Patent ID: 6889109
Filing Date: 2005-05-03
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of identifying and locating a vehicle to be repaired that is stored in a storage facility for storing vehicles prior to shipment, said method comprising the steps of: receiving the vehicle at the storage facility for storing vehicles prior to shipment; storing the vehicle within the storage facility at a stored location; placing a selectively readable tag on the stored vehicle, wherein the selectively readable tag operatively identifies the stored location of the vehicle within the storage facility and a shipping status of the stored vehicle; saving the stored location of the stored vehicle within the storage facility and the shipping status in a computer database operatively in communication with the selectively readable tag; identifying a stored vehicle to be repaired using the computer database; updating the shipping status of the stored vehicle to be repaired on the selectively readable tag and in the computer database to prevent shipment of the stored vehicle; dynamically locating the stored vehicle to be repaired within the storage facility by operatively reading the selectively readable tag; performing a repair on the stored vehicle to be repaired; and updating the shipping status of the repaired vehicle on the selectively readable tag and the computer database to release the repaired vehicle for shipment from the storage facility after the vehicle is repaired.