Patent 7693633 was granted and assigned to Caterpillar Inc. on April, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A data system for work machines is disclosed. The data system has a first communication device associated with a first work machine, and a second communication device associated with a second work machine. The data system also has an offboard system in communication with the first and second communication devices. The offboard system is configured to request a first data transmission from the first work machine in response to a second data transmission being received from the second work machine.