Method and system of managing service reminders and promotions using mileage estimates
First Claim
1. A method of generating a service reminder for a vehicle, comprising:
- retrieving information on a particular vehicle from a database, estimating the current mileage of the particular vehicle, comparing the current mileage to a list of service reminders, in the event the estimated current mileage matches a mileage window for a service reminder, generating a service reminder, and including a promotion in said service reminder.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and system for screening and sending appropriate promotions with a system for generating and sending service reminders based on the estimated mileage the vehicle. The mileage of the vehicle can be estimated based on the age of the vehicle, or it can be based on the last known mileage of the vehicle and estimating the additional mileage using average vehicle mileage statistics. The mileage of the vehicle may be estimated based on actual vehicle history, and may be adjusted based on the characteristics of the vehicle, the driver, or the geographic location of the vehicle. Promotions may be screened according to mileage, vehicle characteristics, vehicle operational characteristics, driver preferences or characteristics, or seasonal characteristics.
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25 Claims
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1. A method of generating a service reminder for a vehicle, comprising:
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retrieving information on a particular vehicle from a database, estimating the current mileage of the particular vehicle, comparing the current mileage to a list of service reminders, in the event the estimated current mileage matches a mileage window for a service reminder, generating a service reminder, and including a promotion in said service reminder. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of generating a service reminder for a vehicle, comprising:
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retrieving information on a particular vehicle from a database, estimating the current mileage of the particular vehicle using the last known mileage of the vehicle, wherein the days elapsed since the recording of the last known mileage of the vehicle is multiplied by an average mileage per time period factor to estimate the vehicle'"'"'s current mileage, comparing the current mileage estimate to a list of service reminders, in the event the estimated current mileage matches a mileage window for a service reminder, generating a service reminder, comparing the current mileage estimate to at least one mileage based promotion, and in the event the estimated current mileage matches the mileage characteristics of the promotion, including the promotion in the service reminder. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of generating a service reminder for a vehicle, comprising:
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retrieving information on a particular vehicle from a database, determining the process of estimating the vehicle'"'"'s mileage, then;
(i) in the event the determination indicates the vehicle age should be used, estimating the current mileage of the particular vehicle using the age of the vehicle, wherein the age of the vehicle is multiplied by an average mileage per time period factor to estimate the vehicle'"'"'s current mileage, (ii) in the event the determination indicates the vehicle'"'"'s last known mileage should be used, estimating the current mileage of the particular vehicle using the last known mileage of the vehicle, wherein the days elapsed since the recording of the last known mileage of the vehicle is multiplied by an average mileage per time period factor to estimate the vehicle'"'"'s current mileage, comparing the current mileage estimate to a list of service reminders, in the event the estimated current mileage matches a mileage window for a service reminder, generating a service reminder, and comparing the current mileage estimate to at least one mileage based promotion, and in the event the estimated current mileage matches the mileage characteristics of the promotion, including the promotion in the service reminder. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for generating a service reminder for a vehicle, comprising:
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a reminder server; and
a database including information relating to vehicles, vehicle owners and drivers, vehicle service reminders;
wherein the reminder server retrieves information on a particular vehicle from a database, and, based on the information retrieved, determines the process of estimating the vehicle'"'"'s mileage, then;
(i) in the event the determination indicates the vehicle age should be used, estimating the current mileage of the particular vehicle using the age of the vehicle, wherein the age of the vehicle is multiplied by an average mileage per time period factor to estimate the vehicle'"'"'s current mileage, (ii) in the event the determination indicates the vehicle'"'"'s last known mileage should be used, estimating the current mileage of the particular vehicle using the last known mileage of the vehicle, wherein the days elapsed since the recording of the last known mileage of the vehicle is multiplied by an average mileage per time period factor to estimate the vehicle'"'"'s current mileage, comparing the current mileage estimate to a list of service reminders, in the event the estimated current mileage matches a mileage window for a service reminder, generating a service reminder, and wherein the reminder server also compares the current mileage estimate to at least one mileage based promotion to determine whether a mileage based promotion should be included in the service reminder, and in the event the estimated current mileage matches the mileage characteristics of the promotion, including the promotion in the service reminder. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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