METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DOCUMENTING AND COMMUNICATING AUTOMOBILE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE HISTORY

• US 20080103806A1
• Filed: 10/31/2007
• Published: 05/01/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: John Billie Harris
• Original Assignee: John Billie Harris
• Inventors: Harris, John Billie
• Application Number:
  US11/931,412
• Publication Number:
  US 20080103806A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/80 Management or planning

Abstract

A method for providing historical vehicle service data by entering vehicle service and parts replacement data and customer data by a service provider into a website; transferring the vehicle service and parts replacement data and the customer data from the website to a central server which creates the historical vehicle service data; providing notification by the central server to a vehicle manufacturer information on defective parts, to a parts supplier information on replaced parts, and to a service provider the time of the next scheduled service for a given vehicle; and accessing the website by a customer for the historical vehicle service data on the customer'"'"'s vehicle, and by a vehicle dealer and/or financial institution for the historical vehicle service data on any vehicle.

Claims

1. A method for providing historical vehicle service data, comprising the steps of:

1) entering vehicle service and parts replacement data and customer data by a service provider into a website;

2) transferring said vehicle service and parts replacement data and said customer data from said website to a central server which creates said historical vehicle service data;

3) providing notification by said central server to a vehicle manufacturer information on defective parts;

to a parts supplier information on replaced parts; and

to a service provider the time of the next scheduled service for a given vehicle; and

4) accessing said website by a customer for said historical vehicle service data on said customer'"'"'s vehicle, and by a vehicle dealer and/or financial institution for said historical vehicle service data on any vehicle.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of retrieving said historical vehicle service data of a customer'"'"'s vehicle from said website by said service provider performing service on said customer'"'"'s vehicle and performing step 1.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of entering vehicle service and parts replacement data includes entering the date, name and location of said service provider, vehicle data, mileage, technician name, service details, parts, and costs.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said central server analyzes said historical vehicle service data and creates reports which can be accessed through said website.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein said reports include reports on frequently replaced parts, previous owner, services performed per vehicle, services performed by service center, and usage of said website by a user.

6. A method for providing historical vehicle service data, comprising the steps of:

1) entering vehicle service and parts replacement data and customer data by a service provider into a website;

2) transferring said vehicle service and parts replacement data and said customer data from said website to a central server which creates said historical vehicle service data;

3) providing notification by said central server to a vehicle manufacturer information on defective parts;

to a parts supplier information on replaced parts; and

to a service provider the time of the next scheduled service for a given vehicle;

4) accessing said website by a customer for said historical vehicle service data on said customer'"'"'s vehicle, and by a vehicle dealer and/or financial institution for said historical vehicle service data on any vehicle; and

5) retrieving said historical vehicle service data of a customer'"'"'s vehicle from said website by said service provider performing service on said customer'"'"'s vehicle and performing step 1.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the step of entering vehicle service and parts replacement data includes entering the date, name and location of said service provider, vehicle data, mileage, technician name, service details, parts, and costs.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein said central server analyzes said historical vehicle service data and creates reports which can be accessed through said website

9. The method of claim 8 wherein said reports include reports on frequently replaced parts, previous owner, services performed per vehicle, services performed by service center, and usage of said website by a user.

10. A method for providing historical vehicle service data, comprising the steps of:

1) entering vehicle service and parts replacement data and customer data by a service provider into a website;

2) transferring said vehicle service and parts replacement data and said customer data from said website to a central server which creates and analyzes said historical vehicle service data, and creates reports which can be accessed through said website;

3) providing notification by said central server to a vehicle manufacturer information on defective parts;

to a parts supplier information on replaced parts; and

to a service provider the time of the next scheduled service for a given vehicle;

4) accessing said website by a customer for said historical vehicle service data on said customer'"'"'s vehicle, and by a vehicle dealer and/or financial institution for said historical vehicle service data on any vehicle; and

5) retrieving said historical vehicle service data of a customer'"'"'s vehicle from said website by said service provider performing service on said customer'"'"'s vehicle and performing step 1.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the step of entering vehicle service and parts replacement data includes entering the date, name and location of said service provider, vehicle data, mileage, technician name, service details, parts, and costs.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein said reports include reports on frequently replaced parts, previous owner, services performed per vehicle, services performed by service center, and usage of said website by a user.

13. A method for providing historical vehicle service data, comprising the steps of:

1) entering vehicle service and parts replacement data and customer data by a service provider into a website, including entering the date, name and location of said service provider, vehicle data, mileage, technician name, service details, parts, and costs;

2) transferring said vehicle service and parts replacement data and said customer data from said website to a central server which creates and analyzes said historical vehicle service data, and creates reports which can be accessed through said website;

3) providing notification by said central server to a vehicle manufacturer information on defective parts;

to a parts supplier information on replaced parts; and

to a service provider the time of the next scheduled service for a given vehicle;

4) accessing said website by a customer for said historical vehicle service data on said customer'"'"'s vehicle, and by a vehicle dealer and/or financial institution for said historical vehicle service data on any vehicle; and

5) retrieving said historical vehicle service data of a customer'"'"'s vehicle from said website by said service provider performing service on said customer'"'"'s vehicle and performing step 1.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein said reports include reports on frequently replaced parts, previous owner, services performed per vehicle, services performed by service center, and usage of said website by a user.