Patent ID: 6484079
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: B28C

Abstract:
A method for remotely monitoring and reporting the status of a delivery to a client site using a concrete delivery mixing truck comprising a plurality of associated status sensors communicatively connected to a computing device, the method comprising:obtaining slump related data from one of the plurality of associated status sensors; automatically monitoring the slump related data using the computing device; determining whether a predefined transmission event has occurred based on calculating a slump value based on the slump related data, comparing the slump value to a delivery slump value, and indicating that a transmission event has occurred if a difference between the delivery slump value and the calculated slump value exceeds a tolerance level; and in response to the occurrence of the transmission event, automatically delivering event data associated at least in part with the transmission event to a predetermined location or device, wherein the event data comprises information indicating a status of the delivery.