Parts recommendation and procurement system and method
AssigneeMaxx Innovations, LLC
InventorsNeil Sethi, Bryan Chaikin, Tom DeMille
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Abstract
A system and method for recommending and procuring parts to repair a malfunctioning vehicle is disclosed. A recommendation and procurement application can: take information from a vehicle's on-board diagnostic system and recommend a list of parts required to repair the malfunctioning vehicle; find the recommended parts available for purchase via the Internet; retrieve information on such recommended parts; arrange the information in a format most useable to a technician that is to repair the vehicle; and allow the technician to purchase or otherwise procure such recommended parts to facilitate repair of the malfunctioning vehicle.
Claims20
A computer implemented method for recommending and procuring a part comprising:
- receiving vehicle data comprising a vehicle identification number (VIN) of a vehicle and a diagnostic code of the vehicle;
- searching a codes database using the diagnostic code to identify maintenance information associated with the diagnostic code;
- accessing a parts database comprising parts data associated with vehicle identification information and a weighting factor, wherein the parts data is compiled from multiple sources, and wherein the multiple sources comprise original equipment manufacturer (OEM) parts data and aftermarket parts data;
- comparing, automatically with one or more processors, the VIN of the vehicle and the vehicle identification information associated with the parts data to identify compatible parts from the parts data;
- recommending a recommended part from the compatible parts based upon the maintenance information and the weighting factor associated with the compatible parts;
- receiving a selection of a selected part;
- processing an order for the selected part;
- correlating, automatically with the one or more processors, the selected part and the VIN of the vehicle;
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- adjusting the weighting factor associated with the compatible parts based upon the selected part and the VIN of the vehicle that are correlated.
A system for recommending and procuring a part comprising a diagnostic interface device communicatively coupled to a computing device, wherein the computing device comprises one or more processors communicatively coupled to memory and a display, and wherein the one or more processors execute machine readable instructions to:
- receive a diagnostic code of an vehicle from the diagnostic interface device;
- receive vehicle data comprising a vehicle identification number (VIN) of the vehicle;
- search a codes database using the diagnostic code to identify maintenance information associated with the diagnostic code;
- access a parts database comprising parts data associated with vehicle identification information and a weighting factor, wherein the parts data is compiled from multiple sources, and wherein the multiple sources comprise original equipment manufacturer (OEM) parts data and aftermarket parts data;
- compare the VIN of the vehicle and the vehicle identification information associated with the parts data to identify compatible parts from the parts data;
- select recommended parts from the compatible parts based upon the maintenance information and the weighting factor associated with the compatible parts;
- provide the recommended parts upon the display;
- receiving a selection indicative of a selected part of the recommended parts;
- process an order for the selected part;
- correlate the selected part and the VIN of the vehicle;
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- adjust the weighting factor associated with the compatible parts based upon the selected part and the VIN of the vehicle that are correlated.
A system for recommending and procuring parts comprising a computer server and a plurality of computing devices, wherein:
- each of the computing devices execute machine readable instructions to:
- access a parts database comprising parts data associated with vehicle identification information;
- compare a vehicle identification number (VIN) of an vehicle and the vehicle identification information associated with the parts data to identify compatible parts from the parts data;
- select recommended parts from the compatible parts based upon maintenance information;
- receive a selection indicative of a selected part of the recommended parts;
- correlate the selected part, the VIN of the automobile and the maintenance information;
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- the computer server executes machine readable server instructions to:
- receive, from the computing devices, the selected part, the VIN of the vehicle and the maintenance information that are correlated;
- compile the selected part, the VIN of the vehicle and the maintenance information that are correlated into aggregated data;
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- analyze the aggregated data to determine baseline cost for a repair associated with the maintenance information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.