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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2004
Alan Lewis Ferguson, Peoria, IL (US);
Trent Ray Meiss, Eureka, IL (US);
Brian Lane Jenkins, Washington, IL (US);
Steven Wayne O'neal, Bartonville, IL (US);
Daniel Craig Wood, East Peoria, IL (US);
Alan Lewis Ferguson, Peoria, IL (US);
Trent Ray Meiss, Eureka, IL (US);
Brian Lane Jenkins, Washington, IL (US);
Steven Wayne O'Neal, Bartonville, IL (US);
Daniel Craig Wood, East Peoria, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A system and method for providing indexed work machine utilization data. The system implementing the method includes an operator identification device for identifying an operator of a work machine based on operator identification data and a work data collection device for collecting work data related to the work machine. A first processing device indexes the collected work data to the operator identification data and a communication device transmits the indexed work data and operator identification data to a second processing device. The second processing device receives the indexed work data and the operator identification data and provides operator utilization metrics based on the indexed work data that reflect a quantitative performance value associated with at least one of the work machine and operator.