US Patent Issued to Opus IVS on Aug. 11 for "Vehicle service provider scheduling system and method of use" (Michigan, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,705,938, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Opus IVS Inc. (Dexter, Mich.).

"Vehicle service provider scheduling system and method of use" was invented by Brian J. Herron (Dexter, Mich.) and Frank M. Terlep (Richardson, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method of scheduling an outsourced vehicle service includes providing access to a service scheduling program at a repair facility via a vehicle diagnostic computer tool or via a vehicle repair estimating software system, where the service scheduling program is integrated into or accessible by the vehicle diagnostic computer tool or the vehicle repair estimating software sys...