US 12,014,334 B2
System for improved vehicular maintenance scheduling
Patrick Weber, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Michael Martinez, Westland, MI (US); Brandon Heeg, Rochester Hills, MI (US); Kelsey Schmitz, Boston, MI (US); and James Austin Turner, Ferndale, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2017, as Appl. No. 15/618,596.
Prior Publication US 2018/0357612 A1, Dec. 13, 2018
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/06 (2023.01); G06Q 10/20 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 10/20 (2013.01) [G06Q 30/0633 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a processor configured to:
wirelessly receive vehicle usage data;
aggregate received data over time;
classify vehicle usage into a predetermined category based on the aggregated received data, wherein the predetermined categories include light usage, medium usage and high usage, based on at least one of a total amount of vehicle usage in terms of at least one of time or distance, the categories corresponding to predetermined amounts of vehicle usage determined based on the vehicle usage data;
access a set of maintenance recommendations associated with the predetermined category; and
send a maintenance recommendation based on a correspondence between the aggregated received data and a value associated with one of the maintenance recommendations.