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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2011
Craig L. Koehrsen, East Peoria, IL (US);
Darryl V. Collins, Jindalee, AU;
Bryan J. Everett, Peoria, IL (US);
Craig L. Koehrsen, East Peoria, IL (US);
Darryl V. Collins, Jindalee, AU;
Bryan J. Everett, Peoria, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A method of tracking a fleet of machines operating at a common worksite is disclosed. The method may include receiving at a central controller an unacknowledged message from communicating devices onboard the fleet of machines, the unacknowledged message including a current location of each of the fleet of machines determined by locating devices onboard the fleet of machines. The method may also include updating a location listing of the fleet of machines with the current location, and repetitively multicasting the location listing to the communicating devices.