Patent ID: 9595019
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q

Claim:
1. A parts management system for controlling inventory flow of vehicle parts comprising: a first vehicle associated with an entity and having a plurality of vehicle parts; a processing unit comprising a processor; and a memory unit storing computer-executable instructions, which when executed by the processing unit, cause the parts management system to: transmit information about the at least one part to be removed from the vehicle for reuse to a computing system of at least one vehicle repair shop, wherein the information transmitted includes the future availability date of the at least one part to be removed from the first vehicle for reuse, and wherein the information is transmitted through a network interface to the computing system of the at least one vehicle repair shop, wherein the information about the at least one part to be removed from the first vehicle for reuse is transmitted to the computing system of the at least one vehicle repair shop prior to the at least one part to be removed from the vehicle for reuse being available for reuse; receive, from the computing system of the at least one vehicle repair shop, a request to obtain the at least one part to be removed from the first vehicle for use in repair of a second vehicle; reserve the at least one part for use by the at least one vehicle repair shop; and transmit, to the computing system of the at least one vehicle repair shop, a confirmation that the at least one part will be transferred to the at least one vehicle repair shop on the future availability date.