Motor vehicle remarketing service

• US 8,117,090 B2
• Filed: 06/02/2009
• Issued: 02/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Craig Duncan Romero
• Original Assignee: Craig Duncan Romero
• Inventors: Romero, Craig Duncan
• Primary Examiner(s): Pond, Robert M.
• Application Number:
  US12/455,463
• Publication Number:
  US 20090271296A1
• Time in Patent Office: 987 Days
• Field of Search: 705/26, 705/27
• US Class Current: 705/27.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0613 Third-party assisted
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces

Abstract

A method in combination with a nationwide alliance of professional car care service providers for remarketing privately owned motor vehicles. Successfully registered sellers present their privately owned motor vehicles at a participating professional car care service provider for processing into the system. The computer-implemented system employs a method based on three-dimensional facial image technology in combination with personal relational identifiers to monitor, identify, isolate, ban, and enforce the express prohibition of used car dealer, used car broker, and curbstoner participation within the system, in any fashion. The service is national in its reach while local in its execution, and provides a national platform for green-marketing the benefits of professional car care versus individual car care alternatives.

Claims

1. A method for remarketing privately owned motor vehicles by consumers through a nationwide alliance of professional car care service providers, said method comprising:

capturing by the service providers using alliance computer workstations three-dimensional facial images of sellers desiring to sell their privately owned motor vehicles and uploading the three-dimensional facial images to a database managed by a nationwide alliance server;

for a given seller, determining a successful registration based upon a negative match of the seller'"'"'s three-dimensional facial image with existing three-dimensional facial images and issuing to the seller by the participating service provider a system website password and/or other relational identifier;

presenting by the registered seller to the participating service provider, the privately owned motor vehicle, a valid driver license, proof of insurance, vehicle identification number and motor vehicle registration document for the privately owned motor vehicle;

establishing the registered seller as being in good standing by the system by determining a system threshold has not been breached;

confirming a positive match based on the presented documents;

recording by the service provider, the vehicle identification number, year, make, model, color, and odometer reading along with the registered seller, name, contact phone number, and contact email address, along with date of entry, in the alliance computer workstation;

washing, detailing or otherwise prepping the privately owned motor vehicle by the service provider;

taking by the service provider digital photographs of the privately owned motor vehicle, interior and exterior, including the vehicle identification number physically located on said motor vehicle in manufacturer designated areas and uploading by the service provider, the digital photographs and the associated recorded seller information into the service provider'"'"'s alliance computer workstation;

accepting by the service provider payment from the seller for remarketing services rendered;

uploading by the service provider, the seller formatted information and accompanying digital photographs into the system'"'"'s central database by said service provider utilizing the alliance computer workstation, utilizing an assigned, encrypted, service provider identification code;

reviewing and verifying by system personnel that the seller formatted information and accompanying digital photographs uploaded by the service provider into the system central database are correctly formatted, with said seller formatted information reflecting said seller name, contact phone number, contact email address, the motor vehicle identification number, year, make, model, color, odometer reading of the motor vehicle, and date of entry into the system; and

listing the privately owned motor vehicle for sale on the system website.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

browsing and/or searching by a registered buyer, the system website for a motor vehicle of interest;

contacting by the registered buyer, the seller of a particular motor vehicle of interest by accessing and retrieving said seller contact information associated with said motor vehicle of interest in the system central database;

arranging by the buyer and the seller, a meeting at a service provider during normal business hours, for inspection of the motor vehicle, test-drive, negotiation, and final exchange;

providing by the buyer and the seller, registration identifiers to the service provider upon arrival;

checking by the service provider, the buyer and seller registration status;

informing by the service provider, the buyer and seller whether the meeting is sanctioned by the system results of the buyer and seller registration status check;

providing by sanctioned buyer and seller, a driver license and current contact information to the service provider before leaving for a test-drive of the motor vehicle;

taking by the service provider, with a digital camera, a digital photograph of the buyer and the seller behind the motor vehicle to be test-driven, with the motor vehicle license plate number in plain view;

securing by the service provider, the buyer and seller driver license and current contact information, along with the digital photograph, until the buyer and seller both announce their return to the service provider, and retrieve the driver license and current contact information.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

controlling and exercising by registered buyer and registered seller, directly and exclusively, with the assistance and aide of a participating service provider or system personnel, only as initiated and requested by buyer or seller, said method utility and all available options.