Automated generation of condition state information for one or more machines, devices, or systems associated with service or repair events

A method of generating information associated with a collection of machines, devices, or systems present at a location, comprising:

• a. selecting a location associated with a collection comprising a plurality of machines, devices, or systems for which condition state information is of interest;
• b. generating information associated with the plurality of machines, devices, or systems in the collection, wherein the information is derived from:
• i. machine, device, or system baseline information associated with each of:
• 1. Type;
• 2. Manufacturer;
• 3. model number;
• 4. Serial number;
• 5. Date of manufacture;
• and
• 6. Manufacturer-provided technical specifications;
• ii. machine, device, or system usage information comprising some or all of:
• 1. Purchase date;
• 2. Information associated with a use location;
• 3. owner or user information;
• and
• 4. Information associated with one or more previous service or repair events;
• c. deriving, by a computer, context-relevant information associated with the collection from a historical library of machine, device, or system information;
• d. analyzing, by the computer, the context-relevant information to generate condition state information for the collection, wherein the collection condition state information is configured as:
• i. current or future condition state ratings for one or more machines, devices, or systems in the collection;
• ii. current or future condition state ratings for the collection;
• iii. costs associated with ownership or management of the plurality of machines, devices, or systems in the collection from a first time to a second time;
• or
• iv. costs associated with management of the collection from the first time to the second time;
• e. generating, by the computer, a recommendation associated with whether one or more of the plurality of machines, devices, or systems in the collection should be replaced at a current time or at a later time, thereby providing condition state information for one or more of the plurality of machines, devices, or systems in the collection;
• and
• f. configuring, by the computer, the condition state information for use in one or more of:
• i. a user notification;
• ii. a report;
• iii. a dashboard;
• iv. as information for use in a current service or repair event associated with one or more of the machines, devices, or systems in the collection;
• or
• v. as information for use in subsequent condition state generation determinations for one or more of the machines, devices, or systems in the same or a different collection of one or more additional machines, devices, or systems of interest.