Patents by Inventor Michael Anthony Hastings

Michael Anthony Hastings has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and system for communicating vehicle repair information to a business-to-business rental vehicle reservation management computer system
    Patent number: 10366352
    Abstract: Various aspects of a system and method are disclosed for communicating vehicle repair data among a plurality of parties, wherein a data pump is employed to automate the extraction of vehicle repair data such as labor hours estimation data from a repair facility computer system for delivery to interested parties, including a rental vehicle service provider that provides replacement rental vehicles to drivers whose vehicles are undergoing repairs at repair facilities. A reservation management computer system operated by the rental vehicle service provider can thus use the received vehicle repair data to facilitate management of replacement rental vehicle reservations by its business partners, such as insurance companies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: The Crawford Group, Inc.
    Inventors: David Gary Smith, Owen R. Miller, Anita K. Klopfenstein, Russell E. Dittmar, Doug Kelly, Michael Anthony Hastings, Carmela Pham, Erick Bickett
  • Method and System for Communicating Vehicle Repair Information to a Business-to-Business Rental Vehicle Reservation Management Computer System
    Publication number: 20080162199
    Abstract: Various aspects of a system and method are disclosed for communicating vehicle repair data among a plurality of parties, wherein a data pump is employed to automate the extraction of vehicle repair data such as labor hours estimation data from a repair facility computer system for delivery to interested parties, including a rental vehicle service provider that provides replacement rental vehicles to drivers whose vehicles are undergoing repairs at repair facilities. A reservation management computer system operated by the rental vehicle service provider can thus use the received vehicle repair data to facilitate management of replacement rental vehicle reservations by its business partners, such as insurance companies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: THE CRAWFORD GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: David Gary Smith, Owen R. Miller, Anita K. Klopfenstein, Russell E. Dittmar, Doug Kelly, Michael Anthony Hastings, Carmela Pham, Erick Bickett