Job Estimate Development
First Claim
1. A method of job estimate development comprising:
- receiving a custom image of a specific automobile, the image including a depiction of a subject of a proposed repair operation;
obtaining an estimate for a proposed repair operation on the specific automobile, wherein the proposed repair corresponds to the image, the estimate including parts costs and labor costs associated with the proposed repair operation;
obtaining a unit of educational content associated with the proposed repair operation, the unit of educational content pre-associated with the proposed repair operation and selected from a library of educational content, the unit of educational content including a visual depiction of the proposed repair operation; and
providing a repair cost estimate including the estimate data, the image and the unit of educational content to a customer for review prior to authorization of the proposed repair.
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Abstract
A method for job estimate development includes receiving a custom image of a specific automobile, the image including a depiction of a subject of a proposed repair operation and obtaining estimate data for a proposed repair operation on the specific automobile, wherein the proposed repair corresponds to the image, the estimate data including parts costs and labor costs associated with the proposed repair operation. The method further includes obtaining a unit of educational content associated with the proposed repair operation, the unit of educational content pre-associated with the proposed repair operation and selected from a library of educational content, the unit of educational content including a visual depiction of the proposed repair operation and providing a repair cost estimate including the estimate data, the image and the unit of educational content to a customer for review prior to authorization of the proposed repair.
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14 Claims
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1. A method of job estimate development comprising:
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receiving a custom image of a specific automobile, the image including a depiction of a subject of a proposed repair operation; obtaining an estimate for a proposed repair operation on the specific automobile, wherein the proposed repair corresponds to the image, the estimate including parts costs and labor costs associated with the proposed repair operation; obtaining a unit of educational content associated with the proposed repair operation, the unit of educational content pre-associated with the proposed repair operation and selected from a library of educational content, the unit of educational content including a visual depiction of the proposed repair operation; and providing a repair cost estimate including the estimate data, the image and the unit of educational content to a customer for review prior to authorization of the proposed repair. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. Apparatus comprising a machine readable storage medium storing a program having instructions which when executed by a processor will cause the processor to:
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receive a custom image of a specific automobile, the image including a depiction of a subject of a proposed repair operation; obtain estimate data for a proposed repair operation on the specific automobile, wherein the proposed repair corresponds to the image, the estimate data including part costs and labor costs associated with the proposed repair operation; obtain a unit of educational content associated with the proposed repair operation, the unit of educational content per-associated with the proposed repair operation and selected from a library of educational content, the unit of educational content including a visual depiction of the proposed repair operation; and provide a repair cost estimate including the estimate data, the image and the unit of educational content to a customer for review prior to authorization of the proposed repair. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of job estimate development comprising:
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capturing an image of a specific automobile, the image including a depiction of a subject of a proposed repair operation; transmitting the image and repair data including a description of the proposed repair operation to a data storage via a network; obtaining estimate data for a proposed repair operation on the specific automobile using the repair data, the estimate data including part costs and labor costs associated with the proposed repair operation, wherein the proposed repair corresponds to the image; obtaining a unit of educational content associated with the proposed repair operation using the repair data, the unit of educational content pre-associated with the proposed repair operation and selected from a library of educational content, the unit of educational content including a visual depiction of the proposed repair operation; providing a repair cost estimate including the estimate data, the image, the description and the unit of educational content to a customer for review prior to authorization of the proposed repair operation.
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