VEHICLE SALES INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A new vehicle sales information providing method comprising:
- providing a new vehicle having a vehicle information disclosure sheet associated with the new vehicle and machine readable indicia associated with the vehicle information disclosure sheet, the machine readable indicia including coded information representing a vehicle identification code unique to the new vehicle;
receiving the coded information at a location remote to the new vehicle, the coded information having been obtained from captured image data representing a captured image of the machine readable indicia;
retrieving additional vehicle information based on the coded information obtained from the received captured image data, the additional vehicle information including information associated with and in addition to information present on the vehicle information disclosure sheet, and the additional vehicle information being unique to the new vehicle and inapplicable to any other vehicle; and
wirelessly providing to a wireless device at least additional vehicle information data representing the retrieved additional vehicle information.
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Abstract
A new vehicle sales information providing method comprises providing a new vehicle having a vehicle information disclosure sheet and machine readable indicia associated with the disclosure sheet. The indicia include coded information representing a vehicle identification code unique to the new vehicle. The method also comprises receiving the coded information at a location remote to the new vehicle, with the coded information having been obtained from captured image data representing a captured image of the indicia. The method further includes retrieving additional vehicle information based on the coded information. The additional vehicle information includes information associated with and in addition to information present on the vehicle information disclosure sheet, and the additional vehicle information is unique to the new vehicle and inapplicable to any other vehicle. Additionally, the method includes wirelessly providing to a wireless device at least additional vehicle information data representing the retrieved additional vehicle information.
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20 Claims
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1. A new vehicle sales information providing method comprising:
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providing a new vehicle having a vehicle information disclosure sheet associated with the new vehicle and machine readable indicia associated with the vehicle information disclosure sheet, the machine readable indicia including coded information representing a vehicle identification code unique to the new vehicle; receiving the coded information at a location remote to the new vehicle, the coded information having been obtained from captured image data representing a captured image of the machine readable indicia; retrieving additional vehicle information based on the coded information obtained from the received captured image data, the additional vehicle information including information associated with and in addition to information present on the vehicle information disclosure sheet, and the additional vehicle information being unique to the new vehicle and inapplicable to any other vehicle; and wirelessly providing to a wireless device at least additional vehicle information data representing the retrieved additional vehicle information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A new vehicle sales information providing system comprising:
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a data storage configured to store respective sets of vehicle information, each of the respective sets of vehicle information being unique to a respective new vehicle, associated with and in addition to information present on a respective vehicle information disclosure sheet associated with the respective new vehicle, and inapplicable to any other vehicle; and a server configured to receive coded information that has been obtained from captured image data representing a captured image of machine readable indicia associated with a vehicle information disclosure sheet that is associated with one of the respective new vehicles, the machine readable indicia including the coded information representing a vehicle identification code unique to the one of the respective new vehicles, and the server being further configured to obtain the coded information and retrieve from the data storage one of the respective sets of vehicle information based on the coded information obtained from the received captured image data. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A new vehicle sales information providing method comprising:
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operating a wireless device to capture an image of machine readable indicia associated with a Monroney sticker that is associated with a new vehicle, the machine readable indicia including coded information representing a vehicle identification code unique to the new vehicle; operating the wireless device to obtain, from a location remote from the new vehicle based on the coded information, additional vehicle information based on the coded information represented by the captured image, the additional vehicle information including information associated with and in addition to information present on the Monroney sticker, and the additional vehicle information being unique to the new vehicle and inapplicable to any other vehicle; and operating the wireless device to present the additional vehicle information to a user. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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