Ronald A Nelson

US Patent:

7076391, Jul 11, 2006

Filed:

Oct 31, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/286146

Inventors:

Mostafa Pakzad - Palos Verdes Peninsula CA, US
Minh N. Trinh - Irvine CA, US
Ronald L. Nelson - Yorba Linda CA, US
Joseph M. Viglione - Laguna Hills CA, US
James M. Mang - Laguna Hills CA, US
Suleyman Attila Yolar - Irvine CA, US

Assignee:

Western Digital Technologies, Inc. - Lake Forest CA

International Classification:

G06F 19/00

US Classification:

702118, 702 57, 702 81, 702117, 324 731, 324210, 324755, 3241581, 361685, D14337, D14348

Abstract:

An asynchronous system for testing disk drives includes a test platform that includes a plurality of slots for receiving and for providing communication with drives. The slots are segregated into a plurality of groups configured to satisfy predetermined environmental, communication bandwidth and test schedule requirements of the drives to be loaded therein. An automated loader/unloader is configured to selectively load drives into and out of the platform and to move drives between the plurality of groups. A module controller is assigned to each group of slots, each module controller being coupled to the slots of its assigned group and configured to administer at least one test to drives loaded in its assigned group while insuring that the predetermined environmental, communication bandwidth and test schedule requirements of its assigned group remain satisfied. A test matrix controller controls the loader/unloader to asynchronously move each drive that passes the test(s) administered in one group to a selected empty slot of another group for administration of a next test, to asynchronously move each drive that completes or fails the series of tests out of the platform. The moving steps are carried out without compromising the respective environmental, communication bandwidth and test schedule requirements of the plurality of groups.

US Patent:

20140122130, May 1, 2014

Filed:

Oct 29, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/663146

Inventors:

- Chicago IL, US
David Douglas Boden - Manhattan Beach CA, US
Ronald Nelson - Culver City CA, US
Jesse Horski - Lakewood CA, US
Sean Christopher FitzGerald - Del Aire CA, US
Dhruv Bansal - Naperville IL, US
Darrell K. Goodwin - La Verne CA, US
Subrat Mishra - Mount Prospect IL, US

Assignee:

CCC INFORMATION SERVICES, INC. - Chicago IL

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00
G06Q 40/08

US Classification:

705 4, 705305

Abstract:

A system for preparing vehicle repair estimates and sourcing parts for vehicles includes a processor, a display in communication with the processor, and an input device in communication with the processor. The display is configured to display information generated by the processor, while the input device is configured to receive inputs from a user and transmit the inputs to the processor. The processor is configured to identify records in a first electronic database that relate to a particular vehicle, identify records in a second {or multiple} electronic database relating to a source of parts for the particular vehicle, display a repair estimate illustrating recommended parts and part sources on the display, and receive user input identifying parts other than recommended, or identifying a different source for a recommended part, and automatically updating the estimate and notification of guideline exceptions.