Expiration Date Notification Method for Puncture Repair Liquid

• US 20200134546A1
• Filed: 01/22/2018
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yokohama Rubber Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Yokohama Rubber Company Limited
• Inventors: Kanenari, Daisuke
• Granted Patent: US 11,488,098 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 73/02 using liquid or paste-like material B29C73/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 73/163 Sealing compositions or agents, e.g. combined with propellant agents
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 73/24 Apparatus or accessories not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 5/00 Servicing, maintaining, repairing, or refitting of vehicles vehicles adapted to carry a workshop for servicing or maintenance B60P3/14; servicing rail locomotives B61K
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders

Abstract

An expiration date notification method uses an information terminal device that comprises a storage unit that stores an expiration date of a puncture repair liquid contained in a container; a notification condition setting unit that sets a notification period and a notification method for notifying of a replacement period of the puncture repair liquid based on the expiration date stored in the storage unit; a notifying unit that notifies of the replacement period of the puncture repair liquid; and a control unit that controls the notifying unit based on settings of the notification condition setting unit, the method comprising: after the expiration date is input into the storage unit of the information terminal device, the information terminal device notifying of the replacement period of the puncture repair liquid within a preset notification period including before and after the expiration date of the puncture repair liquid via a preset notification method.

Claims

1. An expiration date notification method for a puncture repair liquid using an information terminal device that comprises:

a storage unit that stores an expiration date of a puncture repair liquid contained in a container;

a notification condition setting unit that sets a notification period and a notification method for notifying of a replacement period of the puncture repair liquid based on the expiration date stored in the storage unit;

a notifying unit that notifies of the replacement period of the puncture repair liquid; and

a control unit that controls the notifying unit based on settings of the notification condition setting unit, the expiration date notification method comprising;

after the expiration date is input into the storage unit of the information terminal device, the information terminal device notifying of the replacement period of the puncture repair liquid within a preset notification period including before and after the expiration date of the puncture repair liquid via a preset notification method.

2. The expiration date notification method for a puncture repair liquid according to claim 1, wherein the notification method comprises at least one selected from email, a reminder function of an electronic calendar, or a social network service.

3. The expiration date notification method for a puncture repair liquid according to claim 1, wherein the expiration date is input into the storage unit of the information terminal device via an optical reading device.

4. The expiration date notification method for a puncture repair liquid according to claim 1, wherein a notification from the notifying unit comprises order information for a replacement puncture repair liquid.

5. The expiration date notification method for a puncture repair liquid according to claim 1, wherein the notification condition setting unit sets a new notification period based on an updated expiration date.

11. The expiration date notification method for a puncture repair liquid according to claim 2, wherein the expiration date is input into the storage unit of the information terminal device via an optical reading device.

12. The expiration date notification method for a puncture repair liquid according to claim 11, wherein a notification from the notifying unit comprises order information for a replacement puncture repair liquid.

13. The expiration date notification method for a puncture repair liquid according to claim 12, wherein the notification condition setting unit sets a new notification period based on an updated expiration date.

6. An expiration date notification method for a puncture repair liquid using

a management server comprising

a database in which personal information of a user of a vehicle installed with a puncture repair liquid and an expiration date of the puncture repair liquid are associated together and stored;

a notification condition setting unit that sets a notification period and a notification method for notifying of a replacement period of the puncture repair liquid based on the expiration date stored in the database;

a notifying unit that notifies of the replacement period of the puncture repair liquid; and

a control unit that controls the notifying unit to notify a user in the database that is a notification target based on settings of the notification condition setting unit; and

an information terminal device of a user that is connected to a management server via a communication network, the expiration date notification method comprising;

after the expiration date is input into a storage unit of the management server, the management server notifying the information terminal device of the user of the replacement period of the puncture repair liquid within a preset notification period including before and after the expiration date of the puncture repair liquid via a preset notification method.

7. The expiration date notification method for a puncture repair liquid according to claim 6, wherein the notification method comprises at least one selected from email or a social network service.

8. The expiration date notification method for a puncture repair liquid according to claim 6, wherein the expiration date is input into the database of the management server via an optical reading device.

9. The expiration date notification method for a puncture repair liquid according to claim 6, wherein a notification from the notifying unit comprises order information for a replacement puncture repair liquid.

10. The expiration date notification method for a puncture repair liquid according to claim 6, wherein the notification condition setting unit sets a new notification period based on an updated expiration date.

14. The expiration date notification method for a puncture repair liquid according to claim 7, wherein the expiration date is input into the database of the management server via an optical reading device.

15. The expiration date notification method for a puncture repair liquid according to claim 14, wherein a notification from the notifying unit comprises order information for a replacement puncture repair liquid.

16. The expiration date notification method for a puncture repair liquid according to claim 15, wherein the notification condition setting unit sets a new notification period based on an updated expiration date.