MOBILE TOTAL LOSS VEHICLE EVALUATION SYSTEM

• US 20160012539A1
• Filed: 07/10/2014
• Published: 01/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Audatex North America Incorporated (Solera Holdings Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Audatex North America Incorporated (Solera Holdings Incorporated)
• Inventors: Gorelov, Sergey
• Application Number:
  US14/328,544
• Publication Number:
  US 20160012539A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0278 Product appraisal
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance

Abstract

An apparatus and method for generating a total loss valuation for a damaged vehicle that has a VIN code that represents a VIN of the damaged vehicle. The VIN code is scanned with a mobile device to capture the VIN. The VIN is transferred to a server that decodes the VIN to determine vehicle information. The vehicle information is transferred back to the mobile device which populates an insurance claim view with the information. User entered vehicle information is captured by the mobile device. The vehicle information and the user entered vehicle information are transferred to the server which generates a total loss valuation from the information. The total loss valuation is transferred to the mobile device which displays the total loss value.

Claims

1. A method for generating a total loss valuation for a damaged vehicle that has a VIN code that represents a VIN of the damaged vehicle, comprising:

scanning the VIN code and capturing the VIN with a mobile device;

transferring the VIN to a server;

determining vehicle information by decoding the VIN;

transferring the vehicle information to the mobile device;

populating an insurance claim view displayed on the mobile device with the vehicle information;

capturing user entered vehicle information with the mobile device;

transferring the vehicle information and the user entered vehicle information to the server;

generating a total loss valuation from the vehicle information and the user entered vehicle information;

transferring the total loss valuation to the mobile device; and

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displaying the total loss valuation on the mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user entered vehicle information includes vehicle packages.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the user entered vehicle information includes vehicle options.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the user entered vehicle information includes conditions of the damaged vehicle.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising displaying preselected vehicle conditions that can be selected by a user.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the user entered vehicle information is entered by tapping on a screen of the mobile device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device is a cell phone.

8. A non-transitory computer program storage medium, comprising computer-readable instruct for generating a total loss valuation for a damaged vehicle that has a VIN code that represents a VIN of the damaged vehicle, execution of said computer-readable instructions by at least one processor of a mobile device performs the steps of:

scanning the VIN code and capturing the VIN with a mobile device;

transferring the VIN to a server;

receiving vehicle information that was determined by decoding the VIN;

populating an insurance claim view that is displayed b the mobile device with the vehicle information;

capturing user entered vehicle information;

transferring the vehicle information and user entered vehicle information to the server;

receiving a total loss valuation that was generated from the vehicle information and the user entered vehicle information; and

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displaying the total loss valuation on the mobile device.

9. The non-transitory computer program storage medium of claim 8, wherein the user entered vehicle information includes vehicle packages.

11. The non-transitory computer program storage medium of claim 8, wherein the user entered vehicle information includes conditions of the damaged vehicle.

12. The non-transitory computer program storage medium of claim 11, further comprising displaying preselected vehicle conditions that can be selected by a user.

13. The non-transitory computer program storage medium of claim 8, wherein the user entered vehicle information is entered by tapping on a screen of the mobile device.

14. The non-transitory computer program storage medium of claim 8, wherein the mobile device is a cell phone.

10. The non-transitory computer program storage medium of can 8, wherein the user entered vehicle information includes vehicle options.