Patent 7898403 was granted and assigned to Trimble navigation, Ltd. on March, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method and system for detecting construction equipment process failure are disclosed. According to one embodiment, information about a construction equipment asset from a reporting source is received. A database is then populated with the information. A process failure report is provided if the construction equipment asset is operated in a manner which violates a process norm assigned to the construction equipment asset.