Patent ID: 8694341

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: an insurance company data server; a network configured to interconnect the insurance company data server, a web server, and a client server; and a vehicle insurance claim management application configured to store computer-readable instructions executable by the insurance company data server, wherein the computer-readable instructions comprise the following: a first set of instructions defined by the computer readable instructions, wherein the first set of instructions translates a set of assignment data and a set of estimate data between the vehicle insurance claim management application and a vehicle repair estimating system, wherein the set of assignment data includes information about a customer, a corresponding vehicle, and a corresponding loss with the vehicle and the estimate data includes information about a repair estimate for the loss of the vehicle, wherein the translating is into a format accepted by the vehicle insurance claim management application, and further wherein the translating includes encrypting the set of assignment data and the set of estimate data; and a second set of instructions defined by the computer readable instructions, wherein the second set of instructions: receives the set of assignment data, transfers the assignment data to the vehicle repair estimating system, reviews the estimate data for compliance with a set of contract-based conditions, and transfers the estimate data.