Patent ID: 7546219
Filing Date: 2009-06-09
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. An article comprising a machine-readable medium embodying information indicative of instructions that when performed by one or more machines result in operations comprising: presenting a first display enabling a selection from a plurality of views of a vehicle; responsive to a user selection of one of the views, presenting a second display representing a plurality of vehicle portions within the selected view; responsive to a user selection of one of the portions, determining a part identity for a first damage event; presenting another display including a plurality of damage definition selections; responsive to user selection of one of the damage definitions, determining damage description information for the first damage event; automatically creating a damage report data object associated with the first damage event, the data object including the part identity and the damage description information; and automatically comparing the damage report data object of the first damage event to a historical data object of a previously analyzed damage event, the historical data object comprising location information indicative of a damage location of the previously analyzed damage event, description information indicative of a description of damage of the previously analyzed damage event, and corrective action information indicative of one or more corrective actions for the damage of the previously analyzed damage event.