SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING ADD-ON SALES AT A VEHICLE DEALERSHIP
First Claim
1. A computer-based method of managing add-ons at a vehicle dealership, the method comprising:
- providing a set of deals in a computer system, each deal comprising a plurality of add-on products;
identifying one of the deals related to a vehicle purchase;
storing the one deal in the computer system; and
later, dividing the one deal into component add-on products and for each of the component add-on products, sending a sale confirmation to a provider of the each component add-on product.
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Abstract
An application for a system for managing add-ons at a vehicle dealership includes a dealer management computer system for managing processes of a vehicle dealership and an exchange system server interfaced to the dealer management computer system. There are a set of deals stored on the exchange system server, each deal comprising a multiple add-on product offerings. Several providers exist, each provider being associated with at least one of the product offerings. Several terminal computer systems are interfaced to the dealer management computer system for order entry, etc. Software associates one of the deals with a vehicle purchase and separates each deal into component product offerings and for each of the component product offerings, sends a sale confirmation for the component product offering to an associated provider of the plurality of providers.
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24 Claims
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1. A computer-based method of managing add-ons at a vehicle dealership, the method comprising:
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providing a set of deals in a computer system, each deal comprising a plurality of add-on products; identifying one of the deals related to a vehicle purchase; storing the one deal in the computer system; and later, dividing the one deal into component add-on products and for each of the component add-on products, sending a sale confirmation to a provider of the each component add-on product. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for managing add-ons at a vehicle dealership, the system comprising:
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a dealer management computer system for managing processes of a vehicle dealership; an exchange system server interfaced to the dealer management computer system; a set of deals, each deal comprising a plurality of add-on product offerings, the deals stored on the exchange system server; a plurality of providers, each provider associated with at least one of the add-on product offerings; a plurality of terminal computer systems interfaced to the dealer management computer system; software to associate one of the deals with a vehicle purchase; and software to separate the one of the deals into component add-on product offerings and for each of the component add-on product offerings, software to send a sale confirmation for the each of the component add-on product offering to an associated provider of the plurality of providers. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19)
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17. A signal tangibly embodied in a propagation medium comprising at least one instruction configured to implement a system for managing add-ons at a vehicle dealership, wherein the at least one instruction comprises:
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computer readable instructions for providing a set of deals, each deal comprising a plurality of add-on products; computer readable instructions for identifying one of the deals related to a vehicle purchase; computer readable instructions for storing the one deal; and later, computer readable instructions for dividing the one deal into component add-on products and for each of the component add-on products, computer readable instructions for sending a sale confirmation to a provider of the each component add-on product. - View Dependent Claims (18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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