| US 7,493,482 B2 | ||
| Self-configurable information management system | ||
| Paul Alan Ring, Dunlap, Ill. (US); Michael James Wallis, Washington, Ill. (US); and Stuart Clayton Johnson, Peoria, Ill. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, Ill. (US) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 21, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/312,437. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0143585 A1, Jun. 21, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/177 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 713—1 [713/2; 713/100] | 24 Claims |
| 1. A method for configuring an information management system of a machine, comprising:
requesting configuration data associated with a current configuration or status of one or more control modules associated
with a machine;
receiving the configuration data associated with the one or more control modules in response to the request; and
updating a configuration of the information management system based on the received configuration data, wherein updating a
configuration of the information management system includes:
identifying one or more components associated with each of the one or more control modules;
identifying one or more operational characteristics associated with the identified components;
determining a machine configuration based on at least one of the identified components and the identified operational characteristics
associated with the identified components; and
configuring the information management system to collect operation data associated with the one or more control modules based
on the machine configuration.
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