Systems and methods for performing repairs to a vehicle

US11587046B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company · US

Inventors

• Amber Wyatt · Bloomington, US
• Chris Ray · Bloomington, US
• Ashish Sawhney · Bloomington, US
• Tim Husarik · Normal, US
• Jose Gonzalez · Hialeah, US
• Tracey Herring · Clarkston, US
• Holly Lambert · Roswell, US
• Stephen Tinglestad · Heyworth, US
• Jason Beckman · Bloomington, US
• Andrea Foster · Dunwoody, US
• John Freymann · Normal, US
• Shane Tomlinson · Bloomington, US
• Akilah Hugine · Roswell, US
• Daniel J. Green · Bloomington, US
• Eric Brown · Dunwoody, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 24, 2018
• Grant date: Feb 21, 2023
• Expiry date: Jun 25, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07C5/0841
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system for instructing a user on repairing a vehicle configured to (i) receive, from the user, a request to repair a vehicle, including information about the vehicle; (ii) present, to the user via a user computer device, a user interface to allow the user to search for a repair facility to repair the vehicle; (iii) receive, from the user via the user interface, a selection of a repair facility; (iv) determine whether the selected repair facility is a select service location, where a select service location is a pre-authorized repair facility; and (v) if the selected repair facility is a select service location, transfer the information about the vehicle to a computer device associated with the selected repair facility.