Method and system for providing condition reports for vehicles
First Claim
1. A method of providing a condition report for a vehicle, the method comprising:
- determining whether to create a new condition report;
receiving vehicle identification information from a mobile device;
performing a vehicle identification process using the received vehicle identification information, wherein the vehicle identification process comprises identifying a manufacturer of the vehicle;
when it is determined that the manufacturer of the vehicle introduced multiple vehicle models, sending one or more unique characteristics that distinguish each of the multiple vehicle models;
when user input indicative of a selection of the one or more unique characteristics has been received, constructing a plurality of condition report sections, for a specific model as identified by the one or more unique characteristics, using a condition report application database;
determining whether the plurality of condition report sections have been completed and received; and
publishing the completed condition report sections as the condition report for the vehicle to either one or both a condition report document database residing in a cloud based server service and infrastructure and a condition report images database residing in the cloud based server service and infrastructure for constructing and storing the plurality of condition report sections.
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Abstract
A method of providing a condition report for a vehicle using a mobile device including a display includes constructing a plurality of condition report sections using a condition report application database residing in a cloud based server service and infrastructure to process requests from the mobile device including: capturing data, on the mobile device, for constructing at least one condition report section of the plurality of condition report sections; and accessing, from the mobile device, a condition report document database and/or a condition report images database residing in the cloud based server service and infrastructure for constructing and storing the plurality of condition report sections. The method includes providing user input indicative that the plurality of condition report sections have been completed, and providing user input indicative of a decision to publish the completed condition report sections as the condition report for the vehicle. The published condition report is viewable by a party by an Internet accessible web browsing device.
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11 Claims
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1. A method of providing a condition report for a vehicle, the method comprising:
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determining whether to create a new condition report; receiving vehicle identification information from a mobile device; performing a vehicle identification process using the received vehicle identification information, wherein the vehicle identification process comprises identifying a manufacturer of the vehicle; when it is determined that the manufacturer of the vehicle introduced multiple vehicle models, sending one or more unique characteristics that distinguish each of the multiple vehicle models; when user input indicative of a selection of the one or more unique characteristics has been received, constructing a plurality of condition report sections, for a specific model as identified by the one or more unique characteristics, using a condition report application database; determining whether the plurality of condition report sections have been completed and received; and publishing the completed condition report sections as the condition report for the vehicle to either one or both a condition report document database residing in a cloud based server service and infrastructure and a condition report images database residing in the cloud based server service and infrastructure for constructing and storing the plurality of condition report sections. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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