VEHICLE FED ACCIDENT REPORT
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method for preparing and filing a consolidated electronic accident report from a scene of a vehicular accident, wherein the consolidated accident report is jointly prepared by one or more parties to the accident, the method comprising:
- providing one or more digital accident report forms to one or more parties to a vehicular accident wherein each of the one or more parties enters their respective personal information, vehicle information, encrypted signature, user authentication certificate, and optionally, diagrams and/or text relating to the accident;
exchanging the completed digital accident report forms via a wireless communication between opposing parties, and each party either positively acknowledging the opposing party'"'"'s information or rejecting said information by entering into said form an indication of said acknowledging or said rejecting;
entering each party'"'"'s global signature to the opposing party'"'"'s completed digital form; and
generating a consolidated accident report comprising one or more digital accident report forms filled in by each opposing party;
and transmitting the consolidated accident report to an interested third party'"'"'s server device via a wireless communication,wherein the wireless communication is transmitted via a handheld wireless communication device or an on-board vehicle wireless communication device.
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Abstract
A computer implemented method for rapidly and securely filing, via wireless means, a consolidated accident report. An additional aspect of the method encompasses a computer software product for performing the method described herein. In one embodiment of the invention, the opposing parties jointly fill out at least a part of a digital accident report form; i.e., each party fills out a different portion of the form. Each party has the opportunity to positively acknowledge or reject the information entered by their opposing party. The digital accident report form may be completed and filed with the rejection registered, although it is preferred that a mutually agreeable resolution be achieved. Once completed, each opposing party files the consolidated accident report with an appropriate interested third party, e.g., an insurance company, a law enforcement agency, or a hospital.
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11 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method for preparing and filing a consolidated electronic accident report from a scene of a vehicular accident, wherein the consolidated accident report is jointly prepared by one or more parties to the accident, the method comprising:
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providing one or more digital accident report forms to one or more parties to a vehicular accident wherein each of the one or more parties enters their respective personal information, vehicle information, encrypted signature, user authentication certificate, and optionally, diagrams and/or text relating to the accident; exchanging the completed digital accident report forms via a wireless communication between opposing parties, and each party either positively acknowledging the opposing party'"'"'s information or rejecting said information by entering into said form an indication of said acknowledging or said rejecting; entering each party'"'"'s global signature to the opposing party'"'"'s completed digital form; and generating a consolidated accident report comprising one or more digital accident report forms filled in by each opposing party; and transmitting the consolidated accident report to an interested third party'"'"'s server device via a wireless communication, wherein the wireless communication is transmitted via a handheld wireless communication device or an on-board vehicle wireless communication device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer program product for securely providing at least one interested third party with a consolidated accident report, the computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising:
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computer usable program code configured for providing one or more digital accident report forms to one or more parties to a vehicular accident wherein each of the one or more parties enters into the one or more digital accident report forms their respective personal information, vehicle information, encrypted signature, user certificate, and optionally, diagrams and/or text relating to the accident computer usable program code configured for exchanging the completed digital accident report forms via a wireless communication between opposing parties, and each party either positively acknowledging the opposing party'"'"'s information or rejecting said information by entering into said form an indication of said acknowledging or said rejecting; a computer usable program code configured for entering each party'"'"'s global signature to the opposing party'"'"'s completed digital form; a computer usable program code configured for generating a consolidated accident report comprising one or more digital accident report forms filled in by each opposing party; and
,a computer usable program code configured for transmitting the consolidated accident report to an interested third party'"'"'s server device via a wireless communication, wherein the wireless communication is transmitted via a handheld wireless communication device or an on-board vehicle wireless communication device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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