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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2010
Filed:
May. 20, 2004
Alan L. Ferguson, Peoria, IL (US);
Brian Lane Jenkins, Washington, IL (US);
Trent Ray Meiss, Eureka, IL (US);
Steven Wayne O'neal, Bartonville, IL (US);
Daniel Craig Wood, East Peoria, IL (US);
Alan L. Ferguson, Peoria, IL (US);
Brian Lane Jenkins, Washington, IL (US);
Trent Ray Meiss, Eureka, IL (US);
Steven Wayne O'Neal, Bartonville, IL (US);
Daniel Craig Wood, East Peoria, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A method and system are provided to perform a process of wirelessly providing software updates to a target module located in a work machine. In one embodiment, the process includes determining whether a software update condition exists for software stored in the target module and when such a condition does exist, delivering software update data from a remote off-board system to the work machine. Further, the work machine may determine a location of the target module and whether an update delay condition exists. Also, the process may include delivering the software update to the target module if no update delay condition exists, and delaying the delivery of the software update data to the target module if an update delay condition does exist.