Patent ID: 8725542

Claim:
One or more computer storage media storing computer readable instructions that, when executed, provide a vehicle insurance claim management application, the application comprising: an adapter module defined by the computer readable instructions, wherein the adapter module translates a set of assignment data and a set of estimate data between the application and a vehicle repair estimating system by translating the set of assignment data and the set of estimate data into the 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 claim management application, and further wherein the translating includes encrypting the set of assignment data and the set of estimate data; and an assignment module defined by the computer readable instructions, wherein the assignment module: receives the set of assignment data from an insurance company pertaining to a plurality of work requests submitted to the vehicle repair shop, transfers the assignment data to the vehicle repair estimating system, receives the set of estimate data from the vehicle repair estimating system, reviews the estimate data for compliance with a set of front-end business rules, transfers the estimate data, receives a set of reinspection data from the insurance company, reviews the reinspection data from the insurance company, and updates the estimate data based on the reinspection data.