# US 10,482,402 B2 · Method and system for providing notifications related to service information of machine > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,482,402 B2 - Document ID: US10482402B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/682,875 - Filed: 2017-08-22 - Published: 2019-02-28 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2017-08-22 - Assignees: Caterpillar Inc. - Applicants: Caterpillar Inc. - Inventors: Jamin T. Williams - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10482402B2 ## CPC - G06Q 10/06: Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling - G07C 5/008: {communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C)} - G08G 1/205: {Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental} - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) ## Abstract A method for providing notifications related to service information of a machine located at a worksite is provided includes detecting, by a worksite management system, an entry of the machine in a first predefined service zone based on machine location data and machine identification data. The first predefined service zone is defined in the worksite management system corresponding to a first service area at the worksite. The method also includes generating, by the worksite management system, a first notification based on at least one predefined parameter and the machine identification data upon the entry of the machine in the first predefined service zone. The first notification includes information related to a service to be performed at the first service area. The method further includes detecting, by the worksite management system, an exit of the machine from the first predefined service zone based on the machine location data. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for providing notifications related to service information for service of a machine located at a worksite, the method comprising: detecting, by a worksite management system, an entry of the machine in a first predefined service zone based on machine location data and machine identification data, wherein the first predefined service zone is defined in the worksite management system corresponding to a first service area at the worksite at which to receive a first service; generating, by the worksite management system, a first notification based on at least one predefined parameter and the machine identification data upon the entry of the machine in the first predefined service zone, wherein the first notification includes information related to the first service to be performed at the first service area, and the first service to be performed being to the machine at the first service area; and detecting, by the worksite management system, an exit of the machine from the first predefined service zone based on the machine location data. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein a number of predefined service zones are defined in the worksite management system corresponding to a number of service areas at the worksite. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising prompting, by the worksite management system, a personnel to enter information related to the service performed on the machine at any one of the service areas. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the step of generating the first notification further comprises: identifying the machine based on the machine identification data; retrieving one or more maintenance protocols associated with the machine, wherein the one or more maintenance protocols are predefined at the worksite management system; and coordinating the at least one predefined parameter and the one or more maintenance protocols associated with the machine to generate the first notification. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising generating, by the worksite management system, a second notification after detecting the exit of the machine from the first predefined service zone, wherein the second notification includes information related to a subsequent service to be performed on the machine. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the second notification is generated based on one or more maintenance protocols associated with the machine and the service performed on the machine at the first service area. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5 further comprising displaying the first and second notifications on a user equipment communicably coupled to the worksite management system. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one predefined parameter includes at least one of a type of the machine, a type of the service area and a type of service to be performed on the machine. ### Claim 9 A system for providing notifications related to service information for service of a machine located at a worksite, the system comprising: a worksite management system having a first predefined service zone, wherein the first predefined service zone is defined in the worksite management system corresponding to a first service area at the worksite at which to receive a first service, the worksite management system being configured to: detect an entry of the machine in the first predefined service zone based on machine location data and machine identification data; generate a first notification upon the entry of the machine in the first predefined service zone, wherein the first notification includes information related to the first service to be performed at the first service area, and the first service to be performed being to the machine at the first service area; detect an exit of the machine from the first predefined service zone based on the machine location data; and generate a second notification after detecting the exit of the machine from the first predefined service zone, wherein the second notification includes information related to a subsequent service, different from the first service, to be performed to the machine at a second predefined service zone different from the first predetermined service zone; and a user equipment communicably coupled to the worksite management system, wherein the user equipment is configured to display the first and second notifications received from the worksite management system. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein a number of predefined service zones are defined in the worksite management system corresponding to a number of service areas at the worksite. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the worksite management system is configured to prompt a personnel to enter information related to the service performed on the machine at any one of the service areas. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the worksite management system is configured to: identify the machine based on the machine identification data; retrieve one or more maintenance protocols associated with the machine, wherein the one or more maintenance protocols are predefined at the worksite management system; and coordinate the at least one predefined parameter and the one or more maintenance protocols associated with the machine to generate the first notification. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the second notification is generated based on one or more maintenance protocols associated with the machine and the service performed on the machine at the first service area. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one predefined parameter includes at least one of a type of the machine, a type of the service area and a type of service to be performed on the machine. ### Claim 15 A computer program product embodied in a computer for providing notifications related to service information for service of a machine located at a worksite, the computer program product causing the computer to perform operations comprising: detecting, by the worksite management system, an entry of a machine in a first predefined service zone based on machine location data and machine identification data, wherein the first predefined service zone is defined in the worksite management system corresponding to a first service area at the worksite at which to receive a first service; generating, by the worksite management system, a first notification based on at least one predefined parameter and the machine identification data upon the entry of the machine in the first predefined service zone, wherein the first notification includes information related to the first service to be performed at the first service area, and the first service to be performed being to the machine at the first service area; detecting, by the worksite management system, an exit of the machine from the first predefined service zone based on the machine location data; and generating, by the worksite management system, a second notification after detecting the exit of the machine from the first predefined service zone, wherein the second notification includes information related to a subsequent service, different from the first service, to be performed to the machine at a second predefined service zone different from the first predetermined service zone. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The computer program product of claim 15, wherein a number of predefined service zones are defined in the worksite management system corresponding to a number of service areas at the worksite. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The computer program product of claim 15 further comprising prompting, by the worksite management system, a personnel to enter information related to the service performed on the machine at any one of the service areas. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the step of generating the first notification further comprises: identifying the machine based on the machine identification data; retrieving one or more maintenance protocols associated with the machine, wherein the one or more maintenance protocols are predefined at the worksite management system; and coordinating the at least one predefined parameter and the one or more maintenance protocols associated with the machine to generate the first notification. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the second notification is generated based on one or more maintenance protocols associated with the machine and the service performed on the machine at the first service area. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the at least one predefined parameter includes at least one of a type of the machine, a type of the service area and a type of service to be performed on the machine.