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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2010
Hong Xiao, Acton, MA (US);
Afshin Moshrefi, Newburyport, MA (US);
Rahul Khushoo, Waltham, MA (US);
Dongchen Wang, Concord, MA (US);
Hong Xiao, Acton, MA (US);
Afshin Moshrefi, Newburyport, MA (US);
Rahul Khushoo, Waltham, MA (US);
Dongchen Wang, Concord, MA (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system includes a database that stores an expert knowledgebase, and one or more servers configured to implement an expert system. The one or more servers receive sensor data associated with sensors from automobile maintenance systems associated with respective ones of multiple automobiles, and analyze the sensor data, using the expert system and the expert knowledgebase, to diagnose whether the multiple automobiles require maintenance and/or repair. The one or more servers send, via a network, results of the analysis of the sensor data to service stations for scheduling maintenance and/or repair of the multiple automobiles.