Patent ID: 6959235
Filing Date: 2005-10-25
Classification: B61L,G06Q,G07C

Abstract:
1. A method for generating and implementing a service recommendation for a locomotive, said method comprising: collecting operating information from the locomotive via a first computing device on the locomotive; communicating the operating information to a remote diagnostic center via a wireless communications link; analyzing the operating information at the diagnostic center to identify anomalous conditions in the operation of the locomotive; generating a service recommendation for the anomalous condition of the locomotive; posting the service recommendation to an Internet site for later retrieval, wherein the Internet site comprises a web site; providing an address of the Internet site where the service recommendation is posted to a portable second computing device operated by a technician at the site of the locomotive for implementing the service recommendation on the locomotive; downloading the service recommendation from the address of the Internet site to the second computing device; and displaying multimedia information associated with the service recommendation and downloaded from the web site on a display of the second computing device.