Patent ID: 7756736
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: E02F,G06Q,G07C,G08G

Abstract:
1. A management system, for managing usage states of a working machine by a plurality of users, comprising: a server for communicating via a wireless communication network with the working machine, and also capable of communication with a plurality of user terminals, the working machine comprising: identification information input means which inputs user identification information of one user who is using the working machine at the present time; machine information generation means which receives a signal from a predetermined sensor within the working machine and generates machine information related to a state or to an operation of the working machine; and a communication device which can perform communication with the server via the wireless communication network, and which transmits to the server the user identification information which has been inputted by the identification information input means and the machine information which has been generated by the machine information generation means, the server comprising: storage means which stores information; communication control means which can perform communication with the working machine via the wireless communication network, which also can perform communication with the plurality of user terminals, and which receives the user identification information and the machine information from the working machine and transmits a warning to the plurality of user terminals; usage state decision means for detecting which user's usage of the working machine constitutes a problem based on the user identification information and the machine information received by the communication control means; and warning generation means which generates the warning in response to the usage state decision means, and makes the communication device transmit the warning to the plurality of user terminals, wherein the working machine comprises a working time sensor, the machine information includes working time information showing a working time which has been detected by the working time sensor, and the usage state decision means comprises reservation information reception means which receives reservation information showing a scheduled time for use of the working machine from each user terminal and the user identification information of the one user who has made a reservation, and which stores the received reservation information in association with the user identification information in the storage means; machine information reception means which, based on the user identification information and the working time information included in the machine information received by the communication control means, generates actual usage information which shows time and data of an actual usage of the working machine due to each user, and stores the actual usage information in association with the user identification information in the storage means; and information comparison means which, by comparing the reservation information associated with the user identification information stored in the storage means with the actual usage information, detects, as an usage which constitutes a problem, an actual usage due to a user for which, in the user or the usage time, a substantial difference from the reservation information exists.