SMART PHONE APPLICATION FOR RETRIEVING AND DISPLAYING VEHICLE HISTORY REPORT INFORMATION
First Claim
1. A system for use with a smart phone, the system comprising:
- a remote vehicle history database having vehicle history information matched with vehicle identification information, the vehicle history database being configured to generate a vehicle history status signal based on an analysis of vehicle history information associated with specific vehicle identification information, the vehicle history status signal being representative of a clean/inconclusive/undesirable vehicle history; and
a computer readable medium downloadable onto the smart phone for configuring the smart phone to;
transmit a vehicle identification signal including vehicle identification information to the remote vehicle history database;
receive the vehicle history status signal from the remote database; and
generate a visual output signal on the smart phone, the visual output signal being representative of the received vehicle history status signal.
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Abstract
A system and method for utilizing a hand held electronic device, such as a smart phone to retrieve and display information related to the vehicle history of a vehicle. In particular, the smart phone may be used to take a picture of the vehicle'"'"'s vehicle identification number (VIN) and upload the VIN to a remote vehicle history database which matches the VIN with stored vehicle history information. The matched vehicle history information is then analyzed to determine a vehicle history status and a corresponding status indicator is illuminated on the smart phone. The indicator may be red, yellow, green to indicate undesirable, cautionary, and clean vehicle history, respectively.
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24 Claims
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1. A system for use with a smart phone, the system comprising:
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a remote vehicle history database having vehicle history information matched with vehicle identification information, the vehicle history database being configured to generate a vehicle history status signal based on an analysis of vehicle history information associated with specific vehicle identification information, the vehicle history status signal being representative of a clean/inconclusive/undesirable vehicle history; and a computer readable medium downloadable onto the smart phone for configuring the smart phone to; transmit a vehicle identification signal including vehicle identification information to the remote vehicle history database; receive the vehicle history status signal from the remote database; and generate a visual output signal on the smart phone, the visual output signal being representative of the received vehicle history status signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for use with a smart phone, the system comprising:
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a remote vehicle history database having vehicle history information matched with vehicle identification information, the vehicle history database being configured to generate a signal including the vehicle history information associated with specific vehicle identification information; and a computer readable medium downloadable onto the smart phone for configuring the smart phone to; transmit a vehicle identification signal including vehicle identification information to the remote vehicle history database; receive the signal including the vehicle history information from the remote database; analyze the vehicle history information to determine a clean/inconclusive/undesirable vehicle history status; and generate a visual output signal on the smart phone, the visual output signal being representative of the vehicle history status. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of utilizing a smart phone to interface with a remote vehicle history database for displaying vehicle history information related to a vehicle under consideration, the remote vehicle history database having vehicle history information matched with vehicle identification information, the vehicle history database being configured to generate a vehicle history status signal based on an analysis of vehicle history information associated with specific vehicle identification information, the vehicle history status signal being representative of a clean/inconclusive/undesirable vehicle history, the method comprising the steps of:
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transmitting a vehicle identification signal from the smart phone to the remote vehicle history database, the vehicle identification signal including vehicle identification information; receiving the vehicle history status signal at the smart phone from the remote database; and generating a visual output signal on the smart phone, the visual output signal being representative of the received vehicle history status signal.
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24. A computer readable medium usable on a smart phone for interfacing the smart phone with a remote vehicle history database having vehicle history information matched with vehicle identification information, the vehicle history database being configured to generate a vehicle history status signal based on an analysis of vehicle history information associated with specific vehicle identification information, the vehicle history status signal being representative of a clean/inconclusive/undesirable vehicle history, the computer readable medium being operative to configure the smart phone to:
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transmit a vehicle identification signal including vehicle identification information to the remote vehicle history database; receive the vehicle history status signal from the remote database; and generate a visual output signal on the smart phone, the visual output signal being representative of the received vehicle history status signal.
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