Method and system for vehicle transactions management
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1. A system for management of transactions relating to a plurality of vehicles, the system comprising:
- a database of vehicle related data records;
a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags where at least on RFID is installed on each of the plurality of vehicles and each of the plurality of RFID tags installed on vehicles has a memory on which is stored a vehicle related data record;
an RFID tag reader responsive to predetermined triggering conditions for interrogating a given RFID tag installed on a vehicle to recover the vehicle related data record stored thereon; and
a data synchronization tool comprising a data processing facility for accessing and updating the database of vehicle related data records and a facility for communicating with the RFID tag reader for obtaining any vehicle related data record recovered by the RFID tag reader.
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Abstract
RFID tags are used to track motor vehicles on and around a vehicle dealer'"'"'s facility. The information may extend to customer contacts, pending deals and detailed vehicle information. The dealer'"'"'s salesmen and service writers can access the information using handheld RFID tag readers with which to scan vehicles and integrated PDAs on which data are displayed.
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1. A system for management of transactions relating to a plurality of vehicles, the system comprising:
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a database of vehicle related data records; a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags where at least on RFID is installed on each of the plurality of vehicles and each of the plurality of RFID tags installed on vehicles has a memory on which is stored a vehicle related data record; an RFID tag reader responsive to predetermined triggering conditions for interrogating a given RFID tag installed on a vehicle to recover the vehicle related data record stored thereon; and a data synchronization tool comprising a data processing facility for accessing and updating the database of vehicle related data records and a facility for communicating with the RFID tag reader for obtaining any vehicle related data record recovered by the RFID tag reader. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An automobile dealership management system comprising:
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a data processing facility; a database comprising records relating to the plurality of vehicles maintained on the data processing facility; a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags including memory installed at least one to a vehicle in the plurality of vehicles; at least a partial copy of the database record relating to a particular vehicle stored in the memory of the RFID tag installed on the particular vehicle; and a communication facility responsive to predetermined triggering conditions for recovering the contents of and writing new contents to the memory of the RFID tag installed on the particular vehicle for the data processing facility. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for managing transactions in an automobile dealership, comprising the steps of:
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defining and maintaining a database of vehicle related data records; installing at least a first radio frequency identification (RFID) tags on each of a plurality of motor vehicles and storing at least a partial copy of the vehicle related data record for each vehicle on the RFID tag for that vehicle; periodically updating the vehicle related data records; introducing an RFID tag reader to an area frequented by the vehicles and responsive to predetermined triggering conditions displaying information related to at least a first vehicle on an associated display device to locate the vehicle; and synchronizing vehicle data records maintained on the database and the at least partial vehicle data records stored on the RFID tags. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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