System and method for remotely analyzing machine performance

1. A method for managing mining machine information comprising a plurality of activities, the activities comprising:

receiving a plurality of values for a plurality of mining machine system variables associated with one or more mining machine system components, the plurality of mining machine system variables including at least one operational variable comprising non-binary values;

determining a mathematical correlation between at least two variables of the plurality of mining machine system variables;

analyzing the determined correlation between the at least two variables using a pattern recognition algorithm to determine a performance of the one or more mining machine system components; and

rendering a visually-renderable graphical analysis report that indicates the determined performance of the one or more mining machine system components wherein the mining machine components include a shovel and the report indicates a performance of swing, crowd and hoist motors of the shovel.

2. The method of claim 1 , the at least two variables comprising at least one non-load-related variable and at least one non-positional variable.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising automatically determining at least one statistical metric related to at least one of the plurality mining machine system variables.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising automatically determining a trend in at least one of the plurality of mining machine system variables.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising automatically generating the visually-renderable graphical analysis report.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising automatically comparing at least one value from the plurality of values to a predetermined standard.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising automatically notifying a management entity responsive to the analyzing activity.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising automatically notifying a maintenance entity to perform a maintenance activity.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of mining machine system variables comprises at least: an operational variable, an environmental variable, a variable related to maintenance of a mining machine, or a variable related to electrical performance of a mining machine.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein said analyzing activity comprises utilizing at least: one heuristic rule, predicting performance, predicting a failure, predicting a failure of a mechanical component, or predicting a failure of an electrical component.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving a plurality of values for a plurality of mining machine system variables associated with one or more mining machine system components comprises:

receiving the plurality of mining machine system variables at a transmission rate selected by a wirelessly receiving user.

12. A machine-readable medium comprising stored computer executable instructions for:

receiving a plurality of values for a plurality of mining machine system variables associated with one or more mining machine system components, the plurality of mining machine system variables including at least one operational variable comprising non-binary values;

determining a mathematical correlation between at least two variables of the plurality of mining machine system variables;

analyzing the determined correlation between the at least two variables using a pattern recognition algorithm to determine a performance of the one or more mining machine system components; and

rendering a visually-renderable graphical analysis report that indicates the determined performance of the one or more mining machine system components wherein the mining machine components include a shovel and the report indicates a performance of swing, crowd and hoist motors of the shovel.

13. The medium of claim 12 , the at least two variables comprising at least one non-load-related variable and at least one non-positional variable.

14. A system for remotely analyzing a mining machine, the system comprising:

a hardware input processor adapted to receive a plurality of values for a plurality of mining machine system variables associated with one or more mining machine system components, the plurality of mining machine system variables including at least one operational variable comprising non-binary values;

a hardware analytic processor adapted to determine a mathematical correlation between at least two variables of the plurality of mining machine system variables; and

a hardware report processor adapted to render a visually-renderable graphical analysis report that indicates the determined performance of the one or more mining machine system components wherein the mining machine components include a shovel and the report indicates a performance of swing, crowd and hoist motors of the shovel.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the hardware input processor is adapted to receive at a transmission rate selected by a wirelessly receiving user.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the hardware analytic process is adapted to analyze the determined correlation between the at least two variables using a pattern recognition algorithm to determine a performance of the one or more mining machine system components.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the at least two correlated variables comprise non-load-related and non-positional variables.

18. The system of claim 14 , wherein the hardware report processor is adapted to render a visually-renderable graphical analysis report that indicates the determined performance of the one or more mining machine system components.

19. The system of claim 17 , wherein the hardware report processor is adapted to render a visually-renderable graphical analysis report that indicates the determined performance of the one or more mining machine system components.