Patent ID: 9598007
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: B60Q,B67D,G07C,G08G,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for monitoring powered assets for fueling comprising: determining, via one or more processors, whether an estimated amount of fuel remaining in a powered asset satisfies a predetermined threshold, the estimated amount of fuel determined based at least in part on fuel data; responsive to determining that the estimated amount of fuel remaining in the powered asset satisfies the predetermined threshold, (a) indicating, via the one or more processors, that the powered asset needs fuel and (b) monitoring, via the one or more processors, the location of a mobile fueling unit with regard to the location of the powered asset as the mobile fueling unit moves throughout a geographic area, wherein the mobile fueling unit is a unit that is mobile and dispenses fuel; determining, via the one or more processors and based at least in part on monitoring the location of the mobile fueling unit with regard to the location of the powered asset, whether the powered asset is within a geofence defined around the mobile fueling unit based at least in part on (a) location data indicative of the location of the powered asset and (b) location data indicative of the location of the mobile fueling unit as the mobile fueling unit moves throughout the geographic area; and responsive to determining that the powered asset is within the geofence defined around the mobile fueling unit, providing, via the one or more processors, a command to cause the powered asset to turn on an exterior light of the powered asset, generate a sound audible from the exterior of the powered asset, or both.