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System and method for facilitating transportation of a vehicle involved in a crash

  • US 9,607,339 B1
  • Filed: 01/29/2016
  • Issued: 03/28/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method implemented on a computer system including one or more processors for treating a vehicle damaged in a crash, the method comprising:

  • providing a plurality of indications of treatment facilities;

    assigning a treatment complexity level to each of the plurality of indications of treatment facilities, the treatment complexity level representing a degree of difficulty associated with treating damaged vehicles, including repairing, salvaging, or scrapping;

    storing, by the one or more processors, each of the plurality of indications of treatment facilities and the assigned treatment complexity level;

    receiving, by the one or processors via one or more sensors coupled to the damaged vehicle, crash information about a damaged vehicle, the crash information including vehicle operating data of the damaged vehicle near or at the time of the crash;

    evaluating, by the one or more processors, the received crash information with collision data of a vehicle type that includes the damaged vehicle;

    determining, by the one or more processors, the treatment complexity level associated with treating the damaged vehicle based on the evaluation of the received crash information;

    selecting, by the one or more processors, the treatment facility for treating the damaged vehicle based on the stored indications of treatment facilities and assigned treatment complexity levels corresponding to the determined treatment complexity level of the damaged vehicle; and

    transmitting, by the one or more processors, information associated with treating the damaged vehicle.

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