Customized motor oil selection
First Claim
1. A method of obtaining motor vehicle engine oil having user desired credentials by using a wide area computer network by:
- (a) obtaining and inputting data, including type information about the motor vehicle in which the engine oil is to be utilized sufficient to identify a user'"'"'s requirements;
(b) analyzing the data by computer; and
(c) after (b) providing a motor vehicle engine oil having recommended, or user-desired enhancements.
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Abstract
Vehicle owners or other users may obtain a motor vehicle engine oil having user desired enhancements, by using a wide area computer network, such as the Internet. In a preferred embodiment an electronic questionnaire is displayed on the user'"'"'s computer screen, and the user answers inquiries about the environment of the use and desired operational characteristics of the desired oil, as well as information about the vehicle, ambient temperature, average driving distance, normal type of driving, and customer interest in fuel economy, cold weather starting, engine longevity and extended oil drain intervals and also to provide a centralized facility with information sufficient to determine what standard or customized motor oil would be most suitable for the user. A customized motor oil may be produced having a baseline motor oil from about 50 percent to 99.9 percent of the quality baseline oil with the remaining portion being customization additives. A desired property of the motor oil, for example, wear protection, fuel economy and the like could be varied by focusing on the desired percent change of the property desired, which might perhaps be 20%, or by changing the concentration of the oil additive to obtain such property.
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33 Claims
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1. A method of obtaining motor vehicle engine oil having user desired credentials by using a wide area computer network by:
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(a) obtaining and inputting data, including type information about the motor vehicle in which the engine oil is to be utilized sufficient to identify a user'"'"'s requirements;
(b) analyzing the data by computer; and
(c) after (b) providing a motor vehicle engine oil having recommended, or user-desired enhancements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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23. A method of obtaining custom engine oil by:
- (a) using an implement to transmit information about a user'"'"'s motor vehicle type, environment of use, and desired operational characteristics, to a customized blending facility;
(b) blending a custom engine oil using the information from (a); and
(c) delivering to, installing or making available for pickup by the user from (a) the custom engine oil from (b).
- (a) using an implement to transmit information about a user'"'"'s motor vehicle type, environment of use, and desired operational characteristics, to a customized blending facility;
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