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

  • US 10,817,951 B1
  • Filed: 01/27/2017
  • Issued: 10/27/2020
  • 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 list of treatment facilities for treating damaged vehicles, each treatment facility including an indication representing an extent of treatment capability for treating damaged vehicles including repairing, salvaging, and/or scrapping;

    associating a treatment facility identification for at least one of the treatment facilities to an owner of the vehicle;

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

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

    automatically calculating, by the one or more processors, an extent of treatment for treating the damaged vehicle based on the evaluation of the received crash data with the collision data;

    automatically selecting, by the one or more processors, the treatment facility for treating the damaged vehicle based on the indication of the treatment facility corresponding to the determined extent of treatment for treating the damaged vehicle;

    associating by the one or more processors, the treatment facility identification of the selected treatment facility to the damaged vehicle; and

    transmitting, by the one or more processors, the treatment facility identification associated with the damaged vehicle to an emergency responder transport vehicle dispatched to the crash site, thereby facilitating transportation of the damaged vehicle from the crash site directly to the selected vehicle treatment facility.

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