Systems and methods for automobile maintenance scheduling
OwnerMark Schmitz, Mychal Merrillinventors
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Abstract
An automobile maintenance application may link automobile owners with service providers and provide service reminders based on manufacturers' recommended scheduled maintenance. The automobile maintenance application may maintain maintenance records for automobiles. The automobile maintenance application may provide a system for service providers to send targeted advertisements to automobile owners in need of a service. The maintenance application may allow automobile owners to compare the prices and services of local service providers and benefit from the value associated with competition between service providers that is realized during a live or proxy auction.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving an initial mileage of an automobile;
- calculating an estimated mileage of the automobile;
- comparing the estimated mileage to a manufacturer's recommended maintenance schedule;
- determining, based entirely on the comparing, that the automobile is due for a service;
- and
- transmitting a notification to an owner of the automobile that the automobile is due for the service.
A computer based system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with the processor, the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving an initial mileage of an automobile;
- calculating an estimated mileage of the automobile;
- comparing the estimated mileage to a manufacturer's recommended maintenance schedule;
- determining, based on the comparing, that the automobile is due for a service;
- and
- transmitting a notification to an owner of the automobile that the automobile is due for the service.
An article of manufacture including a non-transitory, tangible, computer readable memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a computer based system, cause the computer based system to perform operations comprising:
- receiving an initial mileage of an automobile;
- calculating an estimated mileage of the automobile;
- comparing the estimated mileage to a manufacturer's recommended maintenance schedule;
- determining, based on the comparing, that the automobile is due for a service;
- and
- transmitting a notification to an owner of the automobile that the automobile is due for the service.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.