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20110087870 | COMPUTING DEVICE WITH DEVELOPER MODE - Methods and apparatus for implementing modes of operation of computing device are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a mode-selection input device having a first state and a second state. The example apparatus also includes firmware operably coupled with the mode-selection input device. In the example apparatus, when the mode-selection input device is in the first state, the firmware is configured to cause the computing device to operate in a first mode of operation, a user mode. In the example apparatus, when the mode-selection input device is in the second state, the firmware is configured to cause the computing device to operate in second mode of operation, a developer mode. | 04-14-2011 |
20140014770 | Geo-Fencing - A balloon includes a cut-down device, a payload, and an envelope. A control system could be configured to determine a position of the balloon with respect to a predetermined zone. The cut-down device could be operable to cause at least the payload to land in response to determining that the position of the balloon is within the predetermined zone. The predetermined zone includes an exclusion zone and a shadow zone. The shadow zone could include locations from which the balloon would be likely to drift into the exclusion zone based on, e.g., historic weather patterns or expected environmental conditions. Boundaries of the shadow zone could be determined based on, for example, a probability of the balloon entering the exclusion zone. | 01-16-2014 |
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20110301807 | ON-BOARD SERVICE PLATFORM AND SERVICES FOR FLEET MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT - A service platform method in a local service platform system for enabling readiness and sustainability services for a deployed and fielded equipment unit, comprising the steps of:
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20110301988 | SERVICE PLATFORM SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE FOR FLEET MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT - A service platform method and system for enabling readiness and sustainability services for a fleet of deployed and fielded equipment units, comprising generating condition based operational status data dependent on equipment status data and dependent on predetermined relations between said equipment status data and predetermined weighting parameters; providing said condition based operational status data for use by on-board functions and central functions. The service platform enables a support system for condition base maintenance of a fleet of equipment. | 12-08-2011 |
20110301992 | CONDITION BASED MAINTENANCE SUPPORT SCHEDULE MANAGEMENT - A method for supporting maintenance on a fleet of deployed equipment units each provided with an on-board data processing module and a data storage module, comprising: Providing and maintaining a database of repeatedly determined condition based operational status data of said equipment unit; Providing a set of predetermined maintenance tasks; Providing maintenance condition rules for determining maintenance need status, Determining repeatedly maintenance need status dependent on a selection of said condition based operational status data and said maintenance condition rules; Selecting repeatedly a maintenance task from said set of predetermined maintenance tasks list dependent on said maintenance need; Determining repeatedly a collection of current maintenance tasks for a maintenance schedule, and Generating a maintenance schedule comprising operator directives for said current maintenance tasks. | 12-08-2011 |
20110302175 | CENTRAL SERVICE PLATFORM AND SERVICES FOR FLEET MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT - A service platform method in a central service platform system for enabling readiness and sustainability services for a fleet of deployed and fielded equipment units, comprising the steps of: receiving condition based operational status data dependent on equipment operational status data and dependent on predetermined relations between said equipment status data and predetermined weighting parameters from an on-board local service platform associated with an equipment unit; | 12-08-2011 |
20120016702 | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT FOR A FLEET OF EQUIPMENT UNITS - A method for configuration management of a fleet of deployed equipment units, each unit being provided with an on-board data processing module and a data storage module in a local service platform system being communicatively coupled to a central service platform system, comprising the steps of: generating, in a local service platform system associated with an equipment unit, condition based operational status data; generating in said local service platform system operational data comprising said condition based operational status data; generating by means of a local configuration manager software a definition of the configuration of components; storing said configuration definition in said local service platform system; communicating the configuration definition to said central service platform system; and analyzing configuration definitions for said fleet of equipment units dependent on said operational data generated in the local platform system of the respective equipment units and communicated to the central service platform system. | 01-19-2012 |