SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTION OF DATA RELATED TO THE SALE OF A VEHICLE
First Claim
1. A machine-readable medium encoded with instructions for collecting data related to the sale of a product from a sales system at a data collection system, the machine readable medium comprising:
- instructions for receiving, at the data collection system, a first message from the sales system, the first message including a product identifier for the product;
instructions for determining a set of description data describing the product using the product identifier;
instructions for constructing a second message including the product identifier and the set of description data;
instructions for transmitting the second message to the sales system;
instructions for receiving, at the data collection system, a third message from the sales system, the third message including the set of description data and a set of sale information but not including the product identifier; and
instructions for transmitting the set of description data and the set of sale information for storage in a database.
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Abstract
Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related data collection system including one or more of the following: receiving, at the data collection system, a first message from a DMS (Dealer Management System), the first message including a Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) for the vehicle; determining a set of description data describing the vehicle using the VIN; constructing a second message including the VIN and the set of description data; transmitting the second message to the DMS; receiving, at the data collection system, a third message from the DMS, the third message including the set of description data and a set of sale information but not including the VIN; and transmitting the set of description data and the set of sale information for storage in a database.
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21 Claims
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1. A machine-readable medium encoded with instructions for collecting data related to the sale of a product from a sales system at a data collection system, the machine readable medium comprising:
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instructions for receiving, at the data collection system, a first message from the sales system, the first message including a product identifier for the product; instructions for determining a set of description data describing the product using the product identifier; instructions for constructing a second message including the product identifier and the set of description data; instructions for transmitting the second message to the sales system; instructions for receiving, at the data collection system, a third message from the sales system, the third message including the set of description data and a set of sale information but not including the product identifier; and instructions for transmitting the set of description data and the set of sale information for storage in a database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A Data Collection System for collecting data related to the sale of a vehicle from a Dealer Management System (DMS), the data collection system comprising:
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an Interface that receives messages from and transmits messages to the DMS; a Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) Extraction Module that receives a Retail Delivery Request (RDR) and extracts a VIN from the RDR; a Vehicle Description Module that determines a set of description data associated with the VIN extracted by the VIN Extraction Module; a Reply Module that constructs and transmits a reply message to the DMS via the Interface, the reply message including the VIN extracted by the VIN Extraction Module and the set of description data determined by the Vehicle Description Module; a Data Extraction Module that receives a sales data message, extracts a set of vehicle description data and data related to a sale of a vehicle from the sales data message, and transmits the set of vehicle description data and the data related to the sale to a Data Storage System; and a Message Recognition Module that; determines whether a message received from the DMS via the Interface is an RDR or a sales data message, when the received message is an RDR, forwards the message the VIN extraction module, and when the received message is a sales data message, forwards the message to the Data Extraction Module. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A machine-readable medium encoded with instructions for collecting data related to the sale of a vehicle from a Dealer Management System (DMS) at a data collection system, the machine-readable medium comprising:
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instructions for receiving, at the data collection system, a first message from the DMS, the first message including a Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) for the vehicle; instructions for determining a set of description data describing the vehicle using the VIN; instructions for constructing a second message including the VIN and the set of description data; instructions for transmitting the second message to the DMS; instructions for receiving, at the data collection system, a third message from the DMS, the third message including the set of description data and a set of sale information but not including the VIN; and instructions for transmitting the set of description data and the set of sale information for storage in a database. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for collecting data related to a sale of a vehicle, comprising:
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a Dealer Management System (DMS); a Data Collection System; a Retail Delivery Registration(RDR) Processing System; and a Data Storage System, wherein; the DMS; transmits an RDR including a Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) to a Data Collection System after the sale of the vehicle, receives a reply message from the Data Collection System, extracts the VIN and a set of vehicle description data from the reply message, retrieves a set of data related to the sale of the vehicle from at least one local record associated with the VIN, constructs a sales data message including the set of vehicle description data and the data related to the sale of the vehicle, and transmits the sales data message to the Data Collection System, the Data Collection System; receives the RDR from the DMS, forwards the RDR to an RDR Processing System, extracts the VIN from the RDR, determines the set of vehicle description data associated with the VIN, constructs a reply message including the VIN and the set of vehicle description data, transmits the reply message to the DMS, receives a sales data message from the DMS, and transmits the set of vehicle description data and the data related to the sale of the vehicle to a Data Storage System, the RDR Processing System; receives the RDR from the Data Collection System, and updates a database to show that the vehicle has been sold and that a warranty is active, and the Data Storage System receives the set of vehicle description data and the data related to the sale of the vehicle from the Data Collection System, and stores a new record containing the set of vehicle description data and the data related to the sale of the vehicle.
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