IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0923785
(2007-10-25)
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등록번호 |
US-8533315
(2013-09-10)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
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출원인 / 주소 |
- Crane Merchandising Systems, Inc.
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
2 인용 특허 :
172 |
초록
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A system and method for monitoring performance of field assets are disclosed. A method may include transmitting packets on a shared bus located in a field asset may be captured. The captured packets may be analyzed to determine one or more operational parameters associated with one or more periphera
A system and method for monitoring performance of field assets are disclosed. A method may include transmitting packets on a shared bus located in a field asset may be captured. The captured packets may be analyzed to determine one or more operational parameters associated with one or more peripheral devices coupled to the shared bus. The one or more operational parameters may be analyzed to determine an operational efficiency of the field asset.
대표청구항
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1. A method for monitoring the performance of a field asset comprising: capturing, by a extended function adapter, packets transmitted on a hared bus located in the field asset during normal operation of the field asset;analyzing the captured packets to determine both an operating state of the field
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A method for monitoring the performance of a field asset comprising: capturing, by a extended function adapter, packets transmitted on a hared bus located in the field asset during normal operation of the field asset;analyzing the captured packets to determine both an operating state of the field asset and one or more operational parameters associated with one or more peripheral devices coupled to the shared bus,the operating state including at least one whether all inventory items of the field asset are in stock,the one or more operational parameters including at least whether each of the peripheral devices is operational and, for each peripheral device capable of dispensing change, whether the peripheral device is depleted of currency of a particular denomination; andanalyzing the one or more operational parameters to determine an overall operational efficiency of the field asset, the overall operational efficiency equal to a ratio of a total amount of time that all items are in stock and every one of the one or more peripheral devices is concurrently operational to an overall period of time. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the shared bus is a Multi Drop Bus (MDB) protocol compliant bus. 3. The method of claim 2, further comprising: capturing data exchange (DEX) protocol compliant data;analyzing the captured DEX data to determine one or more additional operational parameters associated with one or more components of the field asset; andanalyzing the one or more additional operational parameters to determine the overall operational efficiency of the field asset. 4. The method of claim 1, further comprising communicating at least one of the operational parameters, additional operational parameters, and the overall operational efficiency to a transaction server communicatively coupled to the field asset. 5. The method of claim 3, wherein the one or more additional operational parameters comprise an indication that every inventory item of the field asset is in stock. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more peripheral devices include a coin mechanism, a bill validator, and a card reader. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the field asset is a vending machine. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the packets are captured by a snoop agent communicatively coupled to the shared bus. 9. A remotely located machine comprising: a machine controller configured to function as a master of a shared bus;one or more peripheral devices communicatively coupled to the bus, wherein the machine controller transmits packets to the peripheral devices via the shared bus;a snoop agent configured to capture packets transmitted on the shared bus during normal operation of the field asset; andan audit agent configured to: analyze the captured packets to determine both an operating state of the field asset and one or more operational parameters associated with the one or more peripheral devices,the operating state including at least whether all inventory items of the field asset are in stock,the one or more operational parameters including at least whether each of the peripheral devices is operational and, for each peripheral device capable of dispensing change, whether the peripheral device is depleted of currency of a particular denomination; andanalyze the operating state and the one or more operational parameters to determine an overall operational efficiency of the field asset, the overall operational efficiency equal to a ratio of a total amount of time that all items are in stock and every one of the one or more peripheral devices is concurrently operational to an overall period of time. 10. The remotely located machine of claim 9, wherein the shared bus is a Multi Drop Bus (MDB) protocol compliant bus. 11. The remotely located machine of claim 10, wherein the snoop agent is implemented on an extended function adapter (EFA) communicatively coupled to the MDB. 12. The remotely located machine of claim 10, wherein the machine controller is a vending machine controller (VMC) communicatively coupled to the MDB via an MDB port of the VMC. 13. The remotely located machine of claim 12, further comprising the audit agent communicatively coupled to a DEX port of the VMC, the audit agent further configured to: retrieve DEX data from the DEX port;analyze the captured DEX data to determine one or more additional operational parameters associated with one or more components of the field asset; andanalyze the one or more additional operational parameters to determine the overall operational efficiency of the field asset. 14. The remotely located machine of claim 9, wherein at least one of the one or more peripheral devices include a coin mechanism, a bill validator, and a card reader. 15. The remotely located machine of claim 9, the audit agent further configured to communicate at least one of the operational parameters, additional operational parameters, and the overall operational efficiency to a transaction server communicatively coupled to the field asset. 16. The remotely located machine of claim 9, wherein the audit agent is further configured to analyze the one or more operational parameters to determine each interval of time during an overall period of time that every one of the one or more peripheral devices is concurrently operational. 17. A system for monitoring the performance of a field asset comprising: a field asset including: a machine controller configured to function as a master of a shared bus;one or more peripheral devices communicatively coupled to the bus, wherein the machine controller transmits packets to the peripheral devices via the shared bus;a snoop agent configured to capture packets transmitted on the shared bus during normal operation of the field asset; andan audit module configured to: analyze the captured packets to determine both an operating state of the field asset and one or more operational parameters associated with the one or more peripheral devices,the operating state including at least one of whether all inventory items of the field asset are in stock and whether a vending mechanism of the field asset is jammed or obstructed,the one or more operational parameters including at least whether each of the peripheral devices is operational and, for each peripheral device capable of dispensing change, whether the peripheral device is depleted of currency of a particular denomination; andanalyze the one or more operational parameters to determine an overall operational efficiency of the field asset, the overall operational efficiency equal to a ratio of a total amount of time that all items are in stock and every one of the one or more peripheral devices is concurrently operational to an overall period of time. 18. The system of claim 17, wherein the shared bus is a Multi Drop Bus (MDB) protocol compliant bus. 19. The system of claim 18, wherein the snoop agent is implemented on an extended function adapter (EFA) communicatively coupled to the MDB. 20. The system of claim 18, wherein the machine controller is a vending machine controller (VMC) communicatively coupled to the MDB via an MDB port of the VMC. 21. The system of claim 20, further comprising an audit agent communicatively coupled to a DEX port of the VMC, the audit agent configured to: retrieve DEX data from the DEX port; andcommunicate the DEX data to the audit module. 22. The system of claim 21, the audit module further configured to: analyze the captured DEX data to determine one or more additional operational parameters associated with one or more components of the field asset; andanalyze the one or more additional operational parameters to determine the overall operational efficiency of the field asset. 23. The system of claim 17, wherein at least one of the one or more peripheral devices include a coin mechanism, a bill validator, and a card reader. 24. The system of claim 17, wherein the audit module is a transaction server communicatively coupled to the field asset. 25. The system of claim 17, wherein the audit module is further configured to analyze the one or more operational parameters to determine each interval of time during an overall period of time that every one of the one or more peripheral devices is concurrently operational. 26. The method of claim 1, further comprising: analyzing the one or more operational parameters to determine each interval of time during the overall period of time that every one of the one or more peripheral devices is concurrently operational.
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