METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DOCUMENTING AND COMMUNICATING AUTOMOBILE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE HISTORY
First Claim
1. A method for providing historical vehicle service data, comprising the steps of:
- 1) entering vehicle service and parts replacement data and customer data by a service provider into a website;
2) transferring said vehicle service and parts replacement data and said customer data from said website to a central server which creates said historical vehicle service data;
3) providing notification by said central server to a vehicle manufacturer information on defective parts;
to a parts supplier information on replaced parts; and
to a service provider the time of the next scheduled service for a given vehicle; and
4) accessing said website by a customer for said historical vehicle service data on said customer'"'"'s vehicle, and by a vehicle dealer and/or financial institution for said historical vehicle service data on any vehicle.
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Abstract
A method for providing historical vehicle service data by entering vehicle service and parts replacement data and customer data by a service provider into a website; transferring the vehicle service and parts replacement data and the customer data from the website to a central server which creates the historical vehicle service data; providing notification by the central server to a vehicle manufacturer information on defective parts, to a parts supplier information on replaced parts, and to a service provider the time of the next scheduled service for a given vehicle; and accessing the website by a customer for the historical vehicle service data on the customer'"'"'s vehicle, and by a vehicle dealer and/or financial institution for the historical vehicle service data on any vehicle.
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14 Claims
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1. A method for providing historical vehicle service data, comprising the steps of:
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1) entering vehicle service and parts replacement data and customer data by a service provider into a website; 2) transferring said vehicle service and parts replacement data and said customer data from said website to a central server which creates said historical vehicle service data; 3) providing notification by said central server to a vehicle manufacturer information on defective parts;
to a parts supplier information on replaced parts; and
to a service provider the time of the next scheduled service for a given vehicle; and4) accessing said website by a customer for said historical vehicle service data on said customer'"'"'s vehicle, and by a vehicle dealer and/or financial institution for said historical vehicle service data on any vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for providing historical vehicle service data, comprising the steps of:
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1) entering vehicle service and parts replacement data and customer data by a service provider into a website; 2) transferring said vehicle service and parts replacement data and said customer data from said website to a central server which creates said historical vehicle service data; 3) providing notification by said central server to a vehicle manufacturer information on defective parts;
to a parts supplier information on replaced parts; and
to a service provider the time of the next scheduled service for a given vehicle;4) accessing said website by a customer for said historical vehicle service data on said customer'"'"'s vehicle, and by a vehicle dealer and/or financial institution for said historical vehicle service data on any vehicle; and 5) retrieving said historical vehicle service data of a customer'"'"'s vehicle from said website by said service provider performing service on said customer'"'"'s vehicle and performing step 1. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for providing historical vehicle service data, comprising the steps of:
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1) entering vehicle service and parts replacement data and customer data by a service provider into a website; 2) transferring said vehicle service and parts replacement data and said customer data from said website to a central server which creates and analyzes said historical vehicle service data, and creates reports which can be accessed through said website; 3) providing notification by said central server to a vehicle manufacturer information on defective parts;
to a parts supplier information on replaced parts; and
to a service provider the time of the next scheduled service for a given vehicle;4) accessing said website by a customer for said historical vehicle service data on said customer'"'"'s vehicle, and by a vehicle dealer and/or financial institution for said historical vehicle service data on any vehicle; and 5) retrieving said historical vehicle service data of a customer'"'"'s vehicle from said website by said service provider performing service on said customer'"'"'s vehicle and performing step 1. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A method for providing historical vehicle service data, comprising the steps of:
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1) entering vehicle service and parts replacement data and customer data by a service provider into a website, including entering the date, name and location of said service provider, vehicle data, mileage, technician name, service details, parts, and costs; 2) transferring said vehicle service and parts replacement data and said customer data from said website to a central server which creates and analyzes said historical vehicle service data, and creates reports which can be accessed through said website; 3) providing notification by said central server to a vehicle manufacturer information on defective parts;
to a parts supplier information on replaced parts; and
to a service provider the time of the next scheduled service for a given vehicle;4) accessing said website by a customer for said historical vehicle service data on said customer'"'"'s vehicle, and by a vehicle dealer and/or financial institution for said historical vehicle service data on any vehicle; and 5) retrieving said historical vehicle service data of a customer'"'"'s vehicle from said website by said service provider performing service on said customer'"'"'s vehicle and performing step 1. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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