VIN BASED INSURANCE CLAIM SYSTEM

• US 20130268298A1
• Filed: 04/05/2012
• Published: 10/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Audatex North America LLC
• Original Assignee: Audatex North America Incorporated (Solera Holdings Incorporated)
• Inventors: Elkins, Tanya, Gorelov, Sergey, Joobbani, Daryoush
• Granted Patent: US 9,959,575 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/4
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance

Abstract

An insurance claim system that can display vehicle identification key information and vehicle option, package, engine, transmission, paint, production date information provided from multiple different sources. The system can perform a method that includes displaying at least one insurance claim with at least one vehicle description, a plurality of vehicle options, and a VIN field. A VIN is entered into the VIN field, which is decoded to determine vehicle information and vehicle option information. One or more vehicle options displayed by the client computer are selected with the vehicle option information, and the selected vehicle options are modified with supplemental vehicle options information provided by an OEM source. Modifying the vehicle options with the information provided by the OEM source improves the accuracy of the options information selected on the insurance claim page.

Claims

1-2. -2. (canceled)

3. A non-transitory computer program storage medium that causes a computer to provide vehicle information and vehicle options for an insurance claim system, comprising:

a non-transitory computer program storage medium that includes a program that causes a computer to display at least one insurance policy page that includes at least one vehicle description, a plurality of selected vehicle options, and a VIN field, said program determines said selected vehicle options with a process that includes comparing vehicle option information that is derived from a VIN entered into said VIN field with OEM vehicle option information that is provided by an OEM source.

4. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 3, wherein said program deselects at least one vehicle option from said VIN vehicle option information in determining said plurality of selected vehicle options.

5-6. -6. (canceled)