Automobile failure prevention support method and system
First Claim
1. An automobile failure prevention support service method for providing support for prevention of automobile failures, wherein:
- a general-purpose table is created which stores the degrees of deterioration of automotive parts and expendables in corresponding relationship to maintenance timing;
an automobile management table specific to each user registered with the service is created which stores data about parts and expendables of the user'"'"'s automobile along with a maintenance history thereof;
a determination is made as to whether or not there is any part that needs checking or any item that needs servicing or replacing, by checking the automobile management table against the general-purpose table based on the stored maintenance history; and
if there is any part that needs checking or any item that needs servicing or replacing in the user'"'"'s automobile, the user of the automobile is notified accordingly.
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Abstract
An automobile failure prevention support service method for providing support for prevention of automobile failures to registered users, wherein: the degrees of deterioration of items such as expendables and oils and automotive parts designated as periodic automobile inspection items are stored for all automobiles in a general-purpose table in corresponding relationship to traveled distance thereof; for each user, data about items such as expendables and oils and automotive parts to be inspected on the user'"'"'s automobile is stored in an automobile management table, along with maintenance and repair history thereof; each time the user'"'"'s automobile travels a predetermined distance or each time the automobile undergoes maintenance or inspection at a service factory, the total distance so far traveled by the automobile is input and data thereof is stored in the automobile management table; a determining device searches the automobile management table based on the stored traveled-distance information and determines whether or not there is any part that needs checking or any item that needs servicing or replacing and, if there is any part that needs checking or any item that needs servicing or replacing, the automobile user is notified accordingly.
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1. An automobile failure prevention support service method for providing support for prevention of automobile failures, wherein:
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a general-purpose table is created which stores the degrees of deterioration of automotive parts and expendables in corresponding relationship to maintenance timing;
an automobile management table specific to each user registered with the service is created which stores data about parts and expendables of the user'"'"'s automobile along with a maintenance history thereof;
a determination is made as to whether or not there is any part that needs checking or any item that needs servicing or replacing, by checking the automobile management table against the general-purpose table based on the stored maintenance history; and
if there is any part that needs checking or any item that needs servicing or replacing in the user'"'"'s automobile, the user of the automobile is notified accordingly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An automobile failure prevention support service system for providing support for prevention of automobile failures to users registered with a service center, comprising:
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an intercommunication mechanism interlinking the service center, automobile maintenance and repair sites, and the registered users;
a first storage device having a general-purpose table in which, for each automobile model and type, the degrees of deterioration of items such as expendables and oils and automotive parts designated by law as periodic automobile inspection items are recorded, at least in a corresponding relationship to the traveled distance of the automobile;
a second storage device having an automobile management table which, for each user registered with the service, stores data about items such as expendables and oils and automotive parts to be inspected that match the model and type of the user'"'"'s automobile, along with maintenance and repair history thereof;
an input device for inputting the total distance so far traveled by the user'"'"'s automobile and storing data thereof in the automobile management table each time the automobile travels a predetermined distance or each time the automobile undergoes maintenance or inspection at a service factory; and
a determining device which searches the automobile management table based on the stored traveled-distance information and determines whether or not there is any part that needs checking or any item that needs servicing or replacing, wherein when the determining device determines that there is a part that needs checking or a item that needs servicing or replacing, the determining device notifies the automobile user accordingly. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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