Online used car information search method, program, and device

A used car information search program comprising a computer-readable medium containing instructions to cause a general-purpose computer to execute:

• a step of extracting, from a database containing records of used cars of a plurality of different types, all records that match a type of used car specified in search condition information input by a user, said records that match said type comprising first used car data;
• a step of extracting from said first used car data, as price zone information, a minimum price and a maximum price of used cars that match the type specified in the search condition information, the price zone information being extracted irrespective of a user-input price specified in the search condition information;
• a step of extracting, from said first used car data, second used car data coincident with the user-input price and other items of search condition information designated by the user;
• and
• a step of transmitting the price zone information and the second used car data for displaying them to the user;
• wherein the type, the user-input price, and the other items are input by the user before starting a search.

A used car information search device comprising:

• first extracting means for extracting, from a database containing records of used cars of a plurality of different types, all records that match a type of used car specified in search condition information input by a user, said records that match said type comprising first used car data;
• second extracting means for extracting from said first used car data, as price zone information, a minimum price and a maximum price of used cars that match the type specified in the search condition information, the price zone information being extracted irrespective of a user-input price specified in the search condition information;
• third extracting means for extracting, from said first used car data, second used car data coincident with the user-input price and other items of search condition information designated by the user;
• and
• transmitting means for transmitting the price zone information and the second used car data for displaying them to the user;
• wherein the type, the user-input price, and the other items are input by the user before starting a search.