; and storing the received data. The method further includes: analyzing the stored data to selectively identify problems and selectively predict faults of the HVAC system; receiving a subscription fee corresponding to the building, the subscription fee applying to a calendar period; and during the calendar period, providing information on the identified problems and the predicted faults to a customer corresponding to the building. | 03-13-2014 |
20140081876 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR GENERATING PRODUCT REPAIR COST ESTIMATES - A method encompasses a damage evaluation session which may be initiated by an evaluation system user using a user device such as a smartphone. The evaluation session allows the user to identify a damaged section of a damaged product, and then displays a properly sized representation of the damaged section at the user device. This displayed representation of the damaged section is associated with a grid which defines a number of grid segments with each grid segment located over a respective portion of the representation. The method includes receiving a damage severity level input for one or more of the grid segments. Based upon the damage severity level input for the one or more grid segments, damage estimate data is retrieved from a repair data store and applied to produce an overall repair cost estimate for the damaged section. | 03-20-2014 |
20140089208 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING REPAIRS TO VEHICLES - Systems and methods for evaluating repairs or combinations of repairs for one or more vehicles are provided herein. In certain embodiments, a seller may select one or more possible repairs or combinations of repairs to done on a vehicle or group of vehicles. Based on the selected repairs, a change in the overall value of the vehicle(s) may be determined In addition, as the seller selects the one or more repairs, the impact that making other repairs will have on the overall value of the vehicle(s) may be adjusted. | 03-27-2014 |
20140089209 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LINKING BUILDING INFORMATION MODELS WITH BUILDING MAINTENANCE INFORMATION - A computer-implemented method includes, in one aspect, receiving a request for a spatial analysis of building behavior of an entity within a building facility; retrieving building maintenance information about the entity within the building facility; accessing a building information model for the building facility; identifying a portion of the building information model that pertains to the entity; and based on the retrieved building maintenance information and the identified portion of the building information model, generating the spatial analysis of the building behavior for the entity within the building facility. | 03-27-2014 |
20140101058 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONSUMER SIDE MAINTENANCE - A computer system is provided that is connected to the Internet and enables a plurality of network connected devices to access a novel and innovative resource management platform. The computer system includes an Internet enabled computer platform that implements a multi-tenant architecture that enables multiple platform clients to populate the platform with various information regarding their maintenance service requirements. The computer system includes one or more tools that (i) track activities of consumers in connection with their appliances or other consumer resource, (ii) extracts insights from such activities, and/or (iii) enables service businesses or manufacturers to upload information or documents related to maintenance services, such tools enabling the automated suggestion of maintenance actions and/or product or service requirements of consumers. A range of different intelligent features are provided. The computer system may include a CMMS with intelligent features. A number of related computer implemented methods for managing maintenance in an intelligent way is also provided. | 04-10-2014 |
20140149296 | ENHANCED PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE UTILIZING DIRECT PART MARKING - Systems and methods are discussed for use in preventative maintenance and repair systems for semiconductor fabrication equipment. Each semiconductor fabrication system and its replacement components are marked with a unique identification so they may be individually tracked and managed. Data is associated with each fabrication system and component. A component management terminal accesses the data to facilitate preventative maintenance and repair of the semiconductor fabrication equipment. | 05-29-2014 |
20140164258 | MOBILE STATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD THEREOF - A mobile station apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a first identifier used to identify an electronic device other than the mobile station apparatus. The processor is configured to authenticate the electronic device by using a combination of the first identifier and a second identifier. The second identifier is available to identify the mobile station apparatus or a user of the mobile station apparatus. The processor is configured to obtain first data about the authenticated electronic device from a server apparatus through authenticated communication between the mobile station apparatus and the server apparatus. | 06-12-2014 |
20140201089 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Various aspects of a method and system for electronics lifetime wear monitoring are provided. Various aspects of a method and system for scheduling various maintenance-related activities based, at least in part, on circuit monitoring are also provided. | 07-17-2014 |
20140207691 | SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR REMOTELY TRACKING AND MANAGING CINEMA ASSETS AND CONTENT - The invention is directed to a system and computer program for tracking and managing cinema assets and content remotely by a user. The computer program on a non-transitory computer readable medium, for execution by a computer or application server, comprises a consumables code segment, an assets code segment, and a features code segment. The consumables code segment is configured to track and display of at least one consumable asset. The assets code is configured to track and display hardware information of at least one hardware asset. The features code segment is configured to track and display content information of the media being played on at least one hardware asset. Embodiments of the present invention may further include integrated point of sale, calendar, support, administrative, notification, analytics and messaging code segments. | 07-24-2014 |
20140244518 | AMBIENT CONDITIONS MONITORING SYSTEM FOR MACHINERY - A method for monitoring machines is provided. According to the method, a computer server determines a location of at least one machine. The complier server transmits a request to an external source for ambient conditions associated with the location of the at least one machine. The computer server receives a response indicative of the ambient conditions associated with the location of the at least one machine. In addition, the computer server evaluates operation of the at least one machine based in part on the received ambient conditions. | 08-28-2014 |
20140279570 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND MESSAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An electronic apparatus includes: an operation panel configured to display a screen for a user and receive an operation by the user; a display control unit configured to control display of a screen on the operation panel; and an agent unit configured to control timings of starting and cancelling display of a message screen based on message data received from a remote maintenance server on a maintenance service provider side. The agent unit is further configured to generate reading confirmation data that indicates that a user read the message screen and transmit the reading confirmation data to the remote maintenance server if the operation panel receives an operation by the user for cancelling display of the message screen while the message screen is displayed on the operation panel. | 09-18-2014 |
20140279571 | CONTRACTOR LOCATOR AND DISPATCH SERVICE - A system and method for a contractor locator and dispatch service is provided. A customer device is associated with an HVAC system at a customer location. Contractor devices are each associated with a contractor at a contractor location and stores contractor information including contractor location data corresponding to the contractor location and contractor availability data corresponding to an availability of the associated contractor. A server receives a service request for the HVAC system from the customer device and contractor information from each of the contractor devices. The server applies selection criteria to the received contractor information and determines potential contractors for the service request based on the selection criteria. The customer device receive the contractor information for the potential contractors, displays corresponding contractor information, and receives a selection indicating a designated contractor from the potential contractors to perform the service request for the HVAC system. The server notifies the contractor device for the designated contractor of the selection. | 09-18-2014 |
20140316998 | MACHINE INSPECTION TOOL WITH SERVICE REPORT SYNCHRONIZATION - Computer-based tools and techniques are provided for performing service operations such as performing inspections on machines, for example. The tools may include a service data device having one or more checklists which are customizable and electronically interactive. The service data device may be configured for communicating with a service administrator computer system to process data associated with the service operations. | 10-23-2014 |
20140351148 | MAINTENANCE INFORMATION COORDINATION SYSTEM - A maintenance information coordination system coordinates maintenance-related information held by a user of a machine or held by an independent maintenance service provider company of the machine. Maintenance-related information is held by a provider of the machine. A user machine inference unit of the maintenance information coordination system infers a machine identifier provided by the provider of the machine, which operates in a zone for which maintenance work information has been recorded from a provider machine information storage unit, a user information storage unit and an operation information storage unit. It further infers a mapping relation between the machine identifier assigned by the provider and an identifier of the machine assigned by its user from operation information of the machine and information in a user machine information storage unit, and a maintenance work information storage unit and stores the mapping relation into an integrated maintenance information storage unit. | 11-27-2014 |
20140351149 | REPLACEMENT CANDIDATE PRESENTATION METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A computer stores configuration information that indicates the inclusion relationship between a plurality of replacement units in a target apparatus that is a target of a replacement work by identification information that identifies the plurality of replacement units. The computer determines, according to the configuration information, first identification information indicating a first replacement unit that includes a second replacement unit in the target apparatus indicated by second identification information included in report information transmitted from the target apparatus. Then, the computer outputs replacement candidate information including the first identification information for indicating that the first replacement unit is a replacement candidate. | 11-27-2014 |
20140351150 | FITNESS FACILITY EQUIPMENT USAGE CONTROL SYSTEM - A system and method manage distribution of fitness equipment units based upon automatically collected usage information for the fitness equipment units. | 11-27-2014 |
20140365380 | Method and System for Monitoring the Health Status of Electronic Appliances - A method and system is provided for monitoring the health status of electronic appliances. Particularly, the disclosure provides a method and system for registering an electronic appliance with a diagnostic server, sampling a transient and steady current signature of the electronic appliance by a home energy gateway, uploading said sampled transient and steady current signature to the diagnostic server for further analysis, diagnosing a health status of said electronic appliance based on the analyzed transient and steady current signature, and reporting a diagnosed health status of said electronic appliances to a user. | 12-11-2014 |
20150012445 | WEB-BASED AND MOBILE APPLICATION FOR AUTOMATED INSPECTION OF TRUCKS AND TRAILERS - The present invention provides a computer program for assisting in the inspection of a vehicle. The computer program generally includes computer code for permitting a user to select a vehicle from a database of vehicles on which to perform an inspection. A user interface provides a list of maintenance items associated with the selected vehicle, and the user can toggle between and select between satisfactory and unsatisfactory ratings for each of the maintenance items. A data record is created and compiled of the selected ratings for each of the maintenance items. Customized inspection reports can then be generated. | 01-08-2015 |
20150019447 | REVERSE EVENT SIGNATURE FOR IDENTIFYING HIT AND RUN VEHICLES - Identifying a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run accident may comprise generating a damage signature associated with a first vehicle that is left behind with collision damage in a hit-and-run accident. A reverse event signature may be generated that indicates a position of impact and severity of damage associated with a second vehicle involved in the hit-and-run accident that fled a scene of the hit-and-run accident. The generating of the reverse event signature may be based on reverse engineering the damage signature associated with the first vehicle. | 01-15-2015 |
20150032642 | USE OF AN E-RECEIPT TO VERIFY OWNERSHIP AND SERVICE OF A PRODUCT - Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for utilizing e-receipt data and other electronic communication data between a merchant and customer regarding a transaction to verify ownership information and maintenance/service information of a product. In one embodiment, a system is configured to: identify and retrieve electronic communications between a merchant and a customer associated with a transaction; determine ownership information and maintenance/service information of the product from the electronic communication; and generate a profile for the product based on the ownership information and maintenance and service information. | 01-29-2015 |
20150032643 | PRODUCT CONFIGURATION METHOD AND SYSTEM USING FAILURE MODE DESIGN - A computer-implemented method and system of designing failure modes of a product is provided. The method comprises: decomposing systems of the product into subsystems based on information stored in a database; receiving through a user interface a failure mode for at least one of the subsystems; adding at least one requirement to the subsystem to address the failure mode; implementing the at least one requirement; validating the implementation at a subsystem level, a system level and a product level; and outputting results of the validating to a configuration system. | 01-29-2015 |
20150039522 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING A VEHICLE REPAIR STATUS - An instrument for compiling and monitoring a status of a vehicle repair process, wherein service repair personnel are able to modify the status of the vehicle repair process and a user is allowed to conveniently view the status of the vehicle repair process. | 02-05-2015 |
20150046342 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TELEMATICS SERVICE OF VEHICLE - Disclosed are a system and a method for a telematics service of a vehicle through which various vehicle related services such as a remote diagnosis or an e-Call can be continuously used through a gateway without causing a compatibility problem even when a telematics unit is replaced. The system for a telematics service includes: a gateway having a service stub file containing cooperation execution information of a telematics service; and a telematics unit configured to request and receive a service stub file from the gateway. A service stub is created for connection to the gateway and execution of cooperation of a service based on information in the service stub file received from the gateway. | 02-12-2015 |
20150066781 | Prognostics-Based Estimator - Described herein are methods and devices for determining estimate information related to at least one potential vehicle fix for a vehicle based on vehicle information and content of a vehicle repair database. According to an example method, a computing device can receive vehicle information that includes a vehicle identifier and vehicle-usage data for a vehicle. The computing device can then determine repair information that relates to the vehicle from the vehicle repair database based on the vehicle information. The repair information can include at least one potential vehicle fix to a given malfunction. The example method can further involve determining estimate information related to the at least one potential vehicle fix and providing the estimate information to a communication network. | 03-05-2015 |
20150066782 | COMPUTER MONITORING, SERVICING, AND MANAGEMENT OF REMOTE EQUIPMENT AND ASSETS - An asset such as a machine equipped with sensors which are connected to a local computer operative to process the sensor signals and transmit current processed signals to a remote central computer running an EPR system. The asset can also be marked with a QR code which may be scanned by a cell phone or mobile computer to connect to a website with a connection to the remote central computer and store and provide information about the asset. The remote central computer comprises a database of information related to the asset and may contain an historic record of past asset sensor signals, service records for the asset, and the like. Based on the received signals and the database information, the central computer maintains information about the asset and determines the asset's needs for operation, maintenance and servicing and sends appropriate messages to service personnel and the like. | 03-05-2015 |
20150081572 | AUTOMATICALLY RECOMMENDING UPDATES BASED ON STORED LIFECYCLE INFORMATION - Lifecycle information indicative of a configuration and update state of a computer system are stored. Updates to the computer system are automatically recommended based on the lifecycle information. | 03-19-2015 |
20150120578 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING MACHINE FAULTS - A system and method are provided that can identify instructive fault identifiers to assist in the diagnosis of machine faults. The system and method can obtain fault identifiers indicative of potential faults of machines. Frequencies of occurrences of the fault identifiers among the reference cases and determining coverage indices of the fault identifiers can be determined. The coverage indices may indicate how many of the reference cases associated with a selected repair recommendation include one or more of the fault identifiers. The system and method also can determine confusion probabilities that the fault identifiers are indicative of a repair recommendation other than the selected repair recommendation and identify at least one of the fault identifiers as instructive fault identifiers for the selected repair recommendation based on the frequencies of occurrences, the coverage indices, and/or the one or more confusion probabilities. | 04-30-2015 |
20150120579 | REPAIR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, REPAIR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND REPAIR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD - In a repair information management apparatus, a term correspondence table is stored in a database. In the term correspondence table, each term (word) to be displayed on a repair information input screen for inputting repair information is associated with country-specific terms, being translations of the term in two or more languages. In the repair information management apparatus, a term correspondence table updater is activated when an application server is activated in an edit mode. In response to its activation, the term correspondence table updater delivers an edit screen for editing the term correspondence table to a user terminal, and updates the term correspondence table based on editing performed through the edit screen on the user terminal. | 04-30-2015 |
20150134545 | Structure Modelling and Maintenance Scheduling - Embodiments of the invention generally relate to computational systems and methods for managing maintenance of a complex structure. A model of the structure is created and stored, which may be a 3D model of the structure including a 3D map, the model defined with reference to components of the complex structure. Maintenance parameters associated with the components are also stored. Examples of possible maintenance parameters include condition rating, criticality rating, access method and cost. Inspection data is input and received by the computational system. A maintenance plan is generated dependent on the maintenance parameters and the inspection data. The model is displayable as part of a 3D map provides a visual representation of information relating to the structure, which may include aspects of the inspection data, the maintenance parameters and the maintenance plan. Embodiments of the invention also relate to a computational system and method for managing maintenance of a painted or coated structure. A paint or coating condition model for at least one element of the structure has a deterioration that progresses as a function of x4, where x is the proportion of the life span of paint or coating that has elapsed. Based on this model a maintenance plan of proposed maintenance is generated and output. | 05-14-2015 |
20150134546 | METHODS FOR PROVIDING ELECTRIC VEHICLES WITH ACCESS TO EXCHANGEABLE BATTERIES AND METHODS FOR LOCATING, ACCESSING AND RESERVING BATTERIES - Electric vehicles that use replaceable and exchangeable batteries, applications for communicating with a service that provides access to kiosks of batteries, and methods and systems for finding charged batteries, reserving batteries, and paying for use of the batteries, are disclosed. One example is a method for receiving, by a server, a request from a user associated with user account to locate batteries usable to power an electric vehicle. The request is for a geographic location and the user account is associated with a service that enables access to exchange batteries have reduced charge for batteries that have increased charge. The sever processing information regarding an inventory of available batteries at each of a plurality of kiosks, and each of the kiosks is at a respective kiosk location and each kiosk having receptacle slots for storing and charging batteries. The method also includes sending, by the server, data identifying at least one kiosk location proximate to the geographic location. The data including at least one battery available for exchange at the at least one kiosk location and options for reserving said at least one battery available for exchange. | 05-14-2015 |
20150317612 | COMPUTER-ASSISTED AND/OR ENABLED SYSTEMS, METHODS, TECHNIQUES, SERVICES AND USER INTERFACES FOR CONDUCTING MOTOR VEHICLE AND OTHER INSPECTIONS - A computer-assisted inspection system including an integrated software suite provides vehicle inspection services for various clients. Features include automatic grading, flat car part picking, easy to use, ability to run in an environment where the inspector has no constant connectivity to the network (no guaranteed access to the internet, full data replication, intermittent connectivity, synch back up), inspectors can be geographically separated (e.g., all over the country), and the system is installable over the internet to provide efficient installation to far-flung install sites. | 11-05-2015 |
20150339635 | INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS, INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information display method includes a step of inputting, by an input, a work information for identifying a maintenance work to be conducted in a plant, and a step of displaying, by a display, a set of device-state-related information generated by at least a field device associated with the maintenance work identified by the work information. | 11-26-2015 |
20150356520 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN INTERACTIVE ASSET MANAGEMENT INTERFACE - A system and method that provide an interactive asset management interface display a visual representation of equipment under examination and one or more current parts of the equipment. The system and method receive a selection input from an operator of the computing system that identifies a selected part of the current parts of the equipment under examination and obtain state information of the selected part from one or more memory devices responsive to receiving the selection input. The system and method also (a) add the state information to one or more fields of a form used to at least one of acquire one or more replacement parts for the selected part, request repair of the selected part, and/or request inspection of the selected part; and/or (b) display the state information of the selected part using the display device of the computing system with the visual representation of the selected part. | 12-10-2015 |
20150356521 | System, Method, And Apparatus For Oilfield Equipment Prognostics And Health Management - A system for oilfield equipment asset utilization improvement includes a number of units of oilfield equipment, the units of oilfield equipment having a common equipment type. The system further includes a controller having an equipment confidence module that interprets a condition value corresponding to each of the units of oilfield equipment, a job requirement module that interprets a performance requirement for an oil field procedure, and an equipment planning module that selects a set of units from the number of units of oilfield equipment in response to the performance requirement for the oilfield procedure and the condition value corresponding to each of the units of oilfield equipment. The equipment planning module selects the set of units such that a procedure success confidence value exceeds a completion assurance threshold. | 12-10-2015 |
20150363749 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHECKOUT AND RETURN OF PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES FROM A KIOSK - A method includes receiving a previously dispensed portable electronic device from a user by a vending kiosk. In addition, the method includes storing the received portable electronic device in the vending kiosk. The method further includes determining an elapsed time between a time that the portable electronic device was previously dispensed and a time of receiving the portable electronic device, and when the elapsed time is less than a threshold, displaying a return user interface for indicating a problem with the portable electronic device. | 12-17-2015 |
20150371198 | Medical Device Maintenance System - A system for maintaining medical devices includes: a computing device including memory and a processor that, when executing instructions stored on the memory, creates a user interface including: a health module providing a summary of a maintenance status of the medical devices; a location module providing a summary of a location of the medical devices; and a maintenance alert module providing a list of the medical devices needing maintenance, the list including a type of maintenance needed for each of the medical devices in the list. | 12-24-2015 |
20160005007 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USING SCANABLE CODES TO OBTAIN MAINTENANCE AND REMINDER SERVICES - Disclosed are methods, systems and computer program products for facilitating scan-triggered PAMR instruction and reminder services to a user using a scanable information encoded graphic image, such as a bar code or a quick response (QR) code. A mobile communication device such as a smartphone, tablet computer or other mobile computer may include a scan client module for scanning and communicating scan-triggered service code information to a scan-triggered application server. The scan-enabled client module communicates extracted PAMR instruction set identifier information to an associated scan-triggered PAMR instruction and reminder service server application, which is adapted to resolve and deliver chronologically ordered PAMR instruction step information to the scanning user, as well as providing reminder notification services and collecting instruction step compliance data. | 01-07-2016 |
20160034857 | Methods and Systems for Mapping Repair Orders within a Database - Methods and systems for mapping repairs orders within a database are described. Mapping a repair order can include generating a searchable data record with multiple data record fields. Each data record field can include a term located on the repair order or a standard term associated with the term on the repair order. In order to retrieve repair orders from the database, the data records can be searched using search criteria that match standard terms storable in the data record fields. Although the repair orders can be searched to find repair orders with terms that match the search criteria, the search may be carried our more efficiently (e.g., quicker) by searching the data records instead of the repair orders. One or more repairs orders can be associated with real-fix tips. Phrases of the real-fix tips can be selected automatically based, for example, or RO terms recited on the repair orders. | 02-04-2016 |
20160042325 | CENTRAL SERVER FOR MANAGING MAINTENANCE AND MATERIALS FOR COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT FLEETS WITH FLEET-WIDE BENCHMARKING DATA - Turnkey maintenance of a customer's aircraft fleet is managed by a single management service provider (MSP) controlling integrated maintenance and materials services from a central operations site. The MSP converts data received directly from on-board aircraft systems into information it uses to manage maintenance service providers and parts suppliers. The MSP contracts with and manages maintenance, repair and overhaul organizations (MROs) who perform the maintenance on the customers' aircraft at line and base stations. The MSP either remotely manages part inventories at the customer's site, or manages suppliers who deliver the parts to the MROs. Maintenance planning, scheduling and execution information is exchanged between the MSP, MROs, part suppliers and the customers through a shared data communication network controlled by the MSP. The MSP charges the customer for the maintenance services based on a flat rate per unit of aircraft flying time. | 02-11-2016 |
20160048811 | DIAGNOSTIC INQUIRY DEVICE AND DIAGNOSTIC INQUIRY METHOD - In this diagnostic inquiry device and diagnostic inquiry method, types of abnormal sound that are or that accompany malfunction symptoms are included among options for obtaining information pertaining to malfunction symptoms. When the contents of malfunction symptoms are related to the occurrence of an abnormal sound in a device that is the subject of diagnosis, a control unit outputs from a sample abnormal sound output unit a sample abnormal sound that is on the basis of a plurality of types of sample abnormal sound data stored in an external server or a storage unit of the diagnostic inquiry device. | 02-18-2016 |
20160055461 | DEFERRED AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE IMPACT ASSESSMENT APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - Described herein is an apparatus that includes a minimum equipment list (MEL) data module and an impact assessment module. The MEL data module determines at least one operational limitation associated with deferred maintenance on a vehicle. The impact assessment module determines an operational impact associated with the deferred maintenance based on the at least one operational limitation. | 02-25-2016 |
20160063453 | information system and method for processing information, in particular for assisting work in a motor vehicle repair shop - An information system, in particular for a motor vehicle repair shop, includes at least one input unit to input data, in particular data about a motor vehicle to be repaired; a data management and/or data processing unit to store, managing and/or processing the inputted data; and at least one terminal to retrieve, reproduce and process the inputted data and/or for inputting additional data and transfer these data to the data management and/or data processing unit. | 03-03-2016 |
20160104123 | Predictive Maintenance - Vehicular maintenance is predicted using real time telematics data and historical maintenance data. Different statistical models are used, and an intersecting set of results is generated. Environmental weather may also be used to further refine predictions. | 04-14-2016 |
20160104125 | COMPUTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION RELATING TO MAINTENANCE ACTIONS - A method, computing system and computer program product provide additional information relating to maintenance actions to address an issue with a structure. For each maintenance action that has corrected an issue, a first group of structures in which the issue has reoccurred and a second group of structures in which the issue has not reoccurred are identified. The method then determines an actual correction duration value for each of the structures in the first and second groups, generates a correction duration estimate for the structures in the first group using the actual correction duration values and uses the correction duration estimate to identify a portion of the structures in the second group. The method also uses the actual correction duration values calculated for the first group and the identified portion of the second group to generate a fix duration estimate representing an overall time estimation for issue reoccurrence. | 04-14-2016 |
20160104126 | METHOD OF RETRIEVING AND UNIFORMALIZING ELEVATOR MAINTENANCE AND CALLBACK DATA AND CODE EVENTS - A method for data retrieval and uniformalization of code events data for an elevator, comprising the steps of transmitting code events from an elevator controller to a business partner by means of a web services application, the business partner retrieving the data, storing the data in a business partner's data storage, and uniformalizing the data, and the business partner presenting the data by means of web and mobile applications. Another method for data retrieval and uniformalization comprising the steps of a service provider storing elevator data, the service provider transmitting said data to a web services application, a business partner retrieving said data by means of the web services application, the business partner storing the data in a business partner's data storage, the business partner uniformalizing the data, and the business partner presenting the data by means of a web and mobile device application. | 04-14-2016 |
20160104127 | SERVICE OPERATION DATA PROCESSING USING CHECKLIST FUNCTIONALITY IN ASSOCIATION WITH INSPECTED ITEMS - In one embodiment, a system is provided for performing at least one service operation in association with at least one inspected item. The system includes a service data device configured for displaying at least one data screen including at least one checklist configured for operative use in connection with performance of the service operation on the inspected item, the data device being portable and being configured for processing at least one communication; a service administrator having at least one data storage medium configured for storing at least one of the checklists displayed on the data device, the service administrator further having at least one server for enabling at least one communication between the service administrator and the data device; at least a portion of at least one of the checklists being customizable by at least the service administrator; and, at least a portion of at least one of the checklists being electronically interactive in association with performance of the service operation on the inspected item. | 04-14-2016 |
20160104128 | MOBILE DEVICE USER INTERFACE FOR SUPPORTING SERVICE MAINTENANCE AND TRACKING ACTIVITIES IN SEMICONDUCTOR TOOL - Integration of semiconductor tool maintenance operations on mobile devices enables technicians to more accurately perform semiconductor tool maintenance, and allows for more accurate collection and analysis of data so that maintenance procedures and resulting tool operations can be more repeatable, consistent and efficient. | 04-14-2016 |
20160117785 | COMPONENT-BASED BUILDING ASSESSMENT - In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes receiving a request for component-based building information indicating building quality; identifying one or more buildings responsive to the request; and for each building from the one or more buildings: accessing component information for components installed in the building, the component information including (i) a record of user-generated service requests for the components, (ii) a record of services performed on the components, and (iii) remaining warranty terms for the components; determining quality ratings for the components based on evaluation of the component information using one or more data models that correlate portions of the component information with one or more quality rating values; determining one or more overall quality ratings for the building based on one or more combinations of the quality ratings for the components in the building; and providing the one or more overall quality ratings for the building. | 04-28-2016 |
20160125365 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING MAINTENANCE FOR A SERVICE PROVIDER - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining device diagnostic data for a group of devices that provide communication services to a plurality of customer premises of a plurality of users over a network, obtaining configuration data associated with the plurality of customer premises, obtaining quality key performance indicators associated with the communication services of the plurality of customer premises, applying linear regression to the device diagnostic data, the configuration data and the quality key performance indicators to identify a quality threshold based on a particular configuration, detecting a subset of customer premises from among the plurality of customer premises that are not satisfying the quality threshold, and analyzing a subset of the device diagnostic data that corresponds to the subset of customer premises to determine equipment associated with the subset of customer premises for maintenance. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 05-05-2016 |
20160132838 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INFORMATION INTEGRATION IN INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS - A computational method for performing a data transformation process for use in Engineering Asset Management on an industrial scale is described, The method and associated integration environment includes a transformation engine or module to map model elements and data items from a first information system, for example a procurement and construction database that records the thousands of individual components used to construct an industrial site, to a second information system. Such as an operation and maintenance database. The method uses a model transformation user interface using hierarchically linked layers to allow users to create, view and modify the transformation specification, as well as element terms and element relationships which define a transformation specification, without having to write the underlying code that performs the transformation. | 05-12-2016 |
20160132839 | SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR FACILITIES MAINTENANCE SCHEDULING - The process for facilities maintenance scheduling includes storing in a database at least one operational characteristic of at least one component requiring inspection over a service lifetime. The operational characteristic of the at least one component is monitored with a sensor and the status of the operational characteristic is communicated to the database over a communication network. The database updates the operational characteristic therein based on the status received from the sensor over the communication network, and adjusts an inspection schedule for the at least one component based on the status of the operational characteristic received by the database from the sensor over the communication network. | 05-12-2016 |
20160140513 | TERMINAL APPARATUS, FAULT REPORT SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A terminal apparatus includes a display and an input unit. The display displays at least an input screen for displaying plural entries to be input and a browsing screen for browsing the plural entries which have already been input. The input unit inputs the plural entries. The display displays the plural entries at different positions on the display between the input screen and the browsing screen. | 05-19-2016 |
20160148172 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED MANAGEMENT OF AIDS TO NAVIGATION - The present invention provides computer-implemented methods and systems for managing aids to navigation (AtoNs). In one embodiment, the method comprises maintaining an AtoN database, recording, in the AtoN database, an identifier for each AtoN asset, and associating, with each identifier, lifecycle information relating to the corresponding AtoN asset. The method may be performed by a mobile device, and functions of the mobile device can be utilised to provide additional advantages at the time of deployment or servicing of an AtoN—in particular, to record the current location of an AtoN, its colour or flash rate, or the tilt of one or more parts of the AtoN. | 05-26-2016 |
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20160162848 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ENABLING THIRD PARTY ENTITLEMENTS FOR ENTERPRISE PARTNERS BASED ON CUSTOMER PRINTING BEHAVIORS - A customer workstation with a device discovery tool is connected to a network. The device discovery tool obtains identifying information about document-processing devices connected to the network. The system includes an application server having an account management system operating an entitlement system. A network interface connects the application server with the customer workstation, which stores the identifying information about the document-processing devices. Another network interface connects the application server with a fulfillment provider server external to the entitlement system. The application server determines whether a particular document-processing device needs replacement consumables and provides a recommended order to the customer workstation, identifying each replacement consumable related to an entitlement. The application server coordinates order fulfillment with the fulfillment provider server, based on a unique order identifier. Upon installation of the replacement consumable, the workstation automatically notifies the account management system, which updates the customer account according to the entitlement. | 06-09-2016 |
20160162849 | BATTERY SECONDARY USE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A battery secondary use management system for managing a secondary use destination of a battery in use by using information of the battery includes an expired use time prediction unit configured to obtain estimated degradation information of the battery in use and predict an expired use time of the battery in use on the basis of the estimated degradation information which is acquired, and a secondary use destination determining unit configured to determine in advance the secondary use destination of the battery in use before expiration of use on the basis of the expiration-of-use date which is predicted. | 06-09-2016 |
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20160379177 | PUNCHING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF UPDATING MAINTENANCE INFORMATION AND PUNCHING SYSTEM - A punching apparatus capable of performing update work for updating maintenance information, irrespective of whether or not a punch die is mounted. A puncher includes a punching unit that punches a sheet using an exchangeable punch die provided with a die memory, and a CPU that detects mounting of a punch die in the punching unit. The CPU receives an update request requesting update of maintenance information stored in the die memory of the punch die. If mounting of the punch die is detected, when the update request designating the punch die is received, the CPU updates the maintenance information of the punch die based on the update request. If mounting of the punch die is not detected, the CPU updates the maintenance information of the punch die when mounting of the punch die is detected. | 12-29-2016 |
20160379178 | INSPECTION RESULT UPDATE CONTROL METHOD, INSPECTION RESULT STORAGE CONTROL METHOD, INSPECTION RESULT UPDATE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND INSPECTION RESULT STORAGE CONTROL SYSTEM - An inspection result update control method includes performing control to accept updating an inspection result of an inspection subject included in an inspection set from a first terminal having initially downloaded data for inputting inspection results of the inspection set and control to restrict updating an inspection result of the inspection subject from a second terminal when the data for inputting the inspection results of the inspection set are downloaded, the inspection subjects being inspected in a predefined inspection order; and performing control to accept updating an individual inspection result of an inspection subject from the first terminal having initially downloaded data for inputting individual inspection results of the individual inspection subjects as well as accepting updating an individual inspection result of the individual inspection subject from the second terminal when data for inputting the individual inspection results of the individual inspection subjects are downloaded. | 12-29-2016 |
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20220138701 | MAINTENANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A maintenance method for servicing a component includes generating, via an electronic control unit, a digital model of the component, detecting, via the electronic control unit, a defect of the component, classifying, via the electronic control unit, the defect as a defect type, and evaluating the defect to determine, according to the defect type, whether to repair the defect or to replace a section of the component containing the defect. A maintenance system for servicing components may include a scanner and an ECU configured to create a digital model of a component, detect a defect of the component from the digital model and/or three-dimensional data of the component, classify the defect as a defect type of a plurality of defect types, and/or evaluate the defect according to the defect type. | 05-05-2022 |
20220138702 | MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND CALCULATION METHOD - Provided is a management device capable of communicating with a counting device that counts the number mold opening and closing cycles. The management device includes a memory and a processor. The processor outputs one or more index values that can be used for determining a next maintenance timing, by using a first value that is a count value acquired from the counting device, and one or more second values that are count values, at a last maintenance time, stored in the memory. | 05-05-2022 |