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US 2005/0038579 A1Published application
Interactive maintenance management alarm handling
OwnerMichael Lewisinventor
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Abstract
An Interactive Maintenance Management System (“IMMS”) is an alarm handling system for handling Abnormal Events that indicate present or imminent equipment failure. The IMMS may be utilized in industrial situations, such as strip-mines, to reduce equipment downtime and reduce or prevent equipment failure. The IMMS utilizes a flexible response system to track, analyze, and improve performance of the alarm handling system.
Claims17
A method of handling equipment failure alarms comprising the steps of:
- receiving an Abnormal Event;
- storing the Abnormal Event in a Database;
- choosing not to snooze the Abnormal Event;
- analyzing the Abnormal Event;
- and
- choosing again not to snooze the Abnormal Event.
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A method of handling equipment failure alarms comprising the steps of:
- receiving an Abnormal Event;
- storing the Abnormal Event in a Database;
- choosing not to snooze the Abnormal Event;
- analyzing the Abnormal Event;
- choosing to snooze the Abnormal Event;
- snoozing the Abnormal Event based on a predetermined Snooze Criterion;
- and
- releasing the Abnormal Event when said predetermined Snooze Criterion has been violated.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.