Patent ID: 7805321
Filing Date: 2010-09-28
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: providing a computer system configured to access a memory, wherein the memory comprises at least one numerical factor shift associated with each of at least two of a plurality of cases, wherein each of at least two of the plurality of cases includes: wherein the memory further comprises a theoretical path of at least one vehicle in a vehicle accident under consideration, wherein the memory comprises a probable collision area for the vehicle accident under consideration, wherein the probable collision area for the vehicle accident under consideration includes positions that a reference vehicle and a reacting vehicle in the accident under consideration are likely to occupy at impact, wherein the probable collision area is defined by a plurality of coordinates, and wherein the plurality of coordinates is estimated using the theoretical path of at least one point on at least one vehicle in the vehicle accident under consideration; in a graphical user interface, displaying the probable collision area for the vehicle accident under consideration as a graphical image having a particular shape and at least one boundary, wherein the particular shape and the at least one boundary are based on the plurality of coordinates estimated using the theoretical path of the at least one point on the at least one vehicle; displaying at least one vehicle as a graphical image in the graphical user interface; displaying the theoretical path as a graphical image in the graphical user interface; assessing, using the displayed graphical images, an opportunity for the reacting vehicle in the vehicle accident under consideration to have avoided the vehicle accident, wherein assessing the opportunity of the reacting vehicle in the vehicle accident under consideration to have avoided the accident comprises: estimating, using the displayed graphical images, a contribution to liability of at least one party to the vehicle accident based on the opportunity of the reacting vehicle to avoid the accident, wherein estimating the contribution to liability comprises the computer system applying to a base liability, from among the numerical factor shifts associated with the plurality of cases in the memory, at least one numerical factor shift associated with a case, from among the plurality of cases, having: