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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2014
The Crawford Group, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
John Allan Altermatt, Wildwood, MO (US);
Kelli Jane Boruff, St. Charles, MO (US);
Matthew Lynn Crawford, O'Fallon, MO (US);
Robert Noah Matroni, St. Peters, MO (US);
The Crawford Group, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are disclosed for building a consolidated searchable database of vehicle images that were captured at a plurality of different sites. The database can be searched to track vehicle condition over time and over a plurality of transactions involving the vehicles. From this information, a determination can be made as to whether damage first arose on a vehicle during a particular transaction for the purpose of allocating responsibility for payment of repair costs.