Patent ID: 9596287
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: G07C,H04L

Claim:
1. A system for enabling the generation and sharing of vehicle operation data via a computer network, characterized in that the system comprises: (a) a data harvesting device configured for interoperation between a plurality of models and makes of vehicles connected to an information system of a vehicle to obtain on-board diagnostic information consisting of one or more data sets, the data harvesting device capturing vehicle information from the vehicle and processing the vehicle information to generate current vehicle operation data while the vehicle is running, (b) a computer system in communication with the data harvesting device, the computer system including one or more server computers connected to a computer network; the computer system including a database system for receiving the current vehicle operation data from the data harvesting device and logging the current vehicle operation data in the database system, the database system including a profile for the vehicle configured to store the received current vehicle operation data; and the computer system being configured to transmit the current vehicle operation data from the profile to the one or more remote server computers in the computer system, wherein the computer system is configured to: (a) assess the current vehicle operation data as stored in the profile for the vehicle by continuously monitorial the determined real-time odometer information; (b) determine whether, based on the assessed current vehicle operation data, a service appointment for the vehicle is needed; (c) if and when a service appointment is determined to be needed, trigger an electronic request for scheduling of a service appointment in real-time or near real-time; and (d) transmit the electronic request to one or more communication devices associated with a user of the vehicle as registered in the profile for the vehicle.