Patent ID: 9588504
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: G05B,G06Q,Y02P

Claim:
1. A method for managing operation of a machine, comprising: communicating, to a collection computer, component identification data separately stored in each of a plurality of component identification (ID) Tags that correspond to one or more components for the machine, wherein the component identification data includes a component type; determining a combination of the component types based on at least the component identification data; automatically determining a machine type for the machine based on a comparison of the combination of the component types and one or more previously provided combinations of component types that correspond to a previously determined machine type, wherein the likeliest comparison is employed to determine the machine type; automatically determining a machine configuration for the machine based on one or more of the machine type and the combination of component types, wherein a statistical evaluation of a look up table that maps correlations between specific combinations of component types and machine types is employed to determine the machine type; and controlling one or more characteristics of usage of the machine for one or more users permitted to operate the machine or maintenance of the machine based on at least the machine configuration.