Method for remote evaluation and management of vehicular parts
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1. A method for remotely evaluating a vehicular part, said method comprising:
- obtaining, from a first location, description information regarding a state of said vehicular part;
sending said description information to a second location; and
receiving, from said second location, an assessment based on said description information.
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Abstract
A computer-based method for vehicular part remote evaluation and management is presented. The method comprises obtaining from a first location description information regarding a state of a vehicular part. The description information is transmitted to a second location. The description information is analyzed in order to provide an assessment of the state of the vehicular part and the assessment information is transmitted back to the first location, allowing informed decisions to be made as to the disposition of the vehicular part.
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1. A method for remotely evaluating a vehicular part, said method comprising:
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obtaining, from a first location, description information regarding a state of said vehicular part;
sending said description information to a second location; and
receiving, from said second location, an assessment based on said description information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for management of a vehicular part comprising:
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providing, at a first location, identification information for said first location;
providing description information regarding a state of said vehicular part at said first location;
sending said identification information and said description information to a second location;
analyzing said description information in order to provide an assessment of said state of said vehicular part;
using said identification information to send said assessment of said vehicular part to said first location;
receiving said assessment at said first location and determining at least one of a disposition and a warranty settlement for said vehicular part based on said assessment. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A data center used in the remote evaluation of a vehicular part, said data center comprising:
a computer server adapted to communicate with a first location and a second location, said computer server comprising;
input means for receiving, from said first location, description information regarding a state of said vehicular part;
output means for sending said description information to said second location; and
said input means for further receiving, from said second location, an assessment based on said description information. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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