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US 7,945,483 B2Granted
System and method for sales generation in conjunction with a vehicle data system
AssigneeTrueCar.com
InventorsPhilip Inghelbrecht, Scott Painter
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Abstract
Embodiments of sales generation, including sales generation employing reverse lead generation using vehicle data systems and methods, are presented herein. In particular, in certain embodiments a user may utilize the vehicle data system to obtain pricing data corresponding to a desired vehicle configuration. When the user is presented with the pricing data associated with the specified vehicle configuration the user may additionally be presented with an upfront price offered by a dealer, where by providing their personal information the user may obtain the name of the dealer offering the upfront price and may additionally be offered the opportunity to purchase the desired, or similar, vehicle at the upfront price.
Claims21
A system, comprising:
- one or more computing devices, each computing device including a processor;
- and a vehicle data system coupled to the one or more computer devices over a network, the vehicle data system comprising:
- a data gathering module configured to:
- obtain historical transaction data from a set of data sources coupled to the vehicle data system over the network, wherein the historical transaction data comprises data on vehicle transactions;
- a processing module, the processing module configured to:
- determine a plurality of sets of historical transaction data, where each of the plurality of sets of historical transaction data is associated with a vehicle configuration, and
- determine pricing data corresponding to a specified vehicle configuration wherein the pricing data includes a set of transaction prices and one or more price ranges determined based on the set of historical transaction data associated with the specified vehicle configuration, wherein the one or more price ranges include a good price range or a great price range;
- a sales generation module, the sale generation module configured to:
- determine an upfront price offered by a dealer corresponding to the specified vehicle configuration;
- and
- an interface module configured to:
- receive the specified vehicle configuration from a user at a computing device, and
- generate an interface based on the pricing data and wherein the interface is configured to present the set of transaction prices, the price ranges and the upfront price in conjunction with one another, wherein the set of transaction prices are presented as a curve or a histogram.
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A method, comprising:
- obtaining historical transaction data from a set of data sources, wherein the historical transaction data comprises data on vehicle transactions;
- determining, at a vehicle data system having a processor, a plurality of sets of historical transaction data, where each of the plurality of sets of historical transaction data is associated with a vehicle configuration;
- receiving a specified vehicle configuration from a user at a computing device;
- determining pricing data corresponding to a specified vehicle configuration wherein the pricing data includes a set of transaction prices and one or more price ranges determined based on the set of historical transaction data associated with the specified vehicle configuration, wherein the one or more price ranges include a good price range or a great price range;
- determining an upfront price offered by a dealer corresponding to the specified vehicle configuration;
- and
- generating an interface based on the pricing data and wherein the interface is configured to present the set of transaction prices, the price ranges and the upfront price in conjunction with one another, wherein the set of transaction prices are presented as a curve or a histogram.
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A non-transitory computer readable media, comprising computer instructions executable by a processor for:
- obtaining historical transaction data from a set of data sources, wherein the historical transaction data comprises data on vehicle transactions;
- determining a plurality of sets of historical transaction data, where each of the plurality of sets of historical transaction data is associated with a vehicle configuration;
- receiving a specified vehicle configuration from a user at a computing device;
- determining pricing data corresponding to a specified vehicle configuration wherein the pricing data includes a set of transaction prices and one or more price ranges determined based on the set of historical transaction data associated with the specified vehicle configuration, wherein the one or more price ranges include a good price range or a great price range;
- determining an upfront price offered by a dealer corresponding to the specified vehicle configuration;
- and
- generating an interface based on the pricing data and wherein the interface is configured to present the set of transaction prices, the price ranges and the upfront price in conjunction with one another, wherein the set of transaction prices are presented as a curve or a histogram.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.