Tool for selling and purchasing vehicle history reports

US8725584B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Carfax, Inc. · US

Inventors

• William Eager · Ashburn, US
• Scott Robert Fredericks · Arlington, US
• Pia S. Miralao · Vienna, US
• Mark Andringa · Vienna, US
• Steve Korman · Bethesda, US
• Matthew Mountz · Reston, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 12, 2010
• Grant date: May 13, 2014
• Expiry date: Aug 12, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0613
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods for selling and purchasing vehicle history reports are described. In one embodiment, a method includes determining a set of vehicles in a dealer inventory, determining a subset of the vehicles in the dealer inventory for which the dealer has not purchased a vehicle history report, presenting a summary report to a dealer, the summary report including information about at least one of the vehicles in the subset of the vehicles, receiving a selection to purchase a vehicle history report for at least one of the vehicles in the summary report, and providing the vehicle history report corresponding to the selection to the dealer.