METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A CERTIFIED SWAP PRICE FOR A VEHICLE
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for swapping certified pre-owned (CPO) vehicles, the CPO vehicles being certified to satisfy a standard established by a certification organization, comprising:
- receiving, by a swap facilitating computer, a request to swap a first CPO vehicle for another CPO vehicle;
determining, by the swap facilitating computer using stored market values, a first base price of the first CPO vehicle and displaying available CPO vehicles or permitting inputting of identification for the other CPO vehicle having a second base price; and
facilitating an offer to swap the first CPO vehicle for the other CPO vehicle by establishing base prices for each of the CPO vehicles using the first and second guaranteed prices.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided that swap certified pre-owned vehicles between dealers. One exemplary computer-implemented method for swapping CPO vehicles includes receiving, by a swap facilitating computer, a request to swap a first CPO vehicle for another CPO vehicle; and determining, by the swap facilitating computer using stored market values, a first base price of the first CPO vehicle and displaying available CPO vehicles or permitting inputting of identification for the other CPO vehicle having a second base price. The exemplary method further includes facilitating an offer to swap the first CPO vehicle for the other CPO vehicle by establishing base prices for each of the CPO vehicles, wherein the base prices can be first and second guaranteed prices.
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36 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for swapping certified pre-owned (CPO) vehicles, the CPO vehicles being certified to satisfy a standard established by a certification organization, comprising:
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receiving, by a swap facilitating computer, a request to swap a first CPO vehicle for another CPO vehicle; determining, by the swap facilitating computer using stored market values, a first base price of the first CPO vehicle and displaying available CPO vehicles or permitting inputting of identification for the other CPO vehicle having a second base price; and facilitating an offer to swap the first CPO vehicle for the other CPO vehicle by establishing base prices for each of the CPO vehicles using the first and second guaranteed prices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for swapping certified pre-owned (CPO) vehicles between first and second dealers, comprising:
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a database of market values; a swap facilitating computer including a processor and a data storage device, the storage device storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, control the swap facilitating computer to; receive a request from the first dealer to swap a first CPO vehicle for another CPO vehicle of the second dealer; determine using the database of market values a first base price of the first CPO vehicle; display available CPO vehicles or permit inputting of identification for the other CPO vehicle having a second base price; establish base prices for each of the CPO vehicles; and facilitate an offer to swap the first CPO vehicle for the other CPO vehicle based on the established base prices for the CPO vehicles. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A computer-readable storage device storing program instructions that, when executed by a processor, controls a swap facilitating computer to:
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receive a request from the first dealer to swap a first CPO vehicle for a second CPO vehicle of the second dealer; determine using the database of market values corresponding to a market of the second dealer, a first base price for the first CPO vehicle; determine using the database of market values corresponding to a market of the first dealer, a second base price for the second CPO vehicle; and provide an offer to the second dealer to swap the first CPO vehicle for the second CPO vehicle at the first and second base prices, wherein the first and second dealers certify that the respective first and second CPO vehicles satisfy a standard condition level established by a certification organization.
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