US 2019/0297162 A1 · SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN AUTOMOTIVE COMMERCE EXCHANGE

Abstract

Disclosed are systems and methods to provide a platform for standardizing application programming interfaces (APIs) for a plurality of different dealership management software (DMS) systems. A computer server includes one or more processors of an automotive commerce exchange platform. The one or more processors are configured to execute a plurality of different software interfaces with a plurality of different DMS systems and provide a standardized software interface. The standardized software interface is configured to enable communication between the one or more processors of the automotive commerce exchange platform and a plurality of different devices of entities involved with an automotive market. The standardized software interface is also configured to enable the plurality of different devices access to each of the plurality of different DMS systems independent of local software interfaces of the plurality of different devices with each of the different DMS systems.

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Dependent claims

A computer server, comprising:

one or more processors of an automotive commerce exchange platform;
and
one or more computer-readable storage media operably coupled to the one or more processors, the one or more computer-readable storage media having computer-readable instructions stored thereon, the computer-readable instructions configured to instruct the one or more processors to:
execute a plurality of different software interfaces with a plurality of different dealership management software (DMS) systems;
and
provide a standardized software interface to enable communication between the one or more processors of the automotive commerce exchange platform and a plurality of different devices of entities involved with an automotive market, and to enable the plurality of different devices access to each of the plurality of different DMS systems independent of local software interfaces of the plurality of different devices with each of the different DMS systems.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Systems and methods for an automotive commerce exchange

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Systems and methods for an automotive commerce exchange

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Abstract

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