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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 24, 2017
Applicant:

Centurylink Intellectual Property Llc, Denver, CO (US);

Inventors:

Michael K. Bugenhagen, Leawood, KS (US);

William R. Walker, Monroe, LA (US);

Kevin G. Jones, West Monroe, LA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 16/907 (2019.01); G06F 16/00 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1684 (2013.01); B25J 9/1679 (2013.01); G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06F 16/907 (2019.01); G06K 9/00013 (2013.01); G06K 9/00885 (2013.01); G05B 2219/32226 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45084 (2013.01); G06K 2209/27 (2013.01); Y02P 90/14 (2015.11);
Abstract

Novel tools and techniques for the automated tracking of services performed on machines by service robots, technicians, and other devices are provided. A system includes a robot fingerprint reader, service tool, and robot fingerprint database. The robot fingerprint reader may be associated with a machine receiving service and configured to receive a robot fingerprint from the service tool. The service tool may be associated with the device performing the service, and include an interface that is configured to allow the robot fingerprint to be obtained by the robot fingerprint reader. The service robot may be configured to register the robot fingerprint with the robot fingerprint database, and the robot fingerprint database may be configured to create an entry associated with the robot fingerprint of the device performing the service.


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