CPC H04L 12/2823 (2013.01) [G05B 15/02 (2013.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A system for servicing assets in a building, the system comprising:
a plurality of cellular network-enabled assets in a building, each of the plurality of cellular network-enabled assets configured to:
access a cellular network in order to determine a specific location of the cellular network-enabled asset in the building via cellular triangularization;
perform self-diagnostics on the cellular network-enabled asset;
transmit an assistance request via the cellular network when the self-diagnostics indicates a potential problem associated with the cellular network-enabled asset, the assistance request including:
the specific location of the cellular network-enabled asset in the building determined by the cellular network-enabled asset via cellular triangularization; and
an indication of the potential problem associated with the cellular network-enabled asset;
a server that is operably couplable to the cellular network, the server configured to:
receive the assistance requests from the plurality of cellular network-enabled assets;
formulate a service request for responding to at least some of the received assistance requests;
assign each of the service requests to a corresponding one of one or more automated asset maintenance assistants; and
transmit each of the service requests to the assigned automated asset maintenance assistant instructing the assigned automated asset maintenance assistant to respond to the corresponding assistance request.
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