Method and system for extending the life of a vehicle
OwnerJames Robertsinventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system, a computer program and a method of increasing the usable life of a new vehicle including providing a warranty for the life of the new vehicle to a user, providing a maintenance schedule for the new vehicle to the user and repairing a mechanical breakdown of one or more covered parts at an authorized facility with a minimal cost to the user whenever the warranty has not been voided by an occurrence of a trigger event, the new vehicle has been routinely examined by the authorized facility, and all maintenance of the new vehicle specified in the maintenance schedule has been performed at the authorized facility.
Claims34
A method of increasing the usable life of a new vehicle comprising the steps of:
- providing a warranty for the life of the new vehicle to a user;
- providing a maintenance schedule for the new vehicle to the user;
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- repairing a mechanical breakdown of one or more covered parts at an authorized facility with a minimal cost to the user whenever the warranty has not been voided by an occurrence of a trigger event, the new vehicle has been routinely examined by the authorized facility, and all maintenance of the new vehicle specified in the maintenance schedule has been performed at the authorized facility.
A system comprising:
- one or more input/output devices;
- one or more data storage devices that contain information about a user of a new vehicle, maintenance of the new vehicle and repair of the new vehicle;
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- one or more processors communicably coupled to the data storage device(s) and input/output device(s), the processor(s) maintaining the information, determining whether the information satisfies one or more conditions of a warranty for the life of the new vehicle to the user, and authorizing a repair of a mechanical breakdown of one or more covered parts at an authorized facility with a minimal cost to the user whenever the one or more conditions are satisfied.
A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium comprising:
- a code segment for maintaining information about a user of a new vehicle, maintenance of the new vehicle and repair of the new vehicle;
- a code segment for determining whether the information satisfies one or more conditions of a warranty for the life of the new vehicle to the user;
- a code segment for authorizing a repair of a mechanical breakdown of one or more covered parts at an authorized facility with a minimal cost to the user whenever the one or more conditions are satisfied.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.