Method and System for Marketing Vehicles for Sale or Lease to Replace Totaled Vehicles
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1. A method for marketing vehicles, the method comprising:
- an insurance company computer receiving data indicative of a customer who has a totaled vehicle;
in response to the data receiving step, the insurance company computer initiating a search of inventory data representative of a plurality of vehicles available for sale or lease to identify a plurality of vehicles available for sale or lease to the customer to replace the totaled vehicle; and
in response to the searching step, the insurance company computer displaying a list of the identified vehicles.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed for marketing vehicles for sale or lease to drivers whose ordinary vehicles have been totaled. In an exemplary embodiment, data about a totaled vehicle may be entered by an insurance adjuster into a computer system, and this data can be leveraged to trigger the marketing of vehicles for sale or lease to a driver to replace the totaled vehicle.
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1. A method for marketing vehicles, the method comprising:
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an insurance company computer receiving data indicative of a customer who has a totaled vehicle; in response to the data receiving step, the insurance company computer initiating a search of inventory data representative of a plurality of vehicles available for sale or lease to identify a plurality of vehicles available for sale or lease to the customer to replace the totaled vehicle; and in response to the searching step, the insurance company computer displaying a list of the identified vehicles. - 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, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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27. An apparatus for marketing vehicles, the apparatus comprising:
an insurance company computer configured to manage an insurance claim for a policyholder relating to a disabled vehicle of the policyholder by using a single application to (1) interact with a rental vehicle reservation management computer system to create and manage a replacement rental vehicle reservation on behalf of the policyholder, (2) receive data indicative of the disabled vehicle being totaled, and (3) in response to the received data indicative of the disabled vehicle being totaled, (i) initiate a search of inventory data representative of a plurality of vehicles available for sale or lease to identify a plurality of vehicles available for sale or lease to the policyholder to replace the totaled vehicle, and (ii) display a list of the identified vehicles for marketing to the policyholder.
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28. A system for marketing vehicles, the system comprising:
an insurance company computer configured to (1) receive data indicative of a customer who has a totaled vehicle, (2) in response to the receipt of the data, initiate a search of inventory data representative of a plurality of vehicles available for sale or lease to identify a plurality of vehicles available for sale or lease to the customer to replace the totaled vehicle, and (3) in response to the search, display a list of the identified vehicles. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A method comprising:
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accessing data in a database about an inventory comprising a plurality of vehicles available for sale or lease; capturing data about a replacement rental vehicle driver; and searching the accessed data based on the captured data to generate at least one lead for marketing at least one replacement vehicle from the inventory for sale or lease to the driver; and wherein the method steps are performed by a computer system.
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58. A method comprising:
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providing data over the Internet to a remote computer for populating a plurality of graphical user interface (GUI) screens on the remote computer; accepting input over the Internet through the provided GUI screens; creating a reservation transaction for a rental vehicle in response to the accepted input, wherein the rental vehicle comprises a replacement vehicle for a disabled vehicle; performing any of a plurality of management functions on the reservation transaction in response to the accepted input, wherein the management functions include making a transactional change to a rental contract corresponding to the reservation transaction; accessing a database comprising data corresponding to an inventory of vehicles; and in response to accepted input that is indicative of the disabled vehicle being totaled, searching the database for vehicles within the inventory for marketing as a sale or lease thereof to an owner of the disabled vehicle; and wherein the method steps are performed by a computer system. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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64. An Internet-enabled automatic rental vehicle transaction system, said system comprising:
a computer system configured to (1) provide management functionality to a reservation transaction for a rental vehicle on behalf of an owner whose vehicle is disabled, (2) access a database comprising data corresponding to an inventory of vehicles available for sale or lease, (3) identify the disabled vehicle as being eligible for replacement, and (4) search the database for vehicles within the inventory to identify at least one vehicle available for sale or lease to the owner as a replacement for the eligible disabled vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80)
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