Methods and systems for clustering of repair orders based on inferences gathered from repair orders
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- based on a particular computer-readable vehicle repair order (RO) being associated with an existing cluster identifier that is stored within a data storage device to identify an existing cluster of ROs, determining, by at least one processor, that the particular RO is contained in the existing cluster of ROs, wherein the particular RO specifies a particular vehicle symptom, wherein the existing cluster of ROs is arranged to contain ROs that specify the particular vehicle symptom, and wherein the data storage device contains data that identifies a plurality of taxonomy terms each indicative of a respective vehicle component;
making a determination, by the at least one processor, that the particular RO includes a first text string representative of a non-specific vehicle component by determining that the first text string matches two or more taxonomy terms of the plurality;
in response to making the determination, the at least one processor determining a particular vehicle system that is associated with the particular vehicle symptom and that is represented by a second text string;
generating, by the at least one processor, a particular text string based on a combination of the first text string and at least a portion of the second text string; and
the at least one processor determining that the particular text string matches just one taxonomy term, of the plurality of taxonomy terms, indicative of a specific vehicle component, and responsively moving the particular RO from the existing cluster of ROs to a different cluster of ROs, wherein the different cluster is arranged to contain ROs that specify the particular vehicle symptom and the specific vehicle component.
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Abstract
A processor may determine that a particular computer-readable vehicle repair order (RO) (e.g., including first and second RO portions) corresponds to an existing cluster of ROs due to the particular RO including RO data that refers to a particular vehicle symptom. The processor may determine that the first RO portion includes first data representative of a non-specific vehicle component and may then responsively also determine that the second RO portion includes second data that the at least one processor can use to determine a specific vehicle component associated with the particular RO. Responsively, the processor may determine the specific vehicle component based on the first and second data and may then add the particular RO to a different cluster of ROs that is arranged to contain ROs that correspond to the particular vehicle symptom and to the specific vehicle component.
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42 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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based on a particular computer-readable vehicle repair order (RO) being associated with an existing cluster identifier that is stored within a data storage device to identify an existing cluster of ROs, determining, by at least one processor, that the particular RO is contained in the existing cluster of ROs, wherein the particular RO specifies a particular vehicle symptom, wherein the existing cluster of ROs is arranged to contain ROs that specify the particular vehicle symptom, and wherein the data storage device contains data that identifies a plurality of taxonomy terms each indicative of a respective vehicle component; making a determination, by the at least one processor, that the particular RO includes a first text string representative of a non-specific vehicle component by determining that the first text string matches two or more taxonomy terms of the plurality; in response to making the determination, the at least one processor determining a particular vehicle system that is associated with the particular vehicle symptom and that is represented by a second text string; generating, by the at least one processor, a particular text string based on a combination of the first text string and at least a portion of the second text string; and the at least one processor determining that the particular text string matches just one taxonomy term, of the plurality of taxonomy terms, indicative of a specific vehicle component, and responsively moving the particular RO from the existing cluster of ROs to a different cluster of ROs, wherein the different cluster is arranged to contain ROs that specify the particular vehicle symptom and the specific vehicle component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computing system comprising:
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a data storage device having stored thereon a plurality of computer-readable vehicle repair orders (ROs), wherein the data storage device also contains data that identifies a plurality of taxonomy terms each indicative of a respective vehicle component; and at least one processor coupled to the data storage device and programmed to; based on a particular RO being associated with an existing cluster identifier that is stored within the data storage device to identify an existing cluster of ROs, determine that the particular RO is contained in the existing cluster of ROs, wherein the particular RO specifies a particular vehicle symptom, and wherein the existing cluster of ROs is arranged to contain ROs that specify the particular vehicle symptom; make a determination that the particular RO includes a first text string representative of a non-specific vehicle component by determining that the first text string matches two or more taxonomy terms of the plurality; in response to making the determination, determine a particular vehicle system that is associated with the particular vehicle symptom and that is represented by a second text string; generate a particular text string based on a combination of the first text string and at least a portion of the second text string; and determine that the particular text string matches just one taxonomy term, of the plurality of taxonomy terms, indicative of a specific vehicle component, and responsively move the particular RO from the existing cluster of ROs to a different cluster of ROs, wherein the different cluster is arranged to contain ROs that specify the particular vehicle symptom and the specific vehicle component. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions executable by at least one processor to cause a computing system to perform functions comprising:
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based on a particular computer-readable vehicle repair order (RO) being associated with an existing cluster identifier that is stored within the non-transitory computer-readable medium to identify an existing cluster of ROs, determining that the particular RO is contained in the existing cluster of ROs, wherein the particular RO specifies a particular vehicle symptom, wherein the existing cluster is arranged to contain ROs that specify the particular vehicle symptom, and wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium contains data that identifies a plurality of taxonomy terms each indicative of a respective vehicle component; making a determination that the particular RO includes a first text string representative of a non-specific vehicle component by determining that the first text string matches two or more taxonomy terms of the plurality; in response to making the determination, determining a particular vehicle system that is associated with the particular vehicle symptom and that is represented by a second text string; generating particular text string based on a combination of the first text string and at least a portion of the second text string; and determining that the particular text string matches just one taxonomy term, of the plurality of taxonomy terms, indicative of a specific vehicle component, and responsively moving the particular RO from the existing cluster of ROs to a different cluster of ROs, wherein the different cluster is arranged to contain ROs that specify the particular vehicle symptom and the specific vehicle component. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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