Car sale information providing system and method, and car dealing system
First Claim
1. A car sale information providing system comprising:
- a car information storage unit stored in a host device and including mappings of car information containing at least a name, a type, a year and a model of a car to car inspection information obtained as a result of inspecting the car concerned, said car information storage unit comprising a search database and a wait-for-registration database;
a car information input device connected to the host device, the car information input device inputting the car information;
a checking unit which checks whether or not the car information input by the car information input device contains the inspection information corresponding to the car information;
a number generating unit which generates a car management number in accordance with a predetermined rule if the car information input by the car information input device does not contain the inspection information;
a registering unit which registers the input car information together with the car management number in the wait-for-registration database if the input car information does not contain the inspection information and which registers the input car information in the search database if the inputted car information contains the inspection information;
an inspection indication output unit which searches the wait-for-registration database and which transmits inspection indicative information for prompting an inspection of a car for which the car information does not contain the inspection information together wit the car management number corresponding to said car information input by the input device to an inspector terminal;
a receiving unit which receives the inspection information together with the car management number and which transfers the car information indicated by the received car management number to the search database from the wait-for-registration database;
a search unit included within the host device which outputs an input screen in response to input conditions when searching the car information stored in said search database of said car information storage unit, and which searches based on conditions input via the input screen; and
a car information output unit included within the host device which outputs display information, including a purchase indication interface which transmits car purchase information containing the searched car information and the car inspection information corresponding to the car information.
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Abstract
An information processing technology of the present invention is capable of speeding up a process that a prospective buyer of a used car determines an intention of purchasing the car. A car sale information providing system of the present invention includes a car information storage unit (13, 14) stored with mappings of car information containing a name, a type, a year model etc of a car to car inspection information obtained as a result of inspecting the car concerned. A car information input device (27, 28) is provided for inputting the car information and getting the car information stored in the car information storage unit (13, 14). A search unit (12) is provided for outputting an input screen for searching the car information stored in the car information storage unit (13, 14), and searching based on conditions inputted. The system includes a car information output unit (26), for outputting display information, including a purchase indication interface for transmitting car purchase information containing the searched car information and the car inspection information corresponding to the car information.
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5 Claims
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1. A car sale information providing system comprising:
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a car information storage unit stored in a host device and including mappings of car information containing at least a name, a type, a year and a model of a car to car inspection information obtained as a result of inspecting the car concerned, said car information storage unit comprising a search database and a wait-for-registration database; a car information input device connected to the host device, the car information input device inputting the car information; a checking unit which checks whether or not the car information input by the car information input device contains the inspection information corresponding to the car information; a number generating unit which generates a car management number in accordance with a predetermined rule if the car information input by the car information input device does not contain the inspection information; a registering unit which registers the input car information together with the car management number in the wait-for-registration database if the input car information does not contain the inspection information and which registers the input car information in the search database if the inputted car information contains the inspection information; an inspection indication output unit which searches the wait-for-registration database and which transmits inspection indicative information for prompting an inspection of a car for which the car information does not contain the inspection information together wit the car management number corresponding to said car information input by the input device to an inspector terminal; a receiving unit which receives the inspection information together with the car management number and which transfers the car information indicated by the received car management number to the search database from the wait-for-registration database; a search unit included within the host device which outputs an input screen in response to input conditions when searching the car information stored in said search database of said car information storage unit, and which searches based on conditions input via the input screen; and a car information output unit included within the host device which outputs display information, including a purchase indication interface which transmits car purchase information containing the searched car information and the car inspection information corresponding to the car information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A car sale information providing method comprising:
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inputting car information into a storage unit included within a host device, the car information containing at least a name, a type, a year and a model of a car, said storage unit including a search database and a wait-for-registration database; checking whether or not the car information input contains the inspection information corresponding to the car information; generating a car management number in accordance with a predetermined rule if the car information input does not contain the inspection information; registering the input car information together with the car management number in the wait-for-registration database if the input car information does not contain the inspection information and registering the input car information in the search database if the input car information contains the inspection information; searching the wait-for-registration database and transmitting inspection indicative information for promoting an inspection of the car for which the car information does not contain the inspection information together with the car management number corresponding to said car information input to an inspector terminal; receiving the inspection information together with the car management number and transferring the car information indicated by the received car management number to the search database from the wait-for-registration database; outputting an input screen to a terminal device connected to the host device for searching the car information and searching based on conditions input via the input screen; displaying, on a terminal device connected to the host device, the searched car information and the car inspection information corresponding to the same car information; and transmitting car purchase information from the host device. - View Dependent Claims (5)
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Specification