System and method for treating a damaged vehicle
AssigneeState Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
InventorsChristina P. Mullen, William J. Leise, Douglas Albert Graff
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Abstract
A system and method to facilitate treatment of a vehicle damaged in a crash, wherein a repair process or a salvage process is formulated based on an estimate of the extent of damage to the vehicle, and a request to transport the damaged vehicle is transmitted to the appropriate treatment facility.
Claims25
A method for facilitating treatment of a vehicle damaged in a crash, the method comprising:
- receiving a treatment complexity level associated with treating a damaged vehicle, the treatment complexity level being representative of the extent of damage to the damaged vehicle;
- formulating, by one or more processors, a repair treatment process when the treatment complexity level is less than a damage threshold level, wherein formulating the repair treatment process includes:
- selecting, by one or more processors, a repair treatment facility to repair the damaged vehicle;
- and
- transmitting a request to transport the damaged vehicle from the crash site to the repair treatment facility;
- formulating, by one or more processors, a salvage treatment process when the treatment complexity level is more than the damage threshold level, wherein formulating the salvage treatment process includes:
- selecting, by one or more processors, a salvage treatment facility to salvage the damaged vehicle;
- and
- transmitting a request to transport the damaged vehicle from the crash site to the salvage treatment facility.
The method of claim 8, further comprising:
- receiving an order to purchase a particular vehicle part listed on the inventory list;
- and
- shipping the particular vehicle part from the storage facility.
A system for facilitating treatment of a vehicle damaged in a crash, the system comprising:
- one or more processors coupled to one or more memory devices and one or more user interfaces, the system configured to:
- receive crash information associated with a vehicle damaged in a crash;
- analyze the crash information;
- generate a damaged vehicle parts list based on the analysis of the crash information, the damaged vehicle parts list including vehicle parts of the damaged vehicle estimated to be repairable or replaceable;
- maintain an inventory of vehicle parts stored at a storage facility for use in repairing vehicles, wherein at least one of the stored vehicle parts within the inventory was harvested from another vehicle during a salvage process;
- maintain an inventory list representing the inventory of vehicle parts stored at the storage facility;
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- compare the damaged vehicle parts list to the inventory list and identify a particular vehicle part stored at the storage facility that is capable of replacing a corresponding vehicle part on the damaged vehicle parts list.
A method for facilitating treatment of a vehicle damaged in a crash, the system comprising:
- receiving crash information associated with a vehicle damaged in a crash;
- analyzing the crash information;
- generating a damaged vehicle parts list based on the analysis of the crash information, the damaged vehicle parts list including vehicle parts of the vehicle estimated to be repairable or replaceable;
- maintaining an inventory of vehicle parts stored at a storage facility for use in repairing vehicles, wherein at least one of the stored vehicle parts within the inventory was harvested from another vehicle during a salvage process;
- maintaining an inventory list representing the inventory of vehicle parts stored at the storage facility;
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- comparing the damaged vehicle parts list to the inventory list and identifying a particular vehicle part stored at the storage facility that is capable of replacing a corresponding vehicle part on the damaged vehicle parts list.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.