Location-based vehicle maintenance scheduling
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1. A system of a vehicle that generates and provides a location-based service schedule for the vehicle, comprising:
- a location identifier that;
predicts a likely future location of the vehicle and a time during a day and a duration time at which the vehicle is available for maintenance;
identifies a type of service to be performed on the vehicle and an estimated time for performing the service;
compares the estimated time for performing the type of service with the duration time at which the vehicle is predicted to be available for the service at the time during the day at the future location; and
generates a recommended location-based service schedule for the vehicle based on the predicted future location, the duration time at which the vehicle is predicted to be available for the service at the future location at the time during the day, and the type of service, by removing the predicted future location from the recommended location-based service schedule if the time for performing the service is estimated to take longer than the duration time at which the vehicle is estimated to be at the predicted future location; and
a notifier that selectively conveys the recommended location-based service schedule to a mechanic to retrieve the vehicle from the predicted future location at the time during the day and perform the service on the day if the time for performing the service is not estimated to take longer than the duration time at which the vehicle is estimated to be at the predicted future location.
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and program products are provided for scheduling vehicle maintenance by identifying a future location at which a vehicle is available for a service and electronically providing at least the future location, a time and time duration that the vehicle is estimated to be at the future location, and an identified service, to a mechanic.
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23 Claims
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1. A system of a vehicle that generates and provides a location-based service schedule for the vehicle, comprising:
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a location identifier that; predicts a likely future location of the vehicle and a time during a day and a duration time at which the vehicle is available for maintenance; identifies a type of service to be performed on the vehicle and an estimated time for performing the service; compares the estimated time for performing the type of service with the duration time at which the vehicle is predicted to be available for the service at the time during the day at the future location; and generates a recommended location-based service schedule for the vehicle based on the predicted future location, the duration time at which the vehicle is predicted to be available for the service at the future location at the time during the day, and the type of service, by removing the predicted future location from the recommended location-based service schedule if the time for performing the service is estimated to take longer than the duration time at which the vehicle is estimated to be at the predicted future location; and a notifier that selectively conveys the recommended location-based service schedule to a mechanic to retrieve the vehicle from the predicted future location at the time during the day and perform the service on the day if the time for performing the service is not estimated to take longer than the duration time at which the vehicle is estimated to be at the predicted future location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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5. The system of claim l, wherein the type of service is based on information provided by at least one of a fault detection system of the vehicle, an electronic manufacturer maintenance schedule, and an electronic user maintenance schedule, wherein the electronic maintenance schedules are stored in a storage component operative to the service identifier.
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10. A method for scheduling vehicle maintenance, comprising:
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identifying a type of service to be performed on a vehicle and determining an estimated time for performing the service; predicting a future location of the vehicle and a time during a day and a duration time at which the vehicle is available for the service at the future location during the day; comparing the estimated time for performing the type of service with the duration time at which the vehicle is predicted to be available for the service at the time during the day at the future location; generating a recommended location-based service schedule for the vehicle based on the predicted future location, the duration time at which the vehicle is predicted to be available for the service at the future location at the time during the day, and the type of service, by removing the predicted future location from the recommended location-based service schedule if the time for performing the service is estimated to take longer than the duration time at which the vehicle is estimated to be at the predicted future location; and electronically sending the recommended location-based service schedule to a mechanic to retrieve the vehicle from the predicted future location at the time during the day and perform the service on the day if the time for performing the service is not estimated to take longer than the duration time at which the vehicle is estimated to be at the predicted future location. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An article of manufacture, comprising:
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a computer readable storage device comprising computer executable program code stored thereon, the program code comprising instructions which, when executed on a computer system, cause the computer system to; identify a type of service to be performed on the vehicle and an estimated time for performing the service; predict a likely future location of a vehicle and a time during a day and a duration time at which the vehicle is available for servicing; compare the estimated time for performing the type of service with the duration time at which the vehicle is predicted to be available for the service at the time during the day at the future location; generate a recommended location-based service schedule for the vehicle based on the predicted future location, the duration time at which the vehicle is predicted to be available for the service at the future location at the time during the day, and the type of service, by removing the predicted future location from the recommended location-based service schedule if the time for performing the service is estimated to take longer than the duration time at which the vehicle is estimated to be at the predicted future location; and transmit the recommended location-based service schedule to a mechanic to retrieve the vehicle from the predicted future location at the time during the day and perform the service on the day if the time for performing the service is not estimated to take longer than the duration time at which the vehicle is estimated to be at the predicted future location. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for deploying an application for scheduling vehicle service, comprising:
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providing a computer infrastructure being operable to; identify a type of service to be performed on a vehicle and an estimated time for performing the service; predict a likely future location of the vehicle and a time during a day and a duration of time at which the vehicle is available for the service; compare the estimated time for performing the type of service with the duration time at which the vehicle is predicted to be available for the service at the time during the day at the future location; generate a recommended location-based service schedule for the vehicle based on the predicted future location, the duration time at which the vehicle is predicted to be available for the service at the future location at the time during the day, and the type of service, by removing the predicted future location from the recommended location-based service schedule if the time for performing the service is estimated to take longer than the duration time at which the vehicle is estimated to be at the predicted future location; and provide the recommended location-based service schedule to a mechanic to retrieve the vehicle from the predicted future location at the time during the day and perform the service on the day if the time for performing the service is not estimated to take longer than the duration time at which the vehicle is estimated to be at the predicted future location. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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