Patent ID: 9721301
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G06Q

Claim:
1. A computer-based method, comprising: storing, in a first database, vehicle information for a plurality of vehicles, the vehicle information for each vehicle comprising: receiving, at a network server, a VIN for a vehicle of a consumer from a consumer computing device of the consumer, wherein the consumer computing device is not pre-loaded with images of all of the plurality of vehicles and the associated vehicle components for the plurality of vehicles; in response to receiving the VIN from the consumer computing device, by the network server: receiving, by the network server from the consumer computing device, a selection from within the user interface on the consumer computing device of at least one of the plurality of predetermined selectable damage locations, and at least one image of an actually damaged location of the vehicle that is retrieved from a memory of the consumer computing device; in response to receiving the selection of the at least one of the plurality of predetermined selectable damage locations: receiving, by the network server from the consumer computing device, a selection from within the user interface of at least one vehicle component from the transmitted list of vehicle components associated with the selected at least one damage location; and creating, in response to receiving the selection from within the user interface of the at least one vehicle component, a new repair job record for estimating a repair of the vehicle, the repair job record comprising the retrieved vehicle information, the selected at least one damage location, the selected at least one vehicle component, and the at least one image of the actually damaged location.