System and method for automatic maintenance reminders
First Claim
10. A method for providing automated maintenance reminders via computer to a plurality of users, comprising the steps of:
- building an object database within a computer containing maintenance information for a plurality of object, the object database including information concerning scheduled maintenance for each object;
inputting into the computer a list of one or more of the plurality of objects to be associated with a specific user;
comparing, within the computer, the list and the object database, and retrieving the scheduled maintenance information from the object database for each of the objects in the list;
building, within the computer, a schedule of maintenance reminders for each of the objects in the list based on the scheduled maintenance information retrieved from said database;
periodically transmitting to the user the maintenance reminders, each transmission containing the maintenance reminders for a corresponding interval of time; and
repeating said inputting, said comparing, said building and said transmitting steps for each separate user to receive maintenance reminders using the same object database.
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Abstract
A computer system and associated method for providing automatic maintenance reminders. The computer system generally includes an object database containing scheduled maintenance for a plurality of object, such as homes, cars, appliances and industrial equipment. The system also includes an input means permitting a user to enter a list of objects from the database for which the user would like automated reminders. The system further includes a means for generating a reminder of scheduled maintenance for each object in a user'"'"'s list of objects based on the information contained in the object database. The system includes means for periodically transmitting the maintenance reminders to the user via various communications mechanisms, such as email, facsimile, pager, personal digital assistant, text-to-voice messaging and data access pages.
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18 Claims
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10. A method for providing automated maintenance reminders via computer to a plurality of users, comprising the steps of:
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building an object database within a computer containing maintenance information for a plurality of object, the object database including information concerning scheduled maintenance for each object;
inputting into the computer a list of one or more of the plurality of objects to be associated with a specific user;
comparing, within the computer, the list and the object database, and retrieving the scheduled maintenance information from the object database for each of the objects in the list;
building, within the computer, a schedule of maintenance reminders for each of the objects in the list based on the scheduled maintenance information retrieved from said database;
periodically transmitting to the user the maintenance reminders, each transmission containing the maintenance reminders for a corresponding interval of time; and
repeating said inputting, said comparing, said building and said transmitting steps for each separate user to receive maintenance reminders using the same object database. - View Dependent Claims (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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16-1. The method of claim 15 further including the steps of inputting a specific schedule period and generating a maintenance reminder for the specific schedule period.
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18. A web-based maintenance reminder system comprising:
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memory means within a computer containing an object database of maintenance information for a plurality of distinct objects;
a graphical user interface for displaying said plurality of distinct objects and for permitting a user to generate a list containing the objects for which the user would like to receive maintenance reminders;
means within the computer for storing a plurality of said lists, each of said lists being uniquely associated with a corresponding user;
means within the computer for retrieving maintenance information from said object database for each object in each of said lists;
means for building within said computer a schedule of maintenance reminders for each user, each maintenance reminder based on said time-based information retrieved from said object database, each schedule of maintenance reminders containing all maintenance reminders for each object in the object list associated with the corresponding user; and
reminder means for periodically transmitting to each user said maintenance reminders for a corresponding interval of time, each transmission containing said maintenance reminders unique to each user based on said list associated with said user.
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