Identifying potential customers for an identified vehicle in inventory based on information that is specific to the potential customer
AssigneeXtream Service, Inc. A Delaware Corporation
InventorsCharles Richard Colson, Rafael A. Duluc
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program products for a user, such as, for example, a vehicle dealership or a vehicle manufacturer to identify a vehicle that is available to the user or that the user, or a dealership associated the user, would like to sell or lease. Once the vehicle is identified, identifying prospective customers for the vehicle based on information associated with existing/previous customers or prospective customers, such as customers who currently have a vehicle that the identified vehicle is a likely substitute.
Claims20
A method for determining a trade-in value of a vehicle offered by a potential customer for trade-in as part of a vehicle transaction, the method comprising:
- receiving, via a computing device, information that identifies the trade-in vehicle;
- identifying, via a computing device processor, one or more potential buyers for the trade-in vehicle based on the information that identifies the vehicle;
- and
- determining the trade-in value of the trade-in vehicle based at least in part on how many potential buyers are identified.
A non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage medium embodying instructions for determining a trade-in value of a vehicle offered by a potential customer for trade-in as part of a vehicle transaction, the instructions comprising:
- receiving, via a computing device, information that identifies the vehicle;
- identifying, via a computing device processor, one or more potential buyers for the vehicle based on the information that identifies the vehicle;
- and
- determining the trade-in amount of the vehicle based at least in part on how many potential buyers are determined.
A method for determining a prospective buyer for a vehicle offered by a potential customer for trade-in as part of a vehicle transaction, the method comprising:
- receiving, via a computing device, information that identifies the trade-in vehicle;
- identifying, via a computing device processor, one or more potential buyers for the trade-in vehicle based on the information that identifies the vehicle;
- and
- communicating with the one or more potential buyers for the trade-in vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.