System and Method for Automatic Person-To-Person Vehicle Matching
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1. A method for fostering interactions between prospective buyers and sellers of used vehicles, comprising:
- collecting seller information comprising seller identification information and vehicle-for-sale information from a plurality of sellers;
collecting buyer information comprising buyer identification information and desired-vehicle information from a plurality of buyers; and
upon a triggering event, comparing the vehicle-for-sale information with the desired-vehicle information to produce a list of potential matches, said list relevant to one of the plurality of sellers or one of the plurality of buyers;
sorting the list of potential matches by expected desirability; and
transmitting the list to the one of the plurality of sellers or the one of the plurality of buyers.
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Abstract
Computer-assisted and location-aware sales and marketing systems help buyers and sellers of vehicles find each other when one has (and the other wants) a particular type of vehicle, and when they are in geographic proximity to each other. Extensions of the system allow agents (friends, acquaintances, employees) of the principals to increase the geographic range over which a sales match may be made. Other operational features and modes are also described and claimed.
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1. A method for fostering interactions between prospective buyers and sellers of used vehicles, comprising:
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collecting seller information comprising seller identification information and vehicle-for-sale information from a plurality of sellers; collecting buyer information comprising buyer identification information and desired-vehicle information from a plurality of buyers; and upon a triggering event, comparing the vehicle-for-sale information with the desired-vehicle information to produce a list of potential matches, said list relevant to one of the plurality of sellers or one of the plurality of buyers; sorting the list of potential matches by expected desirability; and transmitting the list to the one of the plurality of sellers or the one of the plurality of buyers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for assisting a seller in marketing and selling a vehicle, comprising:
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collecting information about a seller and a vehicle to be sold, said information comprising a target price of the seller; selecting a plurality of sales records from a vehicle sales database based on the information about the vehicle to be sold; providing a price-effectiveness estimate based on the seller'"'"'s target price and the plurality of sales records; recording the information about the seller and the vehicle to be sold in a marketing database, and then; receiving a geolocation estimate of the seller; searching the marketing database for a suitable buyer information record, wherein a suitability determination includes a comparison of the geolocation estimate of the seller with a geographic fence of a buyer; and if at least one suitable buyer information record is located, notifying the seller of a count of suitable buyer location information records that were located through the searching operation. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions and data to be transmitted to a computing device, the instructions and data to cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
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obtaining an estimate of a current geographic location of the computing device; transmitting the estimate to a server with information to enable the server to associate the estimate with a desired vehicle profile; receiving a reply from the server, said reply comprising a list of filtered and matched vehicles for sale that match the desired vehicle profile and a geographic filter based on the current geographic location; and displaying the list of filtered and matched vehicles for sale. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for assisting a buyer to locate a vehicle for sale, comprising:
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collecting and storing buyer identification information from a buyer; collecting and storing desired-vehicle information from the buyer, said desired-vehicle information comprising use-match information describing a type of vehicle and a buyer'"'"'s target price range comprising a maximum acceptable price and minimum desired price; selecting a list of vehicles from a database of vehicles for sale, each vehicle of said list of vehicles matching the use-match information and a price of each vehicle of said list compatible with the buyer'"'"'s target price range; and sending the list of vehicles to the buyer. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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