Mark C Olson

US Patent:

D474249, May 6, 2003

Filed:

Feb 8, 2001

Appl. No.:

29/136947

Inventors:

Richard J. Tait - Seattle WA 98144
W. Whitney Alexander - Seattle WA 98103
Andrew R. Forrest - Everett WA 98201
Alan J. Pruzan - Seattle WA 98122
Michael Robert Adams - Seattle WA 98109
Kris Tomasson - San Francisco CA 94118
Jayson White Pegler - Pleasanton CA 94588
Freddy Allen Anzures - San Francisco CA 94109
Mark H. Olson - San Francisco CA 94117

International Classification:

2101

US Classification:

D21392, D21372, D21385

US Patent:

7487018, Feb 3, 2009

Filed:

Aug 2, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/196374

Inventors:

Farzam Afshar - Newport Beach CA, US
Cynthia L. Granse - Naperville IL, US
Mark E. Olson - Lake Forest Park WA, US

Assignee:

Verifacts Automotive, LLC - Newport Beach CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

701 29, 705 7

Abstract:

A system for on-site collection of evaluation data at a vehicle repair site installation is disclosed. Generally the system includes a mobile computing tool wirelessly connected to a database, a workflow operations guiding module that runs on the mobile computing tool, an evaluation module, a comparison module, a data-mining module, a certification module, a legal compliance module, and a repair procedure compliance module. As a vehicle is repaired, the workflow operations guiding module prompts a coach with questions. The evaluation module performs a quantitative analysis of the answers provided by the coach and the comparison module compares the result of the quantitative analysis against aggregated or averaged information. The certification module compares information from the comparison module against predetermined certification criteria and the data mining module identifies correlations, trends or patterns in collected data by the system.

US Patent:

8428810, Apr 23, 2013

Filed:

Jan 30, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/363116

Inventors:

Farzam Afshar - Newport Beach CA, US
Cynthia L. Granse - Naperville IL, US
Mark E. Olson - Lake Forest Park WA, US

Assignee:

Verifacts Automotive, LLC - Newport Beach CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

701 296, 701 316, 701 317, 701 323, 701 329, 701 332, 701 334, 701 337

Abstract:

A system for on-site collection of evaluation data at a vehicle repair installation site is disclosed. Generally the system includes a computing tool connected to a database, a workflow operations guiding module that runs on the computing tool, an evaluation module, a comparison module, a data-mining module, a certification module, a legal compliance module, and a repair procedure compliance module. As a vehicle is repaired, the workflow operations guiding module prompts a coach with questions. The evaluation module performs a quantitative analysis of the answers provided by the coach and the comparison module compares the result of the quantitative analysis against aggregated or averaged information. The certification module compares information from the comparison module against predetermined certification criteria and the data mining module identifies correlations, trends or patterns in collected data by the system.