Patent ID: 7819312

Claim:
A method for operating at least one of a machine or a component of the machine, comprising: collecting machine data from the at least one machine or machine component over a communications network, the machine data including data reflecting at least one operational parameter associated with the at least one machine or machine component; determining that the at least one machine or machine component is in an abnormal condition based on the collected machine data, the abnormal condition including at least one of an unscheduled operation of the at least one machine or machine component, or an unscheduled change in location of the at least one machine or machine component; and derating the at least one machine or machine component based on determining that the at least one machine or machine component is in the abnormal condition, wherein the derating of the at least one machine or machine component includes disabling at least one machine component of the at least one machine or machine component and allowing the machine to travel.