System and method useful for interfacing a computer application with a dealer management system
First Claim
1. A method for interfacing a computer application with a dealer management system, comprising:
- invoking a computer application that operates on a computer that is capable of data communication with a dealer management system, wherein the computer includes a software module with at least one control component for interfacing the computer application with the dealer management system, and the computer application includes a data interface for receiving an identifier that is associated with data stored in the dealer management system;
entering the identifier into the computer application using the data interface;
providing the identifier to the control component, wherein the control component is operable to execute instructions for extracting at least a portion of the data associated with the identifier from the dealer management system, wherein the data is extracted in real-time from a database layer of the dealer management system.
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Abstract
A method includes invoking a computer application that operates on a computer that is capable of data communication with a dealer management system. The computer includes a software module with at least one control component for interfacing the computer application with the dealer management system. The computer application includes a data interface for receiving an identifier that is associated with data stored in the dealer management system. The identifier is entered into the computer application using the data interface and provided to the control component. The control component is operable to execute instructions for extracting at least a portion of the data associated with the identifier from the dealer management system, wherein the data is extracted in real-time from a database layer of the dealer management system.
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63 Claims
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1. A method for interfacing a computer application with a dealer management system, comprising:
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invoking a computer application that operates on a computer that is capable of data communication with a dealer management system, wherein the computer includes a software module with at least one control component for interfacing the computer application with the dealer management system, and the computer application includes a data interface for receiving an identifier that is associated with data stored in the dealer management system;
entering the identifier into the computer application using the data interface;
providing the identifier to the control component, wherein the control component is operable to execute instructions for extracting at least a portion of the data associated with the identifier from the dealer management system, wherein the data is extracted in real-time from a database layer of the dealer management system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A software module, comprising:
at least one control component for interfacing a computer application with a dealer management system, wherein the computer application operates on a computer that is capable of data communication with the dealer management system, and the computer application includes a data interface for receiving an identifier that is associated with data stored in the dealer management system, wherein the identifier is provided to the control component, and the control component is operable to execute instructions that include;
extracting at least a portion of the data associated with the identifier from the dealer management system, wherein the data is extracted in real-time from a database layer of the dealer management system. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A software module, comprising:
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at least one control component for interfacing a computer application with a dealer management system, wherein the computer application operates on a computer that is capable of data communication with the dealer management system, and the computer application includes a data interface for receiving an identifier that is associated with data stored in the dealer management system, wherein the identifier is provided to the control component, and the control component is operable to execute instructions that include;
extracting at least a portion of the data associated with the identifier from the dealer management system, wherein the data is extracted in real-time from a database layer of the dealer management system;
providing at least a portion of the data to the computer application, wherein the computer application processes the data resulting in modified data; and
writing at least a portion of the modified data to the dealer management system, wherein the modified data is written in real-time to the database layer of the dealer management system. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A system, comprising:
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a dealer management system; and
at least one control component for interfacing a computer application with the dealer management system, wherein the computer application operates on a computer that is capable of data communication with the dealer management system, and the computer application includes a data interface for receiving an identifier that is associated with data stored in the dealer management system, wherein the identifier is provided to the control component, and the control component is operable to execute instructions that include;
extracting at least a portion of the data associated with the identifier from the dealer management system, wherein the data is extracted in real-time from a database layer of the dealer management system;
providing at least a portion of the data to the computer application, wherein the computer application processes the data resulting in modified data; and
writing at least a portion of the modified data to the dealer management system, wherein the modified data is written in real-time to the database layer of the dealer management system. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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