Patent ID: 7707054

Claim:
A system for managing maintenance of a mobile asset, comprising: a fixed location management computer system having a first processing unit for managing information and a first communication unit in communication with the first processing unit; a wireless infrastructure having a local monitor with a second processing unit operating therein, said wireless infrastructure further having a second and a third communication unit, the second communication unit communicating with the first communication unit; and a mobile asset communicator having a third processing unit, display unit, and fourth communication unit, said mobile asset communicator associated with the mobile asset and communicating with said wireless infrastructure via the third and fourth communication units; a mobile asset monitor for monitoring utilization information of said mobile asset, the mobile asset monitor being coupled to the mobile asset communicator for transmitting the utilization information to the fixed location management computer system; the first processing unit of the fixed location management computer system for: receiving the utilization information from the mobile asset; scheduling a first maintenance date for maintenance to be performed on the mobile asset based upon the utilization information; receiving one or more responses from an operator of the mobile asset to one or more predetermined questions relating to the utilization of the mobile asset; determining if the mobile asset requires maintenance and a second maintenance date by which maintenance should be performed based upon the one or more responses from the operator; adjusting the first maintenance date if it is determined from the one or more responses that the second maintenance date is before the first maintenance date previously scheduled; and disabling the mobile asset if maintenance is not performed by the first maintenance date.