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SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PREVENT VEHICLE FAILURES ON PUBLIC ROADWAYS

  • US 20170076344A1
  • Filed: 11/22/2016
  • Published: 03/16/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method to prevent vehicle failures on public roadways, comprising:

  • receiving performance data from a plurality of vehicles, the performance data for each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles including episodic event data and periodic operational data collected by at least one data-capturing diagnostic device electrically coupled to the respective vehicle;

    based on the received episodic event data, automatically determining that a specific vehicle has either a first specific fault condition or a first developing fault condition that will become the first specific fault condition;

    based on an accumulation over time of the received periodic operational data, automatically determining that the specific vehicle has either a second specific fault condition or a second developing fault condition that will become the second specific fault condition;

    after automatically determining that at least one specific fault condition is present or at least one developing fault condition is present, generating a service recommendation for the specific vehicle;

    upon generating the service recommendation for the specific vehicle, selecting a plurality of vehicle service vendors to be pre-qualified vehicle service vendors, the selection based in part on the at least one specific fault condition or the at least one developing fault condition;

    upon generating the service recommendation for the specific vehicle, automatically transmitting data representing the generated service recommendation to the plurality of pre-qualified vehicle service vendors;

    in response to automatically transmitting the data representing the generated service recommendation to the plurality of pre-qualified vehicle service vendors, receiving at least one offer to provide service from at least one of the plurality of pre-qualified vehicle service vendors; and

    communicating the at least one offer to provide service to an operator of the specific vehicle.

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