Business method for memorializing vehicle purchase transactions

• US 20030144856A1
• Filed: 01/28/2002
• Published: 07/31/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Garrett Lacour, Gerald Lacour, Mat Nowicky, Robert Cobin
• Original Assignee: Garrett Lacour, Gerald Lacour, Mat Nowicky, Robert Cobin
• Inventors: Cobin, Robert, Nowicky, Mat, Lacour, Garrett, Lacour, Gerald
• Application Number:
  US10/060,027
• Publication Number:
  US 20030144856A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes

Abstract

The invention is of a novel business method for recording vehicle purchase transactions involving sales staff and customers. The method involves, through use of a software-driven program on a PC, recording audio and video data using a PC-connected digital video camera and PC-connected microphone, generating transaction-specific data to be saved with the audio and video data, storing the transaction-specific data, audio, and video data onto substantially indelible media in a data file identified by a unique data file name or number, and storing a record of the transaction-specific data and the associated unique file name or number into a searchable database for later location of the transaction recording.

Claims

1. A business method for memorializing vehicle purchase transactions comprising the steps of:

selecting a video camera;

selecting computer means;

interfacing said video camera with said computer means;

installing computer software onto said computer means, which software effects initiation and termination of recordation of video images into a data file, associates user-inputted unique data specific to said purchase transaction with said data file upon saving of said data file to storage media, assigns a unique identifier to said file as said file is recorded to said storage media at termination of said recordation, and, upon stores a record of said unique data and said unique identifier into a searchable database wherein multiple data files may be searched with respect to said unique data;

actuating said computer software for input of said user inputted unique data;

actuating said computer software for initiation of said recording of said transaction;

at the end of a transaction which is to be recorded, actuating said computer software for termination of said recordation and storage of said data file onto said storage media and of said record into said database.

2. The business method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of:

selecting an audio microphone;

interfacing said audio microphone with said computer;

including in said computer software, features for initiation of audio recording substantially simultaneous with said recordation of video images by said video camara, and storage of audio data into said data file, thereby producing an audio video record of said transaction.