US 2015/0310466 A1Published application

Sales analyzer systems and methods

AssigneeTrueCar, Inc.

InventorsJacob Michael LaCivita, Scott Stephany, Michael D. Swinson, Thomas Taira

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Abstract

Sales data and vehicle data may be collected by a vehicle data system embodying a special sales analyzer application. For each dealer affiliated or registered with the system and each vehicle transaction record received from the dealer, the system may run analytics to determine, compute, and/or impute supplemental data and internal vehicle pricing data such as trim-level vehicle configuration data, price ranges, exclusion reasons, dealer-specific recommendations, etc. that can later be used to generate a dealer-facing custom user interface. The results are collated into a comprehensive database and persisted in a data store. When requested by a dealer, the system may retrieve dealer-specific information, including sales prices, salespeople, average dealer margins, sales volumes, etc., and anonymized sales data from others in the same geographic region as the dealer and display a visual presentation of all transactions and also individual transactions for that dealer.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

a vehicle data system receiving vehicle sales data from one or more data sources communicatively connected to the vehicle data system, the vehicle data system having at least one processor, non-transitory computer memory, and stored instructions translatable by the at least one processor, the vehicle sales data including automotive transactions associated with a dealer in a geographic area, the dealer affiliated or registered with the vehicle data system;
the vehicle data system running analytics including analyzing the automotive transactions associated with the dealer in the geographic area relative to anonymized information on vehicle sales aggregated across multiple dealers in the geographic area;
the vehicle data system storing results from the analytics in a data store;
the vehicle data system receiving a request from a client device associated with the dealer to analyze dealer-specific vehicle sales in a particular time period;
the vehicle data system querying the data store with one or more parameters from the request, the one or more parameters including the particular time period;
the vehicle data system generating a custom user interface for the dealer based at least in part on the results from the analytics retrieved from the data store, the custom user interface including a visual representation of the dealer-specific vehicle sales and the anonymized information on the vehicle sales aggregated across the multiple dealers in the geographic area;
and
the vehicle data system providing the custom user interface to the client device associated with the dealer.

5 more elements

A vehicle data system, comprising:

at least one processor;
non-transitory computer memory;
and
stored instructions translatable by the at least one processor to perform:
receiving vehicle sales data from one or more data sources communicatively connected to the vehicle data system, the vehicle sales data including automotive transactions associated with a dealer in a geographic area, the dealer affiliated or registered with the vehicle data system;
running analytics including analyzing the automotive transactions associated with the dealer in the geographic area relative to anonymized information on vehicle sales aggregated across multiple dealers in the geographic area;
storing results from the analytics in a data store;
receiving a request from a client device associated with the dealer to analyze dealer-specific vehicle sales in a particular time period;
querying the data store with one or more parameters from the request, the one or more parameters including the particular time period;
generating a custom user interface for the dealer based at least in part on the results from the analytics retrieved from the data store, the custom user interface including a visual representation of the dealer-specific vehicle sales and the anonymized information on the vehicle sales aggregated across the multiple dealers in the geographic area;
and
providing the custom user interface to the client device associated with the dealer.

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A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions translatable by at least one processor of a vehicle data system to perform:

receiving vehicle sales data from one or more data sources communicatively connected to the vehicle data system, the vehicle sales data including automotive transactions associated with a dealer in a geographic area, the dealer affiliated or registered with the vehicle data system;
running analytics including analyzing the automotive transactions associated with the dealer in the geographic area relative to anonymized information on vehicle sales aggregated across multiple dealers in the geographic area;
storing results from the analytics in a data store;
receiving a request from a client device associated with the dealer to analyze dealer-specific vehicle sales in a particular time period;
querying the data store with one or more parameters from the request, the one or more parameters including the particular time period;
generating a custom user interface for the dealer based at least in part on the results from the analytics retrieved from the data store, the custom user interface including a visual representation of the dealer-specific vehicle sales and the anonymized information on the vehicle sales aggregated across the multiple dealers in the geographic area;
and
providing the custom user interface to the client device associated with the dealer.

5 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/696,241Filed 24 Apr 2015
Priority: 25 Apr 2014
Published: 29 Oct 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

G06Q 30/0205
Market segmentation: based on location or geographical consideration
G06Q 10/087
Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management: inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling,…
G06Q 10/08726
Using inventory planning: for replenishment processing, procedures, or recommendations using forecasting or optimisation
G06Q 10/0877
Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders: by inventory control or reporting using inventory…