Systems and methods for managing fleet services
AssigneeUnited Services Automobile Association
InventorsPeter D. Raubenheimer, James Malcom Spears, Crystal Jones Taylor
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described for managing fleet services. In an example, a vehicle selected from a plurality of vehicles presented in the user interface is received. A selected vehicle insurance for the vehicle is then received. A total cost for a lease of the vehicle and vehicle insurance associated with the selected vehicle insurance is determined. A lease of the vehicle and corresponding vehicle insurance is provided by the lessor. Other systems and methods are described.
Claims7
A method for managing a vehicle lease, the method comprising:
- identifying by a computing system with a processor that a life event has occurred for a lessee of the vehicle lease;
- modifying, via the processor, the vehicle lease;
- wherein the vehicle lease is packaged as a lease package with at least one additional product or service component in addition to the vehicle lease, the method further comprising:
- modifying the lease package by adding, removing, or modifying a component of the lease package;
- and
- wherein the life event is a dependent child obtaining a driver's license, and wherein a component of the at least one additional product or service component of the lease package is a vehicle insurance policy, and wherein modifying the vehicle lease comprises adding the dependent child to the vehicle insurance policy.
A method of managing a vehicle lease, the vehicle lease offered by a lessor to a lessee, the method comprising:
- providing the vehicle lease to the lessee, the vehicle lease being for a vehicle in a first vehicle tier offered by the lessor;
- receiving, at a computing system with a processor, a request to exchange the vehicle for a second vehicle in a second vehicle tier;
- approving, via the processor, the request to exchange the vehicle;
- upon approval of the request to exchange, exchanging the vehicle for the second vehicle;
- wherein approving the request comprises:
- determining an allowable number of times the lessee can exchange vehicles;
- and if the request to exchange the vehicle is less than or equal to the allowable number of times the lessee can exchange vehicles, then approving the request to exchange the vehicle;
- and
- wherein determining the allowable number of times comprises determining an allowable number of times the lessee can exchange vehicles in a particular time period, and wherein approving the request comprises approving the request when the request to exchange the vehicle is less than or equal to the allowable number of times the lessee can exchange vehicles for the particular time period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.