Patent ID: 8249899

Claim:
A method for an insurance company to process an insurance claim submitted by a customer, comprising: executing program code on one or more machines to perform: receiving an insurance claim to perform a repair of a part on an automobile; determining an amount of the insurance claim; depending on the amount of the insurance claim, sending a request to test the automobile, wherein the test comprises: transmitting a first testing signal to the part; determining a first response to the first testing signal, wherein the first response indicates a first number of radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags mixed in with paint applied to a surface of the part; comparing the first response to a first expected value, wherein the first expected value indicates an expected number of remaining RFID tags; transmitting a second testing signal to the part; determining a second response to the second testing signal, wherein the second response indicates a second number of radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags mixed in with paint applied to the surface of the part; and comparing the first number of RFID tags to the second number of RFID tags to determine whether a minor deviation exists between the first and second numbers; and approving the insurance claim when the first and second numbers are within a predefined range of the first expected value, and when the minor deviation exists between the first and second numbers; and processing the insurance claim.