System and method for aggregating used vehicle data and presenting used vehicles for sale
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1. A system to provide searchable vehicle purchase options, the system comprising:
- a computerized system including one or more processors, memory and program code operable to carry out the following steps;
(a) receiving, from one or more sources, electronic vehicle data regarding multiple vehicles that are available for purchase from multiple selling parties;
(b) receiving, from a source, electronic vehicle value data for each of the multiple vehicles;
(c) assigning, for each of the multiple vehicles, a vehicle offer price at which the vehicle will be offered for subsequent sale, the vehicle offer price incorporating a profit according to an established algorithm;
(d) establishing a searchable database of vehicle information for the multiple vehicles that includes make, model, model year, mileage, color, vehicle location information, selling party'"'"'s wholesale selling price and vehicle offer price for each vehicle;
(e) in response to receiving one or more defined vehicle attributes, searching the database to identify vehicles that satisfy the defined vehicle attributes; and
(f) presenting for viewing vehicle data for multiple vehicles identified in step (e), including the make, model, model year, mileage, and offer price;
wherein the computerized system further includes program code operable to carry out one or both of the following steps;
(g1) exclude from the database of vehicle information established in step (d) and/or the vehicle data presented in step (f) vehicles flagged as problem vehicles according to data received in step (a); and
/or(g2) exclude from the database of vehicle information established in step (d) and/or the vehicle data presented in step (f) any vehicle of the multiple vehicles for which the damage repair cost exceeds a specified dollar amount;
wherein step (a) includes receiving a vehicle image for each vehicle and the computerized system further includes program code to automatically crop each vehicle image to a standard relative height and width that is resized to thumbnail and in step (f) the thumbnail is presented for viewing in order to provide faster loading of search results from the database.
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Abstract
A computerized system collects used vehicle data regarding vehicles available for sale from numerous sources (e.g., as from a vehicle auction system), and modifies and supplements such vehicle data for presentation to the consuming public in a searchable manner such that a single entity (e.g., a specific dealer) can offer all of the vehicles for sale to consumers while accounting for the various costs that will be incurred by the selling entity to successfully complete the sales transaction. The system may include interactive functionality with CRM systems to facilitate customer communications.
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1. A system to provide searchable vehicle purchase options, the system comprising:
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a computerized system including one or more processors, memory and program code operable to carry out the following steps; (a) receiving, from one or more sources, electronic vehicle data regarding multiple vehicles that are available for purchase from multiple selling parties; (b) receiving, from a source, electronic vehicle value data for each of the multiple vehicles; (c) assigning, for each of the multiple vehicles, a vehicle offer price at which the vehicle will be offered for subsequent sale, the vehicle offer price incorporating a profit according to an established algorithm; (d) establishing a searchable database of vehicle information for the multiple vehicles that includes make, model, model year, mileage, color, vehicle location information, selling party'"'"'s wholesale selling price and vehicle offer price for each vehicle; (e) in response to receiving one or more defined vehicle attributes, searching the database to identify vehicles that satisfy the defined vehicle attributes; and (f) presenting for viewing vehicle data for multiple vehicles identified in step (e), including the make, model, model year, mileage, and offer price; wherein the computerized system further includes program code operable to carry out one or both of the following steps; (g1) exclude from the database of vehicle information established in step (d) and/or the vehicle data presented in step (f) vehicles flagged as problem vehicles according to data received in step (a); and
/or(g2) exclude from the database of vehicle information established in step (d) and/or the vehicle data presented in step (f) any vehicle of the multiple vehicles for which the damage repair cost exceeds a specified dollar amount; wherein step (a) includes receiving a vehicle image for each vehicle and the computerized system further includes program code to automatically crop each vehicle image to a standard relative height and width that is resized to thumbnail and in step (f) the thumbnail is presented for viewing in order to provide faster loading of search results from the database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system to provide searchable vehicle purchase options, the system comprising:
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a computerized system including one or more processors, memory and program code operable to carry out the following steps; (a) receiving, from one or more sources, electronic vehicle data regarding multiple vehicles that are available for purchase from multiple selling parties; (b) receiving, from a source, electronic vehicle value data for each of the multiple vehicles; (c) assigning, for each of the multiple vehicles, a vehicle offer price at which the vehicle will be offered for subsequent sale, the vehicle offer price incorporating a defined profit; (d) establishing a searchable database of vehicle information for the multiple vehicles that includes at least make, model, model year, mileage, color, vehicle location information, and vehicle offer price for each vehicle; (e) in response to receiving one or more defined vehicle attributes, searching the database to identify vehicles that satisfy the defined vehicle attributes; and (f) presenting for viewing vehicle data for multiple vehicles identified in step (e), including the make, model, model year, mileage, and offer price; wherein the computerized system further includes program code operable to carry out at least one of the following steps; (g1) exclude from the database of vehicle information established in step (d) and/or the vehicle data presented in step (f) vehicles flagged as problem vehicles according to data received in step (a);
or(g2) exclude from the database of vehicle information established in step (d) and/or the vehicle data presented in step (f) any vehicle of the multiple vehicles for which the damage repair cost exceeds a specified dollar amount; wherein step (a) includes receiving a vehicle image for each vehicle and the computerized system further includes program code to automatically crop each vehicle image to a standard relative height and width that is resized to thumbnail and in step (f) the thumbnail is presented for viewing in order to provide faster loading of search results from the database. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A system to provide searchable vehicle purchase options, the system comprising:
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a computerized system including one or more processors, memory and program code operable to carry out the following steps; (a) receiving, from one or more sources, electronic vehicle data regarding multiple vehicles that are available for purchase from multiple selling parties; (b) receiving, from a source, electronic vehicle value data for each of the multiple vehicles; (c) assigning, for each of the multiple vehicles, a vehicle offer price at which the vehicle will be offered for subsequent sale, the vehicle offer price incorporating a profit according to an established algorithm; (d) establishing a searchable database of vehicle information for the multiple vehicles that includes make, model, model year, mileage, color, vehicle location information, selling party'"'"'s wholesale selling price and vehicle offer price for each vehicle; (e) in response to receiving one or more defined vehicle attributes, searching the database to identify vehicles that satisfy the defined vehicle attributes; and (f) presenting for viewing vehicle data for multiple vehicles identified in step (e), including the make, model, model year, mileage, and offer price; wherein step (a) includes receiving a vehicle image for each vehicle and the computerized system further includes program code to automatically crop each vehicle image to a standard relative height and width that is resized to thumbnail and in step (f) the thumbnail is presented for viewing in order to provide faster loading of search results from the database.
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