Patent ID: 11928898
Assignee: AUTOLAB INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A system for facilitating repair of a problem with a vehicle of a user, the system comprising:
a diagnostic device arranged in operative connection with a computer system of a vehicle and configured to receive and wirelessly transmit error signals from the computer system of the vehicle;
a first server in operative communication with the diagnostic device and configured to receive the error signals from the vehicle's computer system, wherein the first server has a processor and a non-transitory readable storage medium storing instructions which are executable by the processor to:
identify, based on the error signals transmitted by the diagnostic device, one or more problems associated with the user's vehicle;
identify, based on location of the user and the one or more identified problems, available service centres for remedying the one or more identified problems;
estimate, for the user, based on the available vehicle service centres, a cost of a repair to remedy the one or more identified problems;
schedule, for the user, an appointment for the repair at a selected one of the available service centres;

a second server in operative communication with the first server, wherein the second server has a processor and a non-transitory readable storage medium storing instructions which are executable by the processor to:
receive, from a plurality of service centres and from part manufacturers, information about replacement vehicle parts available for purchase therefrom;
form, based on the information about the replacement vehicle parts available for purchase from the service centres and from the part manufacturers, a database of listings by vendors of the replacement vehicle parts available for viewing by the service centres on the Internet;
transmit electronic payment information from a respective one of the service centres to a respective one of the vendors associated with a respective one of the listings to form a purchase, wherein the purchase is associated with a corresponding repair to be performed by the service centre.