Data distribution method and system
US7966210B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 2, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jun 21, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 13, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q50/16
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for distributing data among automotive dealers, including selecting the data from the dealers, processing the data, and providing the processed data to the dealers while maintaining confidentiality of individual data of each dealer. The selecting of the data further includes collecting data indicating which vehicles are in demand. The data includes at least one of a number of a vehicle's make a dealer has in stock, a vehicle identification number, a vehicle's year, a vehicle's make, a vehicle's model, a vehicle's body style, a vehicle's exterior color, a vehicle's interior color, a vehicle's mileage, a vehicle's retail asking price, a vehicle's transactions cost, a vehicle's reconditioning cost, a vehicle's age, a vehicle's selling price, a vehicle's gross profit, an acquisition need of a vehicle, a selling need of a vehicle, a vehicle's image, a vehicle's turnover rate, or an aggregate of any of the above-listed data. The distributed data may provide optimization on return on investments to the dealers.
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