Anthony John Roth

US Patent:

20140156272, Jun 5, 2014

Filed:

Nov 26, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/090866

Inventors:

Joseph M. Sieger - Barrington IL, US
Samip H. Jani - Westmont IL, US
Michael P. Myers - Naperville IL, US
Sharada Rajaraman - Aurora IL, US
Ramya Dubbudu - Schaumburg IL, US
June Lee - Rolling Meadows IL, US
Saurin Travadi - Chicago IL, US
Anthony J. Roth - Chicago IL, US

Assignee:

INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS, INC. - Westchester IL

International Classification:

G10L 15/26
G06F 17/27

US Classification:

704235

Abstract:

A mobile electronic device such as a smart phone receives a spoken vehicle identification number (VIN) by a user. The smart phone device interprets the spoken input as interpreted text. The device removes any spaces, punctuation, words, or sound-alike words from the interpreted text. The device replaces any prohibited characters with corresponding acceptable letters. The device displays the resulting character string as a VIN to the user for comparison to the VIN on a vehicle. The device may communicate to a database to obtain make, model, and model year information corresponding to the VIN and display that vehicle information to the user for confirmation.