US 2020/0090244 A1Published application

Vehicle inventory availability notification

AssigneeCars.Com, LLC

InventorsAddhyan Pandey, Sandeep Kandekar, Krishna Anisetty, Alicia A. Nevels, Sunita Negi, Salin Thomas, Srilakshmi Rayapeddi, Nikhil Patel, Chirag S. Patel, David Matthew Krell, Ramesh Jankampet, Audrey Salerno, Jennifer Wylie

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Abstract

Systems and methods for providing information regarding vehicle inventory availability to users of an information system are disclosed. When generating a vehicle data page for a particular vehicle at a particular location, the information system may generate an expected duration of availability of the vehicle as a prediction of the time between listing and sale of the vehicle. When the expected duration of availability is below a threshold, a status indicator may be generated and added to the vehicle data page to alert users that the vehicle is expected to remain available for only a short period of time. An estimate of time remaining for the vehicle may also be generated and presented to users as part of the vehicle data page.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method for providing information regarding vehicle inventory availability, comprising:

receiving, at one or more processors of a server, a page generation request from a first user to post a vehicle page providing vehicle information regarding a uniquely identifiable vehicle for sale, wherein the vehicle information includes vehicle characteristics of the uniquely identifiable vehicle and a location of the uniquely identifiable vehicle;
generating, by the one or more processors of the server, an expected duration of availability of the uniquely identifiable vehicle by applying a predictive model to the vehicle information, wherein the expected duration of availability indicates a total predicted time between the page generation request and a sale of the uniquely identifiable vehicle;
determining, by the one or more processors of the server, a threshold duration based upon the vehicle information, wherein the threshold duration is either a new vehicle threshold duration associated with new vehicles or a used vehicle threshold duration associated with used vehicles;
determining, by the one or more processors of the server, that the expected duration of availability is below the threshold duration;
generating, by the one or more processors of the server, the vehicle page, wherein the vehicle page includes the vehicle information and a status indicator associated with the expected duration of availability;
receiving, at the one or more processors of the server, a page display request from a second user to obtain the vehicle page;
and
transmitting, from the one or more processors of the server, the vehicle page for presentation to the second user.

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A computer system for providing information regarding vehicle inventory availability, comprising:

one or more processors;
a communication module adapted to communicate data via a network;
a program memory coupled to the one or more processors and storing executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computer system to:
receive a page generation request via the communication module from a first user to post a vehicle page providing vehicle information regarding a uniquely identifiable vehicle for sale, wherein the vehicle information includes vehicle characteristics of the uniquely identifiable vehicle and a location of the uniquely identifiable vehicle;
generate an expected duration of availability of the uniquely identifiable vehicle by applying a predictive model to the vehicle information, wherein the expected duration of availability indicates a total predicted time between the page generation request and a sale of the uniquely identifiable vehicle;
determine a threshold duration based upon the vehicle information, wherein the threshold duration is either a new vehicle threshold duration associated with new vehicles or a used vehicle threshold duration associated with used vehicles;
determine that the expected duration of availability is below the threshold duration;
generate the vehicle page, wherein the vehicle page includes the vehicle information and a status indicator associated with the expected duration of availability;
receive a page display request via the communication module from a second user to obtain the vehicle page;
and
transmit via the communication module the vehicle page for presentation to the second user.

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A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable instructions for providing information regarding vehicle inventory availability that, when executed by one or more processors of a computer system, cause the computer system to:

receive a page generation request from a first user to post a vehicle page providing vehicle information regarding a uniquely identifiable vehicle for sale, wherein the vehicle information includes vehicle characteristics of the uniquely identifiable vehicle and a location of the uniquely identifiable vehicle;
generate an expected duration of availability of the uniquely identifiable vehicle by applying a predictive model to the vehicle information, wherein the expected duration of availability indicates a total predicted time between the page generation request and a sale of the uniquely identifiable vehicle;
determine a threshold duration based upon the vehicle information, wherein the threshold duration is either a new vehicle threshold duration associated with new vehicles or a used vehicle threshold duration associated with used vehicles;
determine that the expected duration of availability is below the threshold duration;
generate the vehicle page, wherein the vehicle page includes the vehicle information and a status indicator associated with the expected duration of availability;
receive a page display request from a second user to obtain the vehicle page;
and
transmit the vehicle page for presentation to the second user.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.