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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2024
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Arjun Veneshetty, Dunlap, IL (US);
Bhargav Chary Biroju, Morrisville, NC (US);
Joseph Andrew Willenborg, Dunlap, IL (US);
Jim D. Angell, Naperville, IL (US);
Donald Froelich, Gilson, IL (US);
Abhishek Awana, Dunlap, IL (US);
Sridhar Reddy Chintapally, Dunlap, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A tracking system may receive a plurality of advertisement messages from a plurality of beacon devices. Each of the plurality of advertisement messages may indicate a respective identifier of a transmitting beacon device of the plurality of beacon devices. A component beacon device, of the plurality of beacon devices, may be attached to a component of the machine, and a remainder of the plurality of beacon devices may be apart from the machine. The tracking system may monitor, in accordance with a plurality of identifiers indicated in the plurality of advertisement messages, respective message counts for the plurality of identifiers. The tracking system may generate a communication that indicates the respective message counts for the plurality of identifiers and productivity data relating to the machine. The tracking system may transmit the communication for a useful life estimation system.