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US 2013/0297352 A1Published application
Mobile application for automobile services
OwnerTom Noe, Jeffrey M. Wardinventors
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Abstract
An application for mobile devices presents a number of user interface screens that include information received from a server computer. The user interface screens include icons or controls that allow a user to interact with a sales or service department of a selected dealer, schedule service appointments, edit, store and recall warranty and insurance information. In addition, a user interface screen allows the user to capture information regarding an accident and to forward the information to a user's insurance carrier.
Claims10
A computer system, comprising:
- a server computer including one or more processors that are configured to:
- store a contact address and a vehicle identifier for a number of users;
- receive service information indicative of suggested service procedures to be performed at different mileage intervals for a number of vehicle types;
- determine if a vehicle identifier stored for a user is due for a suggested service and if so, to send a message to the contact address of the user associated with the vehicle;
- receive a request for a service appointment from the user and an identifier that identifies a dealer who the user would like to perform the service;
- and
- forward the service request to the identified dealer.
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A mobile computing device, comprising:
- a memory for storing program instructions;
- a processor configured to execute the program instructions to:
- present a single user interface screen on the mobile device when a user has been involved in an accident, wherein the user interface screen includes a number of controls that can be selected to;
- collect one or more photographs that a user captures of the accident;
- capture a description of the accident;
- recall a contact address for an insurance carrier of the user;
- and
- transmit a message to the insurance carrier at the contact address that includes the name of the user, a date, time and location of the accident, the one or more photographs of the accident and the description of the accident.
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A mobile computing device, comprising:
- a memory for storing program instructions;
- a processor configured to execute the program instructions to:
- present one or more user interface screens in which can enter:
- a user identifier;
- a VIN number of a vehicle;
- and
- an identifier that represents a dealer;
- transmit a message to a remote server computer that forwards the entered information;
- and
- receive messages from the identified dealer regarding servicing the vehicle represented by the VIN number.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.