Patent ID: 8706095

Claim:
A method for dynamically assigning regional groups and service providers to provide maintenance and repair services for heavy equipment, the method comprising: receiving, at a hub apparatus, position information of the heavy equipment, the heavy equipment being previously assigned to a first selected regional group corresponding to a first geographic region and previously assigned to a corresponding first service provider for the maintenance and repair services of the heavy equipment associated with the first selected regional group; determining that the heavy equipment has moved from the first geographic region to a second geographic region, based on the position information received from the heavy equipment; assigning the heavy equipment to a second selected regional group triggered by the determining step; selecting a second service provider to provide the maintenance and repair services for the heavy equipment in the second selected regional group; assigning the second service provider to provide the maintenance and repair services for the heavy equipment in the second selected regional group; and transmitting, from the hub apparatus and based on the assigning of the second service provider, un-assignment information to the first service provider via a data network, wherein the un-assignment information informs the first service provider that the first service provider is no longer responsible for the maintenance and repair services of the heavy equipment.