Patent Document ID: 10013815
Application ID: 12751120
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of tracking usage of an industrial vehicle, the method comprising: establishing configuration data for an hour meter that tracks usage of an associated feature of an industrial vehicle, wherein the configuration data includes at least one rule that is based on inputs selected from a user interface and that indicates when the hour meter is to accumulate usage measurements; wirelessly communicating the configuration data from a server application to an associated industrial vehicle having a transceiver installed therewith for receiving wirelessly communicated messages from the server application; programming hour meter settings on the associated industrial vehicle that define when usage measurements of the associated feature tracked by the hour meter are accumulated in accordance with the at least one rule of the configuration data wirelessly received from the server application; operating the hour meter on the industrial vehicle to record usage of the associated feature according to the programmed hour meter settings; and providing a reading to indicate usage of the associated feature.