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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:
Jul. 08, 2008

Filed:

Aug. 25, 2004
Applicants:

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);

Inventors:

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);

Assignee:

Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 15/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed that enable one or more work machines to control operations of one or more remote work machines. In one embodiment, the systems and methods perform a process including determining a first type of first work machine performing first operations in a work environment and determining a second type of second work machine performing second operations in the work environment. Based on the first and second type of the first and second work machines, a selected second operation that the first work machine can control is determined. Subsequently, the first work machine may adjust the selected second operation while the first work machine performs the first operations.


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