SOFTWARE AND METHOD FOR SELLING PRODUCTS

• US 20130297465A1
• Filed: 04/08/2013
• Published: 11/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: James Plankey
• Original Assignee: James Plankey
• Inventors: Plankey, James
• Application Number:
  US13/858,730
• Publication Number:
  US 20130297465A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/28
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders

Abstract

A system of uploading information and selling a product from a web-based media portal. The system may include a computer program that enables a user to upload product information and record video of the product. The computer program further allows the user to extract still photos from the video and to upload the product information, recorded video, and extracted still photos to a web-based media portal to be accessed and displayed to a third-party consumer.

Claims

1. A system for online selling of a product, comprising:

a computer having a user interface; and

a program product comprising computer-readable program code for causing, when executed, the computer to perform the following process steps;

downloading information about the product to be sold, wherein the information is inputted from a user;

recoding video, wherein the user records video of the product to be sold;

saving the recorded video to a database or an internal memory of the computer;

extracting still images from the video, wherein the user extracts the still images;

saving the still images to a database or the internal memory of the computer; and

uploading the information about the product to be sold, the video and the still images to a media portal.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the video comprises audio and video.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the extraction of the still images is at least one of an automated extraction and a manual extraction.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the media portal is accessed and displayed to a third party on the internet.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the user is a private seller.

6. The system of claim 3, wherein the product is a vehicle.

7. The system of claim 4, wherein the information inputted from the private seller is a Vehicle Identification Number.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein the program product further causes the computer to decode the Vehicle Information Number and save the decoded Vehicle Information Number to the computer.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the video and the still images are available via a URL dashboard.