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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:
Nov. 07, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 10, 2016
Applicant:

United Parcel Service of America, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

John A. Olsen, III, Cumming, GA (US);

David L. Bradley, Alpharetta, GA (US);

Matthew S. Hendrix, Jupiter, FL (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 5/08 (2006.01); G07C 5/02 (2006.01); G01M 15/05 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G05B 23/02 (2006.01); G06Q 50/22 (2012.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/10 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G01M 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/00 (2006.01); B64F 5/60 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 5/0808 (2013.01); G05B 23/0283 (2013.01); G07C 5/02 (2013.01); G07C 5/08 (2013.01); G07C 5/085 (2013.01); A61B 5/00 (2013.01); B64F 5/60 (2017.01); G01M 15/05 (2013.01); G01M 17/00 (2013.01); G05B 23/0235 (2013.01); G06F 7/00 (2013.01); G06F 15/00 (2013.01); G06F 17/10 (2013.01); G06F 19/00 (2013.01); G06Q 50/22 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for managing fault codes triggered by one or more vehicles during operation. In general, various embodiments of the invention involve recording and analyzing fault codes triggered during a particular time period while a vehicle is in operation. As a result of the analysis, various embodiments of the invention may set a state for each of the identified fault codes, the state indicating a level of action to address the identified fault code. In particular embodiments, the states may be one of a caution state indicating one or more components or sub-systems of the vehicle should be monitored, a critical state indicating one or more components or sub-systems of the vehicle should be repaired, or an environmental state indicating failure or potential failure of one or more components or sub-systems of the vehicle may affect one or more environmental conditions.


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