FACILITATING TRANSACTIONS WITH GRANULAR JOB OUTCOMES

• US 20130262255A1
• Filed: 09/27/2012
• Published: 10/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Strategyn Ventures, LLC
• Original Assignee: Strategyn Equity Partners, LLC
• Inventors: HAYNES, James M. III, ULWICK, Anthony W.
• Application Number:
  US13/629,527
• Publication Number:
  US 20130262255A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0605 Supply or demand aggregation

Abstract

Disclosed is facilitating granular job used vehicle transactions. Methods can include assessing a market value of a vehicle, integrating the assessed market value of the identified vehicle into a market model including an adaptive pricing strategy, and setting a seller-side price for the identified vehicle based on the adaptive pricing strategy. Methods can also include building a marketing model of the identified vehicle based on the adaptive pricing strategy, attracting a set of potential buyers based on the marketing model, receiving buyer-related information about each of the set of potential buyers, and identifying one or more qualified buyers from the set of potential buyers based on the buyer-related information of the one or more qualified buyers. Methods can also include facilitating a sale of the vehicle from the seller to at least one of the one or more qualified buyers.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

identifying a vehicle for sale by a seller;

assessing a market value of the identified vehicle based on one or more of a condition, a make, and a model of the identified vehicle;

integrating the assessed market value of the identified vehicle into a market model based on market information related to the make and the model of the identified vehicle, the market model including an adaptive pricing strategy;

setting a seller-side price for the identified vehicle based on the adaptive pricing strategy;

building a marketing model of the identified vehicle based on the adaptive pricing strategy;

attracting a set of potential buyers based on the marketing model;

receiving buyer-related information about each of the set of potential buyers;

identifying one or more qualified buyers from the set of potential buyers based on the buyer-related information of the one or more qualified buyers;

facilitating a sale of the vehicle from the seller to at least one of the one or more qualified buyers.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein facilitating the sale of the identified vehicle comprises:

receiving a bid for the identified vehicle from the one qualified buyer;

facilitating acceptance of the bid by the seller.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein facilitating the sale of the identified vehicle comprises:

facilitating legal transfer of the identified vehicle from the seller to the one qualified buyer;

facilitating payment for the identified vehicle from the one qualified buyer to the seller.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein facilitating the sale of the identified vehicle comprises:

providing a set of instructions to the seller to physically prepare the vehicle for delivery to the one qualified buyer;

coordinating the delivery of the vehicle from the seller to the one qualified buyer.

5. A method, comprising:

receiving financial information and vehicle preference information from a potential buyer;

assigning a vehicle budget to the potential buyer based on one or more of the financial information and the vehicle preference information;

assigning a vehicle purchase category to the potential buyer based on one or more of the financial information and the vehicle preference information;

providing to the potential buyer a set of vehicles for sale based on the vehicle budget and the vehicle purchase category;

receiving a selection of one of the set of vehicles;

updating a market model for the selected vehicle, the market model based on market information related to a make and a model of the selected vehicle, the market model including an adaptive pricing strategy;

setting a buyer-side price for the selected vehicle, the buyer-side price based on the adaptive pricing strategy and a marketing model for the selected vehicle;

facilitating a sale of the selected vehicle from the seller to the potential buyer.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

calculating maintenance costs for the selected vehicle;

validating one or more of;

a safety rating, an aesthetic quality, and a vehicle handling rating of the selected vehicle.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein facilitating the sale of the selected vehicle comprises:

receiving a bid for the selected vehicle from the potential buyer;

facilitating acceptance of the bid by the seller.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein facilitating the sale of the selected vehicle comprises:

facilitating legal transfer of the selected vehicle from the seller to the potential buyer;

facilitating payment for the selected vehicle from the potential buyer to the seller.

9. The method of claim 5, wherein facilitating the sale of the selected vehicle comprises:

providing a set of instructions to the seller to physically prepare the vehicle for delivery to the potential buyer;

coordinating the delivery of the vehicle from the seller to the potential buyer.

10. The method of claim 5, wherein facilitating the sale of the selected vehicle comprises:

prioritizing the one or more vehicles based on the vehicle budget and the vehicle preference information;

re-prioritizing potential vehicles based on a match between the adaptive pricing strategy and one or more of the vehicle budget and the vehicle preference information.

11. A method, comprising:

assessing a market value of each a plurality of vehicles for sale, the assessing based on one or more of a condition, a make, and a model of each vehicle;

integrating the assessed market value of one of the plurality of vehicles into a market model based on market information related to the make and the model of the one vehicle, the market model including an adaptive pricing strategy for the one vehicle;

setting a seller-side pricing preference for the one vehicle based on the adaptive pricing strategy for the one vehicle;

obtaining a set of buyers having one or more of a vehicle budget and a vehicle purchase category in accordance with the adaptive pricing strategy for the one vehicle;

assigning each buyer in the set of buyers a purchase ranking corresponding to an extent one or more of the vehicle budget and the vehicle purchase category corresponds to the adaptive pricing strategy for the one vehicle;

matching one of the buyers in the set of buyers with the one vehicle according to the purchase ranking of the one buyer;

obtaining, for the one buyer, a buyer-side pricing preference for the one vehicle based on the adaptive pricing strategy and a marketing model for the one vehicle;

facilitating a sale of the one vehicle to the one buyer.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein facilitating the sale of the one vehicle comprises:

receiving a bid for the one vehicle from the one buyer;

facilitating acceptance of the bid by a seller.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein facilitating the sale of the one vehicle comprises:

facilitating legal transfer of the one vehicle from a seller to the one buyer;

facilitating payment for the one vehicle from the one buyer to the seller.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein facilitating the sale of the one vehicle comprises:

providing a set of instructions to a seller to physically prepare the one vehicle for delivery to the one buyer;

coordinating the delivery of the one vehicle from the seller to the one buyer.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the vehicle comprises one or more of:

a car, an airplane, a boat, a train, a bus, a bicycle, a motorcycle, and a skateboard.