Patent ID: 11949807
Assignee: FENDER2FENDER, LLC
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC B  G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method of distributing electronic vehicle accident status information over a network to a remote subscriber portable computing device (PCD) during and after a vehicle accident, the method comprising:
determining with at least one of a server and a client application if the vehicle has been involved in an accident;
determining if a global positioning system (GPS) unit within the PCD is working;
determining geo-coordinates of the PCD with the GPS unit if the GPS unit is working;
determining with the server and/or client application at least one of a name of road, city, state, terrain, and weather conditions based on the geo-coordinates;
displaying at least one of a road name, city, and jurisdiction name with the client application on a display of the PCD;
displaying auto-dialer controls for emergency calling and dialing an emergency contact with the client application based on profile information;
receiving an accident report name with the client application; and
displaying with the client application on the PCD a check-list of actions for completion in order to complete the accident report associated with the accident report name.