Power Machine Feature Activation Through Remote Software Initialization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing power machines often require hardware and software initialization to perform functions, but are delivered without the necessary software, limiting their functionality until initialization is completed.
Innovation Solution
Implementations enable remote activation of software packages to initialize and control machine functions, allowing for the installation and uninstallation of software packages to enable or disable features on power machines.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If power machines are delivered without software packages, then device complexity is reduced and ease of manufacture is improved, but functionality and adaptability are limited until initialization is completed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the software initialization process from the hardware manufacturing process. The machine controller is delivered in a neutral state without initialized software packages, separating the manufacturing phase from the activation phase. This allows the machine to be manufactured once and then adapted to different functions through remote software initialization.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary configuration of the machine controller to receive and execute software packages remotely. The controller is pre-configured with the capability to receive initialization indicators and software packages over communication networks, enabling future functionality activation without physical modification or on-site initialization.
2Productivity
If software packages are initialized remotely, then productivity is improved and loss of time is reduced, but device complexity increases due to communication systems
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces communication networks and remote systems as intermediaries between the user and the machine controller. These intermediaries enable remote software initialization and activation without requiring physical presence at the machine location, significantly improving productivity and reducing time loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual, on-site software initialization procedures with automated remote initialization processes. Communication networks and electronic data transmission substitute for physical software installation and configuration, reducing the complexity of field operations while enabling rapid functionality activation.
3Ease of operation
If machine controllers are delivered without initialized software, then ease of operation is improved for end users, but reliability is reduced until software is activated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables the machine controller to self-configure and self-activate functions through remote software initialization. The controller automatically receives, processes, and executes software packages and initialization indicators without requiring manual intervention or complex setup procedures, improving ease of operation while ensuring reliable functionality activation.
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AI summary
Implementations of the present disclosure are generally directed to activating features in power machines. More particularly, implementations of the present disclosure are directed to remote activation of features in power machines. Implementations include, methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for transmitting a request for an initialization indicator for a software package from an initialization system of a power machine comprising hardware physically capable of executing at least one function, the request being transmitted, by a communication link of the initialization system, from a machine controller of the initialization system to a remote system, communicating, by the communication link, the initialization indicator from the remote system to the machine controller, and in response to receiving the initialization indicator: storing, by the machine controller, the initialization indicator, and executing, by the machine controller, the software package to control the at least one function.