Data usage and aggregation in a food product asset related network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11301788-B2
Application number	US-201214362928-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 14, 2012
Priority date	Dec 16, 2011
Publication date	Apr 12, 2022
Grant date	Apr 12, 2022

Abstract

A method for enabling network communication relating to a food preparation asset may include receiving, from a third party participant, a registration request to join a community including asset operators that operate at least one food preparation asset, registering the third party participant as a community member, providing the third party participant with access to a communication network for sharing information related to the asset, receiving data indicative of asset related activity, providing the third party participant with data indicative of asset related activity, and enabling the third party participant to establish communications with the asset or asset operators via the communication network based on the data indicative of asset related activity.

First claim

That which is claimed:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, from a third party participant device associated with a third party participant that is a service provider providing maintenance services, a registration request at a content manager to join a community including a manufacturer of one or more food preparation assets and asset operators, wherein each of the asset operators operate the one or more food preparation assets, and wherein the third party participant, the content manager, the manufacturer, and the asset operators are each different entities;
registering the third party participant as a community member via the content manager;
providing the third party participant with access to a communication network, via the content manager, for sharing information related to the one or more food preparation assets;
receiving, by the manufacturer, asset related activity data for a selected one of the one or more food preparation assets at the content manager, wherein the asset related activity data includes run hours for the selected one of the one or more food preparation assets;
providing the third party participant device with the asset related activity data by the manufacturer via the content manager;
establishing communications between the selected one of the one or more food preparation assets and the third party participant device via the content manager based on the asset related activity data; and
communicating and displaying an alert on the third party participant device by the manufacturer via the content manager to indicate maintenance is due for the selected one of the one or more food preparation assets in response to the run hours of the selected one of the one or more food preparation assets meeting or exceeding a defined preventive maintenance run hours standard.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the asset related activity data comprises receiving a data usage file of asset related activity in real time.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the asset related activity data comprises receiving a data usage file of asset related activity over a defined period of time.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein receiving the data usage file comprises receiving the data usage file wirelessly or via a removable memory device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the asset related activity data comprises receiving operational activity data of the selected one of the one or more food preparation assets and wherein establishing communications between the selected one of the one or more food preparation assets and the third party participant device via the content manager based on the asset related activity data comprises offering a third party participant product to the selected one of the one or more food preparation assets, the third party participant product being determined based on the operational activity of the selected one of the one or more food preparation assets.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the asset related activity data comprises receiving operational activity data of the selected one of the one or more food preparation assets and wherein establishing communications between the selected one of the one or more food preparation assets and the third party participant device via the content manager based on the asset related activity data comprises offering a third party participant service to the selected one of the one or more food preparation assets, the third party participant service being determined based on the operational activity of the selected one of the one or more food preparation assets.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the asset related activity data comprises receiving aggregated asset related activity data of a plurality of food preparation assets and comparing the aggregated asset related activity data to the asset related activity of the selected one of the one or more food preparation assets.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the aggregated asset related activity data is provided by a pool of asset operators.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein displaying the alert comprises displaying a preformatted message on the third party participant device to indicate the maintenance is due.

10. A data usage analysis platform comprising processing circuitry including a processor and memory, wherein the processor is configured to:
receive, from a third party participant device associated with a third party participant that is a service provider providing maintenance services, a registration request at a content manager to join a community including a manufacturer of one or more food preparation assets and asset operators, wherein each of the asset operators operate the one or more food preparation assets, and wherein the third party participant, the content manager, the manufacturer, and the asset operators are different entities;
register the third party participant as a community member via the content manager;
provide the third party participant with access to a communication network, via the content manager, for sharing information related to the one or more food preparation assets;
receive, by the manufacturer, asset related activity data for a selected one of the one or more food preparation assets at the content manager, wherein the asset related activity data includes run hours for the selected one of the one or more food preparation assets;
provide the third party participant device with the asset related activity data by the manufacturer via the content manager;
establish communications between the selected one of the one or more food preparation assets and the third party participant device via the communication network based on the asset related activity data; and
communicate and display an alert on the third party participant device by the manufacturer via the content manager to indicate maintenance is due for the selected one of the one or more food preparation assets in response to the run hours of the selected one of the one or more food preparation assets meeting or exceeding a defined preventive maintenance run hours standard.

11. The platform of claim 10 , wherein the processor being configured to receive the asset related activity data comprises the processor being configured to receive a data usage file of asset related activity in real time.

12. The platform of claim 10 , wherein the processor being configured to receive the asset related activity data comprises the processor being configured to receive a data usage file of asset related activity over a defined period of time.

13. The platform of claim 12 , wherein the processor being configured to receive the data usage file comprises the processor being configured to receive the data usage file wirelessly or via a removable memory device.

14. The platform of claim 10 , wherein the processor being configured to receive the asset related activity data comprises the processor being configured to receive operational activity data of the selected one of the one or more food preparation assets and wherein the processor being configured to establish communications between the selected one of the one or more food preparation assets via the communication network based on the asset related activity data comprises the processor being configured to offer a third party participant product to the selected one of the one or more food preparation assets, the third party participant product being determined based on the operational activity of the selected one of the one or more food preparation assets.

15. The platform of claim 10 , wherein the processor being configured to receive the

Assignees

• Illinois Tool Works

Inventors

• Cartwright Richard W
• Childers Damon C
• Soller Eric A

Classifications

• G06Q10/40

  Business processes related to social networking or social networking services · CPC title

• H04L65/612

  for unicast · CPC title

• H04L67/10

  in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) · CPC title

• Y02P90/80

  Management or planning · CPC title

• H04L65/1073

  Registration or de-registration · CPC title