Vehicle management system

Abstract

In a vehicle management system of the present invention, when vehicle information is received, details of the received information are recognized to check whether a diagnosis result indicating the presence of trouble is contained. If the presence of trouble is indicated, various kinds of data are acquired to estimate a trouble location and decide service procedures. If the presence of trouble is not indicated, all kinds of information including vehicle travel information are acquired and classified to estimate the deteriorated condition and remaining life of each part and to analyze the vehicle travel condition, thereby confirming the correlation between the vehicle travel condition and the cause of a vehicle malfunction based on the analyzed result. Various kinds of information are notified to service factories and relevant departments and are recorded in a database, while each user is notified of the service timing and the analyzed result. Individual users are therefore able to understand vehicle travel conditions and pursue the cause of a malfunction or trouble in each user vehicle with ease.

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