Third-Party Inspection of Vehicles in an Electronic Marketplace System
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1. A system comprising:
- a platform comprising a plurality of items and data of the plurality of items, wherein the plurality of items is in a wholesale market and is available for purchase only by a dealer in the wholesale market;
a wholesale automobile market module (WAMM) coupled to the platform, the WAMM comprising a wholesale inventory of the plurality of items available for purchase in the wholesale market; and
an inspection management system (IMS) coupled to the platform, the IMS comprising a plurality of modules with interfaces that enable the dealer to select an inspector of a plurality of inspectors to inspect the at least one item, receive inspection results, and automatically distribute the inspection results in the wholesale marketplace.
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Abstract
A Third-Party Inspection (TPI) System in which wholesale sellers of items, like automobiles for example, can order third party inspections of their vehicles online, automatically track the status of the inspections and have the inspections loaded to an online wholesale marketplace for sale. The TPI system allows dealers to manage the entire process, from inspection ordering to wholesale sale, through a single interface, by integrating inspection ordering, status tracking and receipt into an online system and an online wholesale marketplace.
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1. A system comprising:
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a platform comprising a plurality of items and data of the plurality of items, wherein the plurality of items is in a wholesale market and is available for purchase only by a dealer in the wholesale market; a wholesale automobile market module (WAMM) coupled to the platform, the WAMM comprising a wholesale inventory of the plurality of items available for purchase in the wholesale market; and an inspection management system (IMS) coupled to the platform, the IMS comprising a plurality of modules with interfaces that enable the dealer to select an inspector of a plurality of inspectors to inspect the at least one item, receive inspection results, and automatically distribute the inspection results in the wholesale marketplace. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A system comprising:
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a platform comprising a processor and a database that includes a plurality of items and data of the plurality of items, wherein the plurality of items is in a wholesale market and is available for purchase only by a dealer in the wholesale market, wherein the database includes data of a plurality of inspectors that are third-party inspectors; a wholesale automobile market module (WAMM) coupled to the platform, the WAMM comprising a wholesale inventory of the plurality of items available for purchase in the wholesale market; and an inspection management system (IMS) coupled to the platform, the IMS comprising a plurality of modules with interfaces that enable the dealer to select from the plurality of inspectors an inspector to inspect the at least one item, receive inspection results, and automatically distribute the inspection results in the wholesale marketplace.
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55. A method comprising:
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presenting via a platform a plurality of items and data of the plurality of items to a dealer, wherein the plurality of items is in a wholesale market and is available for purchase only by the dealer in the wholesale market; presenting via a wholesale automobile market module (WAMM) coupled to the platform a wholesale inventory comprising the plurality of items; and presenting via an inspection management system (IMS) coupled to the platform a plurality of interfaces that enable the dealer to select from a plurality of inspectors an inspector to inspect the at least one item, receive inspection results, and automatically distribute via the platform the inspection results in the wholesale marketplace. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107)
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