SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEALER EVALUATION AND DEALER NETWORK OPTIMIZATION USING SPATIAL AND GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS IN A NETWORK OF DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS
Embodiments of vehicle data systems for use in distributed computer network are disclosed. Particular embodiments may determine and enhance vehicle data from various data sources distributed across the computer network and utilize the enhanced vehicle data in the determination of normalization metrics that account for geography and population density or spatial behavioral patterns. Embodiments may utilize these normalization metrics to determine or predict one or more metrics about participants in a network.
Embodiments of vehicle data systems for use in distributed computer network are disclosed. Particular embodiments may determine and enhance vehicle data from various data sources distributed across the computer network and utilize the enhanced vehicle data in the determination of normalization metrics that account for geography and population density or spatial behavioral patterns. Embodiments may utilize these normalization metrics to assign zone labels to geographic areas and present representations of the geographic areas based on the normalization metrics across the distributed computer network.
G06Q 10/0637 - Strategic management or analysis, e.g. setting a goal or target of an organisation; Planning actions based on goals; Analysis or evaluation of effectiveness of goals
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G06Q 30/06 - Buying, selling or leasing transactions
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRELATING AND ENHANCING DATA OBTAINED FROM DISTRIBUTED SOURCES IN A NETWORK OF DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS
Systems and method herein provide for sophisticated and efficient matching between users of a vehicle data system and data on sales that occur, where that data was obtained from distributed sources across a computer network. In particular, embodiments may obtain data from a variety of data sources across a distributed network and enhance data records by correlating the data obtained from these distributed sources. Data on sales thus obtain can be correlated with data on online users of the vehicle data system using a scoring engine to provide confidence scores to potential user-sale matches.
Embodiments disclosed provide a system, method, and computer program product for identifying consumer items more likely to be bought by an individual user. In some embodiments, a collaborative filter may be used to rank items based on the degree to which they match user preferences. The collaborative filter may be hierarchical and may take various factors into consideration. Example factors may include the similarity among items based on observable features, a summary of aggregate online search behavior across multiple users, the item features determined to be most important to the individual user, and a baseline item against which a conditional probability of another item being selected is measured.
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MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTION, FILTERING OR PRESENTATION OF AVAILABLE SALES OUTLETS IN A DISTRIBUTED NETWORKED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
Lead to recognition time delay data, leads and sales data, and lead distance data for leads arriving at a system within a time range can be used to determine a time variable close rate and a distance adjustment thereof which, in turn, can be used to generate a predicted close rate for each lead. Using the predicted close rate for each lead, an address drive distance for each lead, and dealer-level discount information, a logistic regression model can be trained to generate a score for each combination of a dealer, make, and zip code. Each score indicates a probability of closing a sale between a lead in the zip code and the dealer in the combination. Scores thus generated can be used by a computing facility in recommending dealers to a consumer in the zip code who has expressed an interest in purchasing a vehicle of the same make.
A vehicle sales matching system may include a vehicle sales lead data database, a vehicle sales information database, and a sales matching system embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium and communicatively connected to the vehicle sales lead data database and the vehicle sales information database. The vehicle sales lead data may include validated customer data and third-party customer data. The vehicle sales information may include sales data from vehicle dealers, data extract services, and sales data sources. The sales matching system may be configured for applying one or more matching rules for matching a vehicle sales lead from the vehicle sales lead database to a vehicle sale from the vehicle sales information database.
Disclosed are embodiments for the aggregation and analysis of vehicle prices via a geo-specific model. Data may be collected at various geo-specific levels such as a ZIP-Code level to provide greater data resolution. Data sets taken into account may include demarcation point data sets and data sets based on vehicle transactions. A demarcation point data set may be based on consumer market factors that influence car-buying behavior. Vehicle transactions may be classified into data sets for other vehicles having similar characteristics to the vehicle. A geo-specific statistical pricing model may then be applied to the data sets based on similar characteristics to a particular vehicle to produce a price estimation for the vehicle.
To increase the efficiency of a used vehicle data processing process while still tailoring to an individual user's unique specifications on a used vehicle, at least some pre-calculations are performed by a backend process before a request for data for a specified vehicle is received through a web site or a web server on the Internet. A user can be presented with an interface where the user can make a variety of determinations. After the user requests data on a specific vehicle configuration, a frontend process handles user-provided data in conjunction with the data calculated in the backend process to ensure that the results are better tailored to the user's specific vehicle attributes. The results can include pricing data such as a trade-in price, a list price, an expected sale price or range of sale prices, market low sale price, market average sale price, market high sale price, etc.
Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. Specifically, in certain embodiments, historical transaction data associated with a particular vehicle configuration may be obtained and processed to determine pricing data associated with the vehicle configuration. The historical transaction data or determined pricing data may then be presented in an intuitive manner.
Systems and method herein provide for sophisticated and efficient matching between users of a vehicle data system and data on sales that occur, where that data was obtained from distributed sources across a computer network. In particular, embodiments may obtain data from a variety of data sources across a distributed network and enhance data records by correlating the data obtained from these distributed sources. Data on sales thus obtain can be correlated with data on online users of the vehicle data system using a scoring engine to provide confidence scores to potential user-sale matches.
Endogenous and exogenous variables associated with an item for sale by an affiliate may be displayed to a user of an affiliate decision-making tool. In response to the user selecting one of the endogenous variables, the affiliate decision-making tool may compute a number of introductions, a number of leads, and a number of sales for each of a plurality of possible values of the endogenous variable. The computation may be done utilizing a display position algorithm. A visualization of effects of setting the endogenous variable at different levels may be presented. The user may interact with the display position algorithm to vary one or more of the plurality of possible values of the endogenous variable such that the affiliate is eligible or disqualified to be displayed by an intermediary in response to a search for the item by a visitor of a network site owned and operated by the intermediary.
Disclosed are embodiments for the aggregation and analysis of vehicle prices via a geo-specific model. Data may be collected at various geo-specific levels such as a ZIP-Code level to provide greater data resolution. Data sets taken into account may include demarcation point data sets and data sets based on vehicle transactions. A demarcation point data set may be based on consumer market factors that influence car-buying behavior. Vehicle transactions may be classified into data sets for other vehicles having similar characteristics to the vehicle. A geo-specific statistical pricing model may then be applied to the data sets based on similar characteristics to a particular vehicle to produce a price estimation for the vehicle.
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Computer application software for mobile devices, namely, downloadable software for accessing a database of information about motorized vehicles and motorized vehicle pricing; downloadable software allowing users to search for, research, purchase and sell motorized vehicles; downloadable computer application software for sending and receiving reports regarding characteristics of automobiles via a global computer network; downloadable software for generating automobile pricing data based on reports of property characteristics; downloadable software for analyzing and calculating the value of automobiles; downloadable computer software for use in connection with searching for new and used automobile listings and accessing automobile related information; downloadable computer software for providing value advisory and price evaluation services in connection with automobiles; downloadable computer software for data processing; downloadable computer software for automobile appraisal; downloadable computer software for use in connection with financing relating to automobiles; downloadable computer software for accessing financing information in the field of automobiles; downloadable computer software for providing information in the field of automobile financing; downloadable computer software for promoting the sale of automobiles; downloadable computer software for tracking vehicle depreciation for optimizing related lending criteria; downloadable computer software for providing financial tools and financial advice related to automotive loans; downloadable computer software for use in providing advertisement and promotional services for others based on vehicle valuation; downloadable computer software allowing website users to research motorized vehicle leasing information and motorized vehicle residual values; downloadable computer software for analyzing and predicting residual values of motorized vehicles; downloadable computer software for data analysis in the field of motorized vehicle leasing and marketing; subscription-based online modeling tools in the nature of downloadable software allowing users to calculate motorized vehicle residual value and perform pricing analysis; downloadable computer software for use in connection with aggregating financing information relating to automobiles; downloadable application programming interface (API) software; downloadable application programming interface (API) software for use in connection with aggregating financing information relating to automobiles Statistical analysis of motorized vehicle price data for business purposes; preparing motorized vehicle pricing financial reports for others; advertising and marketing for sellers and lessors of motorized vehicles; Providing pricing information about the motorized vehicles of others via the global computer network; advertising services relating to motor vehicles; promoting the goods and services of others, namely, promoting the sale of motor vehicles by providing information about manufacturer incentives; incentive award programs to promote the sale of products and services of others, namely, management of motor vehicle purchasing incentive programs for manufacturers; providing a website featuring information about incentive award programs to promote the sale of products and services of others, namely, motor vehicle manufacturers' incentive programs; promoting the sale of motor vehicles of others by means of a website featuring information about manufacturer incentives; business consulting services, namely, providing data regarding motor vehicle sales to motor vehicle manufacturers; Monitoring vehicle depreciation for business purposes; providing automobile purchase advisory and consulting services Providing automobile financing; Providing financing information about the motorized vehicles of others via the global computer network; providing automobile value advisory and price evaluation services, namely, automobile appraisal services; providing information in the field of automobile financing Providing an online search engine service for new and used automobile listings and automobile related information; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for providing value advisory and price evaluation services in connection with automobiles; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for data processing; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for automobile appraisal; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for use in connection with obtaining financing relating to automobiles; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for accessing financing information in the field of automobiles; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for providing information in the field of automobile financing; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for promoting the sale of automobiles; Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for tracking vehicle depreciation for optimizing related lending criteria; Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for providing financial tools and financial advice related to automotive loans; Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for use in providing advertisement and promotional services for others based on vehicle valuation; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software allowing website users to research motorized vehicle leasing information and motorized vehicle residual values; Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for analyzing and predicting residual values of motorized vehicles; Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for data analysis in the field of motorized vehicle leasing and marketing; providing subscription-based online modeling tools in the nature of on-line non-downloadable software allowing users to calculate motorized vehicle residual value and perform pricing analysis; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for use in connection with aggregating financing information relating to automobiles; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable application programming interface (API) software; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable application programming interface (API) software for use in connection with aggregating financing information relating to automobiles
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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTION, FILTERING OR PRESENTATION OF AVAILABLE SALES OUTLETS IN A DISTRIBUTED NETWORKED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT USING SPATIAL AND GEOGRAPHY BASED METRICS
Systems, methods and computer program products for selecting dealers based on characteristics of the dealers and the user. A vehicle data system collects dealer location and historical transaction data from external data sources and generates and stores an eligibility table that identifies a set of eligible dealers for each combination of user location and vehicle make. Eligible dealers are determined from the eligibility table using a location and vehicle make identified from a user request. Scores are determined for each eligible dealer based on a dealer scoring model using a binary choice model in the form of a logistic regression of market share, inventory, close rate, price and distance, and dealers are ranked by these scores. A presentation of dealers selected by rank and by closest location to the user is generated and provided to the user via an interface running on a computing device.
Systems, method and computer program products for presenting to a user a visualization of a vehicle dealer performance assessment based on dealer location and vehicle sales transaction data, where the assessment is based on geographically normalized metrics. Dealer location data and historical vehicle sales transaction data is collected by a in a vehicle data system from external data sources. Distances from dealers to geographical regions of interest are determined, and differences between these distances are normalized to produce competition zone indices for the geographical regions. The competition zone indices are then used to aggregate the geographical regions into different competition zones in which dealers of interest have corresponding levels of competitive advantage or disadvantage, normalized according to typical distances associated with transactions in the respective geographical regions.
To increase the efficiency of a used vehicle data processing process while still tailoring to an individual user's unique specifications on a used vehicle, at least some pre-calculations are performed by a backend process before a request for data for a specified vehicle is received through a web site or a web server on the Internet. A user can be presented with an interface where the user can make a variety of determinations. After the user requests data on a specific vehicle configuration, a frontend process handles user-provided data in conjunction with the data calculated in the backend process to ensure that the results are better tailored to the user's specific vehicle attributes. The results can include pricing data such as a trade-in price, a list price, an expected sale price or range of sale prices, market low sale price, market average sale price, market high sale price, etc.
Embodiments of systems and methods disclosed herein provide solutions for predicting vehicle invoice pricing, trim, and options by starting from scratch (raw data), transforming the raw data into actionable data, and comprehensively exploring all possible option combinations that can match a vehicle's Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price (MSRP). Embodiments implement algorithms that determine the trim of a vehicle and intelligently analyze all possible option combinations that would result in a target MSRP while avoid searching unnecessary vehicle configurations. The algorithms can be used to predict the trim, invoice, and options of a vehicle based on the vehicle's VIN and MSRP.
A system, method, and computer program product for identifying consumer items more likely to be bought by an individual user. In some embodiments, a collaborative filter may be used to rank items based on the degree to which they match user preferences. The collaborative filter may be hierarchical and may take various factors into consideration. Example factors may include the similarity among items based on observable features, a summary of aggregate online search behavior across multiple users, the item features determined to be most important to the individual user, and a baseline item against which a conditional probability of another item being selected is measured.
A vehicle data system receives a lead submission through a website supported by the vehicle data system and determines, utilizing a machine learning model, a user value for a lead associated with the lead submission. The user value represents a probability of the lead purchasing a vehicle from a dealer through the website. The vehicle data system determines a user lifetime value for the lead based at least on the user value for the lead. Subsequently, the vehicle data system obtains clickstream identifiers from a search engine and assigns a corresponding user lifetime value to each clickstream identifier. The vehicle data system aggregates the clickstream identifiers and corresponding user lifetime values in a single file and communicates the single file to a search server for consumption. The user lifetime values are utilized by the search engine in search engine marketing processes.
Machine learning systems and methods for selection, filtering or presentation of available sales outlets in a distributed networked computing environment
Lead to recognition time delay data, leads and sales data, and lead distance data for leads arriving at a system within a time range can be used to determine a time variable close rate and a distance adjustment thereof which, in turn, can be used to generate a predicted close rate for each lead. Using the predicted close rate for each lead, an address drive distance for each lead, and dealer-level discount information, a logistic regression model can be trained to generate a score for each combination of a dealer, make, and zip code. Each score indicates a probability of closing a sale between a lead in the zip code and the dealer in the combination. Scores thus generated can be used by a computing facility in recommending dealers to a consumer in the zip code who has expressed an interest in purchasing a vehicle of the same make.
Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. Specifically, in certain embodiments, historical transaction data associated with a particular vehicle configuration may be obtained and processed to determine pricing data associated with the vehicle configuration. The historical transaction data or determined pricing data may then be presented in an intuitive manner.
Embodiments of vehicle data systems for use in distributed computer network are disclosed. Particular embodiments may determine and enhance vehicle data from various data sources distributed across the computer network, and utilize the enhanced vehicle data in the determination of normalization metrics that account for geography and population density or spatial behavioral patterns. Embodiments may utilize these normalization metrics to assign zone labels to geographic areas and present representations of the geographic areas based on the normalization metrics across the distributed computer network.
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G05B 19/418 - Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control (DNC), flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), integrated manufacturing systems (IMS), computer integrated manufacturing (CIM)
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System, method and computer program product for tracking and correlating online user activities with sales of physical goods
A vehicle sales matching system may include a vehicle sales lead data database, a vehicle sales information database, and a sales matching system embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium and communicatively connected to the vehicle sales lead data database and the vehicle sales information database. The vehicle sales lead data may include validated customer data and third-party customer data. The vehicle sales information may include sales data from vehicle dealers, data extract services, and sales data sources. The sales matching system may be configured for applying one or more matching rules for matching a vehicle sales lead from the vehicle sales lead database to a vehicle sale from the vehicle sales information database.
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Computer application software for mobile devices, namely, downloadable software for accessing a database of information about motorized vehicles and motorized vehicle pricing; downloadable computer software allowing users to search for, research, purchase, sell and trade motorized vehicles; downloadable computer software, namely, downloadable software for providing statistical pricing information; downloadable computer software for generating automobile pricing data based on reports of property characteristics; downloadable computer software for analyzing and calculating the value of automobiles; downloadable computer software for use in connection with searching for new and used automobile listings and accessing automobile related information; downloadable computer software for automobile appraisal; downloadable computer software for use in connection with financing relating to automobiles; downloadable computer software for accessing financing information in the field of automobiles; downloadable computer software for automating the processes of vehicle marketing, namely, emailing quotes, updating websites, allocating vehicles, managing the vehicle inventory pipeline, locating vehicles and balancing vehicle inventory; downloadable computer software for calculating automobile payments and detailing automobile financing; downloadable computer software for tracking vehicle depreciation for optimizing related lending criteria; downloadable computer software for providing financial tools and financial advice related to automotive loans Provision of an online marketplace for buyers and sellers of goods and services; operating online marketplaces for sellers and buyers of goods and/or services; providing a website featuring an online marketplace for buyers and sellers of automobiles; shopping facilitation services, namely, providing an online comparison shopping search engine for obtaining purchasing information; providing motorized vehicle purchase advisory and consulting services; statistical analysis of national and regional motorized vehicle price data for business purposes; providing consumer product information and commercial information via a global computer network in connection with the price, value and specifications of motorized vehicles; preparing business reports, namely, providing motorized vehicle price reports that include factory invoice price, average price, sticker price, MSRP, and a statistical analysis and reporting of price for a particular vehicle based on actual purchase data for business purposes; marketing and advertising services for sellers of new and used motorized vehicles Providing motorized vehicle value advisory and price evaluation services, namely, automobile appraisal; providing financial information via a global computer network in connection with the price, value and specifications of motorized vehicles; providing information about automobile financing and payment estimation services Providing a website featuring temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for accessing a database of information about motorized vehicles and motorized vehicle pricing; provision of online non-downloadable software for searching for, purchasing, selling and trading motorized vehicles; providing a website featuring temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for providing statistical pricing information; providing an online search engine service for new and used automobile listings and automobile related information; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for automobile appraisal; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for use in connection with obtaining financing relating to automobiles; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for accessing financing information in the field of automobiles; software as a service (SaaS) services featuring software for automating the processes of vehicle marketing, namely, emailing quotes, updating websites, allocating vehicles, managing the vehicle inventory pipeline, locating vehicles and balancing vehicle inventory; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for calculating automobile payments and detailing automobile financing; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for tracking vehicle depreciation for optimizing related lending criteria; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for providing financial tools and financial advice related to automotive loans; providing a website featuring technology that enables users to connect with dealerships for the online purchase and sale of automobiles
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Computer application software for mobile devices, namely, downloadable software for accessing a database of information about motorized vehicles and motorized vehicle pricing; downloadable computer software allowing users to search for, research, purchase, sell and trade motorized vehicles; downloadable computer software, namely, downloadable software for providing statistical pricing information; downloadable computer software for generating automobile pricing data based on reports of property characteristics; downloadable computer software for analyzing and calculating the value of automobiles; downloadable computer software for use in connection with searching for new and used automobile listings and accessing automobile related information; downloadable computer software for automobile appraisal; downloadable computer software for use in connection with financing relating to automobiles; downloadable computer software for accessing financing information in the field of automobiles; downloadable computer software for automating the processes of vehicle marketing, namely, emailing quotes, updating websites, allocating vehicles, managing the vehicle inventory pipeline, locating vehicles and balancing vehicle inventory; downloadable computer software for calculating automobile payments and detailing automobile financing; downloadable computer software for tracking vehicle depreciation for optimizing related lending criteria; downloadable computer software for providing financial tools and financial advice related to automotive loans Provision of an online marketplace for buyers and sellers of goods and services; operating online marketplaces for sellers and buyers of goods and/or services; providing a website featuring an online marketplace for buyers and sellers of automobiles; shopping facilitation services, namely, providing an online comparison shopping search engine for obtaining purchasing information; providing motorized vehicle purchase advisory and consulting services to consumers for the purchase of motorized vehicles; statistical analysis and reporting of national and regional motorized vehicle price data for business purposes; providing consumer product and commercial information via a global computer network in connection with the price, value and specifications of motorized vehicles; providing motorized vehicle price reports that include factory invoice price, average price, sticker price, MSRP, and a statistical analysis of price for a particular vehicle based on actual purchase data for business purposes; marketing and advertising services for sellers of new and used motorized vehicles; providing motorized vehicle value advisory and price evaluation services about motor vehicles Automobile appraisal; providing financial information via a global computer network in connection with the price, value and specifications of motorized vehicles; providing information about automobile lease and purchase financing and payment estimation services Providing a website featuring temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for accessing a database of information about motorized vehicles and motorized vehicle pricing; provision of online non-downloadable software for searching for, purchasing, selling and trading motorized vehicles; providing a website featuring temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for providing statistical pricing information; providing an online search engine service for new and used automobile listings and automobile related information; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for automobile appraisal; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for use in connection with obtaining financing relating to automobiles; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for accessing financing information in the field of automobiles; software as a service (SaaS) services featuring software for automating the processes of vehicle marketing, namely, emailing quotes, updating websites, allocating vehicles, managing the vehicle inventory pipeline, locating vehicles and balancing vehicle inventory; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for calculating automobile payments and detailing automobile financing; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for tracking vehicle depreciation for optimizing related lending criteria; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for providing financial tools and financial advice related to automotive loans; providing a website featuring technology that enables users to connect with dealerships for the online purchase and sale of automobiles
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System and method for aggregation, analysis, presentation and monetization of pricing data for vehicles and other commodities
Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. Specifically, in certain embodiments, historical transaction data associated with a particular vehicle configuration may be obtained and processed to determine pricing data associated with the vehicle configuration. The historical transaction data or determined pricing data may then be presented in an intuitive manner.
Endogenous and exogenous variables associated with an item for sale by an affiliate may be displayed to a user of an affiliate decision-making tool. In response to the user selecting one of the endogenous variables, the affiliate decision-making tool may compute a number of introductions, a number of leads, and a number of sales for each of a plurality of possible values of the endogenous variable. The computation may be done utilizing a display position algorithm. A visualization of effects of setting the endogenous variable at different levels may be presented. The user may interact with the display position algorithm to vary one or more of the plurality of possible values of the endogenous variable such that the affiliate is eligible or disqualified to be displayed by an intermediary in response to a search for the item by a visitor of a network site owned and operated by the intermediary.
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System and method for the utilization of pricing models in the aggregation, analysis, presentation and monetization of pricing data for vehicles and other commodities
Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. In certain embodiments, one or more models may be applied over a set of historical transaction data associated with a vehicle configuration to determine pricing data. Some models may leverage incremental data in various conditions, including cases where fewer than a desired number of historical transactions are present in the bin of a specified vehicle, where fewer than, equal to, or more than a certain number of list prices for the specified vehicle available, and where no historical transaction data for new models is available.
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Computer application software for mobile devices, namely, downloadable software for accessing a database of information about motorized vehicles and motorized vehicle pricing; downloadable computer software allowing users to search for, research, purchase, sell and trade motorized vehicles; downloadable computer software, namely, downloadable software for providing statistical pricing information; downloadable computer software for generating automobile pricing data based on reports of property characteristics; downloadable computer software for analyzing and calculating the value of automobiles; downloadable computer software for use in connection with searching for new and used automobile listings and accessing automobile related information; downloadable computer software for automobile appraisal; downloadable computer software for use in connection with financing relating to automobiles; downloadable computer software for accessing financing information in the field of automobiles; downloadable computer software for automating the processes of vehicle marketing, namely, emailing quotes, updating websites, allocating vehicles, managing the vehicle inventory pipeline, locating vehicles and balancing vehicle inventory; downloadable computer software for calculating automobile payments and detailing automobile financing; downloadable computer software for tracking vehicle depreciation for optimizing related lending criteria; downloadable computer software for providing financial tools and financial advice related to automotive loans Provision of an online marketplace for buyers and sellers of goods and services; operating online marketplaces for sellers and buyers of goods and/or services; providing a website featuring an online marketplace for buyers and sellers of automobiles; shopping facilitation services, namely, providing an online comparison shopping search engine for obtaining purchasing information; providing motorized vehicle purchase advisory and consulting services for the purpose of purchasing motorized vehicles; statistical analysis and reporting of national and regional motorized vehicle price data for business purposes; providing consumer product and commercial information via a global computer network in connection with the price, value and specifications of motorized vehicles; providing motorized vehicle price reports that include factory invoice price, average price, sticker price, MSRP, and a statistical analysis of price for a particular vehicle based on actual purchase data for business purposes; marketing and advertising services for sellers of new and used motorized vehicles Providing motorized vehicle value advisory and price evaluation services, namely, automobile appraisal; providing financial information via a global computer network in connection with the price, value and specifications of motorized vehicles; providing information about automobile financing and payment terms Providing a web site featuring temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for accessing a database of information about motorized vehicles and motorized vehicle pricing; providing a web site featuring temporary use of on-line non-downloadable downloadable computer software allowing users to search for, research, purchase, sell and trade motorized vehicles; providing a web site featuring temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for providing statistical pricing information; providing an online search engine service for new and used automobile listings and automobile related information; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for automobile appraisal; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for use in connection with obtaining financing relating to automobiles; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for accessing financing information in the field of automobiles; software as a service (SaaS) services featuring software for automating the processes of vehicle marketing, namely, emailing quotes, updating websites, allocating vehicles, managing the vehicle inventory pipeline, locating vehicles and balancing vehicle inventory; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for calculating automobile payments and detailing automobile financing; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for tracking vehicle depreciation for optimizing related lending criteria; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for providing financial tools and financial advice related to automotive loans; providing an interactive website featuring technology that allows users to connect with car dealerships on the platform to complete the online purchase of automobiles
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Computer application software for mobile devices, namely, downloadable software for accessing a database of information about motorized vehicles and motorized vehicle pricing; downloadable computer software allowing users to search for, research, purchase, sell and trade motorized vehicles; downloadable computer software, namely, downloadable software for providing statistical pricing information; downloadable computer software for generating automobile pricing data based on reports of property characteristics; downloadable computer software for analyzing and calculating the value of automobiles; downloadable computer software for use in connection with searching for new and used automobile listings and accessing automobile related information; downloadable computer software for automobile appraisal; downloadable computer software for use in connection with financing relating to automobiles; downloadable computer software for accessing financing information in the field of automobiles; downloadable computer software for automating the processes of vehicle marketing, namely, emailing quotes, updating websites, allocating vehicles, managing the vehicle inventory pipeline, locating vehicles and balancing vehicle inventory; downloadable computer software for calculating automobile payments and detailing automobile financing; downloadable computer software for tracking vehicle depreciation for optimizing related lending criteria; downloadable computer software for providing financial tools and financial advice related to automotive loans Provision of an online marketplace for buyers and sellers of goods and services; operating online marketplaces for sellers and buyers of goods and/or services; providing a website featuring an online marketplace for buyers and sellers of automobiles; providing motorized vehicle purchase advisory and consulting services for the purpose of purchasing motorized vehicles; statistical analysis and reporting of national and regional motorized vehicle price data for business purposes; providing consumer product and commercial information via a global computer network in connection with the price, value and specifications of motorized vehicles; providing motorized vehicle price reports that include factory invoice price, average price, sticker price, MSRP, and a statistical analysis of price for a particular vehicle based on actual purchase data for business purposes; marketing and advertising services for sellers of new and used motorized vehicles Providing motorized vehicle value advisory and price evaluation services, namely, automobile appraisal; providing financial information via a global computer network in connection with the price, value and specifications of motorized vehicles; providing information about automobile financing and payment terms Shopping facilitation services, namely, providing on-line comparison shopping search engine for obtaining purchasing information; Providing an interactive website featuring technology that allows users to connect with those dealerships and complete the online purchase and sale of automobiles; Providing a web site featuring temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for accessing a database of information about motorized vehicles and motorized vehicle pricing; providing a web site featuring temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software allowing users to search for, research, purchase, sell and trade motorized vehicles; providing a web site featuring temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for providing statistical pricing information; providing an online search engine service for new and used automobile listings and automobile related information; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for automobile appraisal; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for use in connection with obtaining financing relating to automobiles; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for accessing financing information in the field of automobiles; software as a service (SaaS) services featuring software for automating the processes of vehicle marketing, namely, emailing quotes, updating websites, allocating vehicles, managing the vehicle inventory pipeline, locating vehicles and balancing vehicle inventory; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for calculating automobile payments and detailing automobile financing; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for tracking vehicle depreciation for optimizing related lending criteria; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for providing financial tools and financial advice related to automotive loans
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System and method for dealer evaluation and dealer network optimization using spatial and geographic analysis in a network of distributed computer systems
Embodiments of vehicle data systems for use in distributed computer network are disclosed. Particular embodiments may determine and enhance vehicle data from various data sources distributed across the computer network, and utilize the enhanced vehicle data in the determination of normalization metrics that account for geography and population density or spatial behavioral patterns. Embodiments may utilize these normalization metrics to determine or predict one or more metrics about participants in a network.
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.
Systems, methods and computer program products for selecting dealers based on characteristics of the dealers and the user. A vehicle data system collects dealer location and historical transaction data from external data sources and generates and stores an eligibility table that identifies a set of eligible dealers for each combination of user location and vehicle make. Eligible dealers are determined from the eligibility table using a location and vehicle make identified from a user request. Scores are determined for each eligible dealer based on a dealer scoring model using a binary choice model in the form of a logistic regression of market share, inventory, close rate, price and distance, and dealers are ranked by these scores. A presentation of dealers selected by rank and by closest location to the user is generated and provided to the user via an interface running on a computing device.
Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. Specifically, in certain embodiments, historical transaction data associated with a particular vehicle configuration may be obtained and processed to determine pricing data associated with the vehicle configuration. The historical transaction data or determined pricing data may then be presented in an intuitive manner.
Disclosed are embodiments for the aggregation and analysis of vehicle prices via a geo-specific model. Data may be collected at various geo-specific levels such as a ZIP-Code level to provide greater data resolution. Data sets taken into account may include demarcation point data sets and data sets based on vehicle transactions. A demarcation point data set may be based on consumer market factors that influence car-buying behavior. Vehicle transactions may be classified into data sets for other vehicles having similar characteristics to the vehicle. A geo-specific statistical pricing model may then be applied to the data sets based on similar characteristics to a particular vehicle to produce a price estimation for the vehicle.
Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. Specifically, in certain embodiments, historical transaction data associated with a particular vehicle configuration may be obtained and processed to determine pricing data associated with the vehicle configuration. The historical transaction data or determined pricing data may then be presented in an intuitive manner.
To increase the efficiency of a used vehicle data processing process while still tailoring to an individual user's unique specifications on a used vehicle, at least some pre-calculations are performed by a backend process before a request for data for a specified vehicle is received through a web site or a web server on the Internet. A user can be presented with an interface where the user can make a variety of determinations. After the user requests data on a specific vehicle configuration, a frontend process handles user-provided data in conjunction with the data calculated in the backend process to ensure that the results are better tailored to the user's specific vehicle attributes. The results can include pricing data such as a trade-in price, a list price, an expected sale price or range of sale prices, market low sale price, market average sale price, market high sale price, etc.
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System and method for the utilization of pricing models in the aggregation, analysis, presentation and monetization of pricing data for vehicles and other commodities
Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. In certain embodiments, one or more models may be applied over a set of historical transaction data associated with a vehicle configuration to determine pricing data. Some models may leverage incremental data in various conditions, including cases where fewer than a desired number of historical transactions are present in the bin of a specified vehicle, where fewer than, equal to, or more than a certain number of list prices for the specified vehicle available, and where no historical transaction data for new models is available.
Embodiments of vehicle data systems for use in distributed computer network are disclosed. Particular embodiments may determine and enhance vehicle data from various data sources distributed across the computer network, and utilize the enhanced vehicle data in the determination of normalization metrics that account for geography and population density or spatial behavioral patterns. Embodiments may utilize these normalization metrics to assign zone labels to geographic areas and present representations of the geographic areas based on the normalization metrics across the distributed computer network.
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Computer application software for mobile devices, namely, software for accessing a database of information about motorized vehicles and motorized vehicle pricing; downloadable software allowing users to search for, research, purchase and sell motorized vehicles; computer application software for sending and receiving reports regarding characteristics of automobiles via a global computer network; software for generating automobile pricing data based on reports of property characteristics; software for analyzing and calculating the value of automobiles; computer software for use in connection with searching for new and used automobile listings and accessing automobile related information; computer software for providing value advisory and price evaluation services in connection with automobiles; computer software for data processing; computer software for automobile appraisal; computer software for use in connection with financing relating to automobiles; computer software for accessing financing information in the field of automobiles; computer software for providing information in the field of automobile financing; computer software for promoting the sale of automobiles; computer software for tracking vehicle depreciation for optimizing related lending criteria; computer software for providing financial tools and financial advice related to automotive loans; computer software for use in providing advertisement and promotional services for others based on vehicle valuation; computer software allowing website users to research motorized vehicle leasing information and motorized vehicle residual values; computer software for analyzing and predicting residual values of motorized vehicles; computer software for data analysis in the field of motorized vehicle leasing and marketing; computer application software for mobile devices, namely, downloadable software for accessing a database of information about motorized vehicles and motorized vehicle pricing; downloadable computer application software for sending and receiving reports regarding characteristics of automobiles via a global computer network; downloadable software for generating automobile pricing data based on reports of property characteristics; downloadable software for analyzing and calculating the value of automobiles; downloadable computer software for use in connection with searching for new and used automobile listings and accessing automobile related information; downloadable computer software for providing value advisory and price evaluation services in connection with automobiles; downloadable computer software for data processing; downloadable computer software for automobile appraisal; downloadable computer software for use in connection with financing relating to automobiles; downloadable computer software for accessing financing information in the field of automobiles; downloadable computer software for providing information in the field of automobile financing; downloadable computer software for promoting the sale of automobiles; downloadable computer software for tracking vehicle depreciation for optimizing related lending criteria; downloadable computer software for providing financial tools and financial advice related to automotive loans; downloadable computer software for use in providing advertisement and promotional services for others based on vehicle valuation; downloadable computer software allowing website users to research motorized vehicle leasing information and motorized vehicle residual values; downloadable computer software for analyzing and predicting residual values of motorized vehicles; downloadable computer software for data analysis in the field of motorized vehicle leasing and marketing; subscription-based online modeling tools in the nature of downloadable software allowing users to calculate motorized vehicle residual value and perform pricing analysis. Statistical analysis of motorized vehicle price data for business purposes; advertising and marketing for sellers and lessors of motorized vehicles; providing pricing information about the motorized vehicles of others via the global computer network; advertising services relating to motor vehicles; promoting the goods and services of others, namely, the sale of motor vehicles by providing information about manufacturer incentives; incentive award programs to promote the sale of products and services of others, namely, management of motor vehicle purchasing incentive programs for manufacturers; providing a website related to information about incentive award programs to promote the sale of products and services of others, namely, motor vehicle manufacturers' incentive programs; promoting the sale of motor vehicles of others by means of a website related to information about manufacturer incentives; business consulting services, namely, providing data regarding motor vehicle sales to motor vehicle manufacturers; monitoring vehicle depreciation for business purposes; statistical analysis of motorized vehicle price data for business purposes; providing automobile purchase advisory and consulting services. Providing automobile financing and purchase advisory and consulting services; Providing financing information about the motorized vehicles of others via the global computer network; providing automobile value advisory and price evaluation services; automobile appraisal services; providing information in the field of automobile financing; providing automobile financing; providing financing information about the motorized vehicles of others via the global computer network; providing automobile value advisory and price evaluation services, namely, automobile appraisal services; preparing motorized vehicle pricing financial reports for others. Providing an online search engine service for new and used automobile listings and automobile related information; providing temporary use of non-downloadable computer software for providing value advisory and price evaluation services in connection with automobiles; providing temporary use of non-downloadable computer software for data processing; providing temporary use of non-downloadable computer software for automobile appraisal; providing temporary use of non-downloadable computer software for use in connection with obtaining financing relating to automobiles; providing temporary use of non-downloadable computer software for accessing financing information in the field of automobiles; providing temporary use of non-downloadable computer software for providing information in the field of automobile financing; providing temporary use of non-downloadable computer software for promoting the sale of automobiles; providing temporary use of non-downloadable software for tracking vehicle depreciation for optimizing related lending criteria; providing temporary use of non-downloadable software for providing financial tools and financial advice related to automotive loans; providing temporary use of non-downloadable software for use in providing advertisement and promotional services for others based on vehicle valuation; providing temporary use of non-downloadable software allowing website users to research motorized vehicle leasing information and motorized vehicle residual values; providing temporary use of non-downloadable software for analyzing and predicting residual values of motorized vehicles; providing temporary use of non-downloadable software for data analysis in the field of motorized vehicle leasing and marketing; subscription-based online modeling tools for motorized vehicle residual value and pricing analysis; providing an online search engine service for new and used automobile listings and automobile related information; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for providing value advisory and price evaluation services in connection with automobiles; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for data processing; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for automobile appraisal; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for use in connection with obtaining financing relating to automobiles; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for accessing financing information in the field of automobiles; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for providing information in the field of automobile financing; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for promoting the sale of automobiles; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for tracking vehicle depreciation for optimizing related lending criteria; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for providing financial tools and financial advice related to automotive loans; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for use in providing advertisement and promotional services for others based on vehicle valuation; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software allowing website users to research motorized vehicle leasing information and motorized vehicle residual values; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for analyzing and predicting residual values of motorized vehicles; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for data analysis in the field of motorized vehicle leasing and marketing; providing subscription-based online modeling tools in the nature of on-line non-downloadable software allowing users to calculate motorized; providing subscription-based online modeling tools in the nature of on-line non-downloadable software allowing users to calculate motorized vehicle residual value and perform pricing analysis.
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System, method and computer program for varying affiliate position displayed by intermediary
Endogenous and exogenous variables associated with an item for sale by an affiliate may be displayed to a user of an affiliate decision-making tool. In response to the user selecting one of the endogenous variables, the affiliate decision-making tool may compute a number of introductions, a number of leads, and a number of sales for each of a plurality of possible values of the endogenous variable. The computation may be done utilizing a display position algorithm. A visualization of effects of setting the endogenous variable at different levels may be presented. The user may interact with the display position algorithm to vary one or more of the plurality of possible values of the endogenous variable such that the affiliate is eligible or disqualified to be displayed by an intermediary in response to a search for the item by a visitor of a network site owned and operated by the intermediary.
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(1) Computer application software for mobile devices, namely, downloadable software for accessing a database of information about motorized vehicles and motorized vehicle pricing; downloadable software allowing users to search for, research, purchase and sell motorized vehicles; downloadable computer application software for sending and receiving reports regarding characteristics of automobiles via a global computer network; downloadable software for generating automobile pricing data based on reports of property characteristics; downloadable software for analyzing and calculating the value of automobiles; downloadable computer software for use in connection with searching for new and used automobile listings and accessing automobile related information; downloadable computer software for providing value advisory and price evaluation services in connection with automobiles; downloadable computer software for processing automobile pricing and valuation data in the automotive field; downloadable computer software for automobile appraisal; downloadable computer software for use in connection with financing relating to automobiles; downloadable computer software for accessing financing information in the field of automobiles; downloadable computer software for providing information in the field of automobile financing; downloadable computer software for promoting the sale of automobiles; downloadable computer software for tracking vehicle depreciation for optimizing related lending criteria; downloadable computer software for providing financial tools and financial advice related to automotive loans; downloadable computer software for use in providing advertisement and promotional services for others based on vehicle valuation; downloadable computer software allowing website users to research motorized vehicle leasing information and motorized vehicle residual values; downloadable computer software for analyzing and predicting residual values of motorized vehicles; downloadable computer software for data analysis in the field of motorized vehicle leasing and marketing; subscription-based online modeling tools in the nature of downloadable software allowing users to calculate motorized vehicle residual value and perform pricing analysis (1) Statistical analysis of motorized vehicle price data for business purposes; advertising and marketing for sellers and lessors of motorized vehicles; Providing pricing information about the motorized vehicles of others via the global computer network; advertising the goods and services of others relating to motor vehicles; promoting the goods and services of others, namely, the sale of motor vehicles by providing information about manufacturer incentives; incentive award programs to promote the sale of products and services of others, namely, management of motor vehicle purchasing incentive programs for manufacturers; providing information about customer incentive award programs to promote the sale of products and services of others, namely, motor vehicle manufacturers' incentive award programs via a website; promoting the sale of motor vehicles of others by means of a website featuring information about manufacturer incentives; business consulting services, namely, providing data regarding motor vehicle sales to motor vehicle manufacturers; Monitoring vehicle depreciation for business purposes; providing automobile purchase advisory and consulting services
(2) Providing automobile financing; Providing financing information about the motorized vehicles of others via the global computer network; providing automobile value advisory and price evaluation services, namely, automobile appraisal services; providing information in the field of automobile financing; preparing motorized vehicle pricing financial reports for others
(3) Providing an online search engine service for new and used automobile listings and automobile related information; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for providing value advisory and price evaluation services in connection with automobiles; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for processing automobile pricing and valuation data in the automotive field; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for automobile appraisal; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for use in connection with obtaining financing relating to automobiles; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for accessing financing information in the field of automobiles; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for providing information in the field of automobile financing; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for promoting the sale of automobiles; Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for tracking vehicle depreciation for optimizing related lending criteria; Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for providing financial tools and financial advice related to automotive loans; Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for use in providing advertisement and promotional services for others based on vehicle valuation; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software allowing website users to research motorized vehicle leasing information and motorized vehicle residual values; Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for analyzing and predicting residual values of motorized vehicles; Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for data analysis in the field of motorized vehicle leasing and marketing; providing subscription-based online modeling tools in the nature of on-line non-downloadable software allowing users to calculate motorized vehicle residual value and perform pricing analysis
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System and method for aggregation, analysis, presentation and monetization of pricing data for vehicles and other commodities
Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. Specifically, in certain embodiments, historical transaction data associated with a particular vehicle configuration may be obtained and processed to determine pricing data associated with the vehicle configuration. The historical transaction data or determined pricing data may then be presented in an intuitive manner.
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.
A vehicle sales matching system may include a vehicle sales lead data database, a vehicle sales information database, and a sales matching system embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium and communicatively connected to the vehicle sales lead data database and the vehicle sales information database. The vehicle sales lead data may include validated customer data and third-party customer data. The vehicle sales information may include sales data from vehicle dealers, data extract services, and sales data sources. The sales matching system may be configured for applying one or more matching rules for matching a vehicle sales lead from the vehicle sales lead database to a vehicle sale from the vehicle sales information database.
Embodiments of a vehicle data system are disclosed. A user can be presented with an interface where the user can make a variety of determinations. After the user requests data on a specific vehicle configuration, a frontend process handles user-provided data in conjunction with the data calculated in the backend process to ensure that the results are better tailored to the user's specific vehicle attributes. The results can be presented in an interface that includes useful pricing data presented in a useful manner.
Systems and method herein provide for sophisticated and efficient matching between users of a vehicle data system and data on sales that occur, where that data was obtained from distributed sources across a computer network. In particular, embodiments may obtain data from a variety of data sources across a distributed network and enhance data records by correlating the data obtained from these distributed sources. Data on sales thus obtain can be correlated with data on online users of the vehicle data system using a scoring engine to provide confidence scores to potential user-sale matches.
Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. Specifically, in certain embodiments, historical transaction data associated with a particular vehicle configuration may be obtained and processed to determine pricing data associated with the vehicle configuration. The historical transaction data or determined pricing data may then be presented in an intuitive manner.
Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods for the filtering, selection and presentation of vendors accounting for both user characteristics and vendor characteristics, such that the systems and methods may be used by both customer and vendor alike to better match customer needs with the resource-constrained vendors with whom a successful sale has a higher probability of occurring. Embodiments may include filtering, selecting and/or presenting vendors to a user sorted by the probability that the particular vendor will possess the characteristics that appeal to a particular customer and therefore result in a large probability of sale and suppress presentation of those vendors that are unlikely to be selected by the customer since their characteristics are less consistent with those needed by the customer and, therefore, are unlikely to result in a sale.
Statistical analysis of motorized vehicle price data for business purposes; preparing motorized vehicle pricing financial reports for others; advertising and marketing for sellers and lessors of motorized vehicles; Providing pricing information about the motorized vehicles of others via the global computer network; advertising services relating to motor vehicles; promoting the goods and services of others, namely, the sale of motor vehicles by providing information about manufacturer incentives; incentive award programs to promote the sale of products and services of others, namely, management of motor vehicle purchasing incentive programs for manufacturers; providing a website featuring information about incentive award programs to promote the sale of products and services of others, namely, motor vehicle manufacturers' incentive programs; promoting the sale of motor vehicles of others by means of a website featuring information about manufacturer incentives; business consulting services, namely, providing data regarding motor vehicle sales to motor vehicle manufacturers; Monitoring vehicle depreciation for business purposes; providing automobile purchase advisory and consulting services
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35 - Advertising and business services
36 - Financial, insurance and real estate services
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
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Computer application software for mobile devices, namely, downloadable software for accessing a database of information about motorized vehicles and motorized vehicle pricing; downloadable software allowing users to search for, research, purchase and sell motorized vehicles; downloadable computer application software for sending and receiving reports regarding characteristics of automobiles via a global computer network; downloadable software for generating automobile pricing data based on reports of property characteristics; downloadable software for analyzing and calculating the value of automobiles; downloadable computer software for use in connection with searching for new and used automobile listings and accessing automobile related information; downloadable computer software for providing value advisory and price evaluation services in connection with automobiles; downloadable computer software for data processing; downloadable computer software for automobile appraisal; downloadable computer software for use in connection with financing relating to automobiles; downloadable computer software for accessing financing information in the field of automobiles; downloadable computer software for providing information in the field of automobile financing; downloadable computer software for promoting the sale of automobiles; downloadable computer software for tracking vehicle depreciation for optimizing related lending criteria; downloadable computer software for providing financial tools and financial advice related to automotive loans; downloadable computer software for use in providing advertisement and promotional services for others based on vehicle valuation; downloadable computer software allowing website users to research motorized vehicle leasing information and motorized vehicle residual values; downloadable computer software for analyzing and predicting residual values of motorized vehicles; downloadable computer software for data analysis in the field of motorized vehicle leasing and marketing; subscription-based online modeling tools in the nature of downloadable software allowing users to calculate motorized vehicle residual value and perform pricing analysis Statistical analysis of motorized vehicle price data for business purposes; preparing motorized vehicle pricing financial reports for others; advertising and marketing for sellers and lessors of motorized vehicles; Providing pricing information about the motorized vehicles of others via the global computer network; advertising services relating to motor vehicles; promoting the goods and services of others, namely, the sale of motor vehicles by providing information about manufacturer incentives; incentive award programs to promote the sale of products and services of others, namely, management of motor vehicle purchasing incentive programs for manufacturers; providing a website featuring information about incentive award programs to promote the sale of products and services of others, namely, motor vehicle manufacturers' incentive programs; promoting the sale of motor vehicles of others by means of a website featuring information about manufacturer incentives; business consulting services, namely, providing data regarding motor vehicle sales to motor vehicle manufacturers; Monitoring vehicle depreciation for business purposes; providing automobile purchase advisory and consulting services Providing automobile financing; Providing financing information about the motorized vehicles of others via the global computer network; providing automobile value advisory and price evaluation services, namely, automobile appraisal services; providing information in the field of automobile financing Providing an online search engine service for new and used automobile listings and automobile related information; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for providing value advisory and price evaluation services in connection with automobiles; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for data processing; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for automobile appraisal; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for use in connection with obtaining financing relating to automobiles; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for accessing financing information in the field of automobiles; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for providing information in the field of automobile financing; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for promoting the sale of automobiles; Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for tracking vehicle depreciation for optimizing related lending criteria; Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for providing financial tools and financial advice related to automotive loans; Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for use in providing advertisement and promotional services for others based on vehicle valuation; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software allowing website users to research motorized vehicle leasing information and motorized vehicle residual values; Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for analyzing and predicting residual values of motorized vehicles; Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for data analysis in the field of motorized vehicle leasing and marketing; providing subscription-based online modeling tools in the nature of on-line non-downloadable software allowing users to calculate motorized vehicle residual value and perform pricing analysis
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System and method for sales generation in conjunction with a vehicle data system
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.
Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. Specifically, in certain embodiments, historical transaction data associated with a particular vehicle configuration may be obtained and processed to determine pricing data associated with the vehicle configuration. The historical transaction data or determined pricing data may then be presented in an intuitive manner.
G06Q 40/00 - Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
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System and method for the utilization of pricing models in the aggregation, analysis, presentation and monetization of pricing data for vehicles and other commodities
Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. In certain embodiments, one or more models may be applied over a set of historical transaction data associated with a vehicle configuration to determine pricing data. Some models may leverage incremental data in various conditions, including cases where fewer than a desired number of historical transactions are present in the bin of a specified vehicle, where fewer than, equal to, or more than a certain number of list prices for the specified vehicle available, and where no historical transaction data for new models is available.
Systems, methods, and computer program products for identifying items more likely to be selected by an individual user as a next hop in a search path. Probability metrics are maintained for items, the probability metrics indicating frequencies with which users have selected each item as a next hop after viewing another item. Responsive to the user viewing a baseline item, a probability of selection as a next hop is determined for each of a plurality of items based on the probability metrics. The items are ranked according to the probabilities of selection and presented to the user.
G06F 3/0484 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
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G06F 3/04842 - Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements
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System and method for aggregation, enhancing, analysis or presentation of data for vehicles or other commodities
Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. Specifically, in certain embodiments, historical transaction data associated with a particular vehicle configuration may be obtained and processed to determine pricing data associated with the vehicle configuration. The historical transaction data or determined pricing data may then be presented in an intuitive manner.
Systems, methods and computer program products for selecting dealers based on characteristics of the dealers and the user. A vehicle data system collects dealer location and historical transaction data from external data sources and generates and stores an eligibility table that identifies a set of eligible dealers for each combination of user location and vehicle make. Eligible dealers are determined from the eligibility table using a location and vehicle make identified from a user request. Scores are determined for each eligible dealer based on a dealer scoring model using a binary choice model in the form of a logistic regression of market share, inventory, close rate, price and distance, and dealers are ranked by these scores. A presentation of dealers selected by rank and by closest location to the user is generated and provided to the user via an interface running on a computing device.
To increase the efficiency of a used vehicle data processing process while still tailoring to an individual user's unique specifications on a used vehicle, at least some pre-calculations are performed by a backend process before a request for data for a specified vehicle is received through a web site or a web server on the Internet. A user can be presented with an interface where the user can make a variety of determinations. After the user requests data on a specific vehicle configuration, a frontend process handles user-provided data in conjunction with the data calculated in the backend process to ensure that the results are better tailored to the user's specific vehicle attributes. The results can include pricing data such as a trade-in price, a list price, an expected sale price or range of sale prices, market low sale price, market average sale price, market high sale price, etc.
Systems, method and computer program products for presenting to a user a visualization of a vehicle dealer performance assessment based on dealer location and vehicle sales transaction data, where the assessment is based on geographically normalized metrics. Dealer location data and historical vehicle sales transaction data is collected by a in a vehicle data system from external data sources. Distances from dealers to geographical regions of interest are determined, and differences between these distances are normalized to produce competition zone indices for the geographical regions. The competition zone indices are then used to aggregate the geographical regions into different competition zones in which dealers of interest have corresponding levels of competitive advantage or disadvantage, normalized according to typical distances associated with transactions in the respective geographical regions.
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System and method for dealer evaluation and dealer network optimization using spatial and geographic analysis in a network of distributed computer systems
Embodiments of vehicle data systems for use in distributed computer network are disclosed. Particular embodiments may determine and enhance vehicle data from various data sources distributed across the computer network, and utilize the enhanced vehicle data in the determination of normalization metrics that account for geography and population density or spatial behavioral patterns. Embodiments may utilize these normalization metrics to determine or predict one or more metrics about participants in a network.
Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. Specifically, in certain embodiments, historical transaction data associated with a particular vehicle configuration may be obtained and processed to determine pricing data associated with the vehicle configuration. The historical transaction data or determined pricing data may then be presented in an intuitive manner.
Embodiments of vehicle data systems for use in distributed computer network are disclosed. Particular embodiments may determine and enhance vehicle data from various data sources distributed across the computer network, and utilize the enhanced vehicle data in the determination of normalization metrics that account for geography and population density or spatial behavioral patterns. Embodiments may utilize these normalization metrics to assign zone labels to geographic areas and present representations of the geographic areas based on the normalization metrics across the distributed computer network.
A vehicle sales matching system may include a vehicle sales lead data database, a vehicle sales information database, and a sales matching system embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium and communicatively connected to the vehicle sales lead data database and the vehicle sales information database. The vehicle sales lead data may include validated customer data and third party customer data. The vehicle sales information may include sales data from vehicle dealers, data extract services, and sales data sources. The sales matching system may be configured for applying one or more matching rules for matching a vehicle sales lead from the vehicle sales lead database to a vehicle sale from the vehicle sales information database.
G06Q 30/06 - Buying, selling or leasing transactions
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System and method for the utilization of pricing models in the aggregation, analysis, presentation and monetization of pricing data for vehicles and other commodities
Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. In certain embodiments, one or more models may be applied over a set of historical transaction data associated with a vehicle configuration to determine pricing data. Some models may leverage incremental data in various conditions, including cases where fewer than a desired number of historical transactions are present in the bin of a specified vehicle, where fewer than, equal to, or more than a certain number of list prices for the specified vehicle available, and where no historical transaction data for new models is available.
A data system can maintain a targeted incentive database mapping product categories to targeted incentive levels and mapping the targeted incentive levels to a plurality of user segments corresponding to observable features of users. The data system can receive a user query from a user computer device, the query comprising product configuration information, apply a set of segment matching rules to match the user to a user segment from the targeted incentive database based on a set of observable features associated with the user, identify a targeted incentive level for a product category from a plurality of targeted incentive levels for the product category according to a mapping between the determined user segment and the identified targeted incentive level in the targeted incentive database and generate a responsive web page to display the identified targeted incentive level at the user computing device.
Vehicle data systems for the rule based collection of vehicle data from across a distributed heterogeneous computer network; rule based filtering and enhancing of that data; determination of rule sets pertaining to determination of pricing likelihood; and the real time presentation of accurate pricing likelihoods for specified vehicle configurations over a computer network using those rule sets are disclosed.
Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. Specifically, in certain embodiments, historical transaction data associated with a particular vehicle configuration may be obtained and processed to determine pricing data associated with the vehicle configuration. The historical transaction data or determined pricing data may then be presented in an intuitive manner.
Vehicle data systems for the rule based collection of vehicle data from across a distributed heterogeneous computer network; rule based filtering and enhancing of that data; determination of rule sets pertaining to determination of pricing likelihood; and the real time presentation of accurate pricing likelihoods for specified vehicle configurations over a computer network using those rule sets are disclosed.
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System, method and computer program product for geo-specific vehicle pricing
Disclosed are embodiments for the aggregation and analysis of vehicle prices via a geo-specific model. Data may be collected at various geo-specific levels such as a ZIP-Code level to provide greater data resolution. Data sets taken into account may include demarcation point data sets and data sets based on vehicle transactions. A demarcation point data set may be based on consumer market factors that influence car-buying behavior. Vehicle transactions may be classified into data sets for other vehicles having similar characteristics to the vehicle. A geo-specific statistical pricing model may then be applied to the data sets based on similar characteristics to a particular vehicle to produce a price estimation for the vehicle.
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.
Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. Specifically, in certain embodiments, historical transaction data associated with a particular vehicle configuration may be obtained and processed to determine pricing data associated with the vehicle configuration. The historical transaction data or determined pricing data may then be presented in an intuitive manner.
Embodiments disclosed provide a system, method, and computer program product for identifying consumer items more likely to be bought by an individual user. In some embodiments, a collaborative filter may be used to rank items based on the degree to which they match user preferences. The collaborative filter may be hierarchical and may take various factors into consideration. Example factors may include the similarity among items based on observable features, a summary of aggregate online search behavior across multiple users, the item features determined to be most important to the individual user, and a baseline item against which a conditional probability of another item being selected is measured.
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Method and system for selection, filtering or presentation of available sales outlets
Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods for the filtering, selection and presentation of vendors accounting for both user characteristics and vendor characteristics, such that the systems and methods may be used by both customer and vendor alike to better match customer needs with the resource-constrained vendors with whom a successful sale has a higher probability of occurring. Embodiments may include filtering, selecting and/or presenting vendors to a user sorted by the probability that the particular vendor will possess the characteristics that appeal to a particular customer and therefore result in a large probability of sale and suppress presentation of those vendors that are unlikely to be selected by the customer since their characteristics are less consistent with those needed by the customer and, therefore, are unlikely to result in a sale.
A vehicle data system may receive, via a website, a user query about a vehicle or features of a vehicle that may not actually exist. The vehicle data system can transform a set of features representing a query vehicle associated with the user query into a query vehicle feature vector, compare the query vehicle feature vector with one or more inventory vehicle feature vectors representative of one or more dealer inventory vehicles, determine a similarity score between the query vehicle and the one or more dealer inventory vehicles, and generate at least one recommendation based on the similarity score, for instance, a great match and/or a good match to the vehicle that the user has inquired about. The at least one recommendation can be presented via the website in real time.
Embodiments of systems and methods disclosed herein provide solutions for predicting vehicle invoice pricing, trim, and options by starting from scratch (raw data), transforming the raw data into actionable data, and comprehensively exploring all possible option combinations that can match a vehicle's Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price (MSRP). Embodiments implement algorithms that determine the trim of a vehicle and intelligently analyze all possible option combinations that would result in a target MSRP while avoid searching unnecessary vehicle configurations. The algorithms can be used to predict the trim, invoice, and options of a vehicle based on the vehicle's VIN and MSRP.
A price check system may receive a vehicle identification number (VIN) or determine the VIN via an image from a mobile price check application. The price check system may determine if build data is available for a vehicle associated with the VIN and, if build data is available for the vehicle, determine one or more prices for the vehicle based on the build data and provide same to the mobile price check application. If build data is not available for the vehicle, the price check system may prepare and send a request to the mobile price check application to obtain configuration information on the vehicle from a user of the mobile price check application. The price check system may then determine one or more prices for the vehicle based on the configuration information and provide same to the mobile price check application in real time or substantially real time.
Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. Specifically, in certain embodiments, historical transaction data associated with a particular vehicle configuration may be obtained and processed to determine pricing data associated with the vehicle configuration. The historical transaction data or determined pricing data may then be presented in an intuitive manner.
Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. Specifically, in certain embodiments, historical transaction data associated with a particular vehicle configuration may be obtained and processed to determine pricing data associated with the vehicle configuration. The historical transaction data or determined pricing data may then be presented in an intuitive manner.
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Goods & Services
Providing motorized vehicle purchase advisory and consulting services; providing motorized vehicle value advisory and price evaluation services; providing information via a global computer network in connection with the price, value and specifications of motorized vehicles; statistical analysis of national and regional motorized vehicle price data; providing motorized vehicle price reports that include dealer cost, factory invoice price, average price, sticker price, MSRP, and a statistical analysis of price for a particular vehicle based on actual purchase data; marketing and advertising services for sellers of new and used motorized vehicles, motorized vehicle parts and accessories, and motorized vehicle repair, customization and restoration services; market research relating to motor vehicles; consultation and advisory services relating to the purchase of and negotiation for new and used motor vehicles; price comparison of the goods or services of vendors; the provision of information via telecommunications, computer data-base, cable and the Internet relating to the quality, price and availability of vehicles for purchase assessment and comparison; business advisory services for the establishment, organisation and operations of a vehicle dealer network; management of database files of used vehicle prices; business services in relation to the enabling of others to conduct electronic commerce; commercial intermediation services to link car buyers and car sellers and car dealers through the Internet; business advisory services relating to the establishment and franchising of motor dealerships; business management services offered via computer networks and global communication networks, namely providing vehicle sales leads and pricing information to dealers, assisting dealers in responses to customer enquiries and tracking those responses, allocating sales leads to sales staff, managing used vehicles inventories, compiling and managing vehicle inventory and price data; providing business information about vehicles and vehicle sales to dealers via computer networks and global communications networks; the bringing together for the benefit of others of a variety of motor vehicles, enabling customers to conveniently view, sell and purchase those goods in a motor vehicle showroom or from a motor vehicle mail order catalogue, or from a website specialising in the sale and purchase of motor vehicles; retail and wholesale services connected with the sale and purchase of motor vehicles; importing and exporting motor vehicles; auctioning of motor vehicles; advertising services relating to motor vehicles; promotional and advertising services, all provided through a magazine, website or other electronic media and relating to cars; business mediation regarding the purchase and sale of vehicles; providing business information relating to the sale, purchase and leasing of vehicles; electronic contracting services for the sale and purchase of motor vehicles; computerised data-base management services; statistical information services for business purposes; none of the aforesaid services being rendered in connection with electric vehicles. Providing a web site featuring temporary use of non-downloadable software allowing web site users to search for, research, purchase and sell motorized vehicles; application service provider services; providing temporary use of non-downloadable software; research services relating to motor vehicles and their value; hosting of internet sites, maintenance and updating of informational websites and website portals for use by others; technological assistance services relating to the aforesaid services; research and development relating to motor vehicles; technical and engineering information provided online from a computer database or from the internet, relating to vehicles; creating and maintaining web-sites; hosting the web-sites of others; computer services; design and implementation of on-line marketplaces for the conducting of vehicle sales; leasing access time to databases, information, images accessed utilising the Internet and other communication networks; creating, designing, drawing, commissioned writing and/or maintaining web-sites; installation and maintenance of computer software; consultancy in the field of the Internet technology and other communications networks; providing virtual computer systems and virtual computer environments through cloud computing for use in connection with motor vehicles; vehicle diagnostic services, namely, providing vehicle diagnostic information, vehicle mileage, vehicle maintenance needs, vehicle diagnostic readings and diagnostic trouble codes to drivers and car dealers regarding vehicles, all being for the testing of vehicles and provided via mobile cellular networks; application service provider (ASP) services; hosting an online community website featuring information about vehicles; providing an inspection program for pre-owned vehicles; design and development of computer software for information systems relating car dealing; provision if information relating to automotive engineering; none of the aforesaid services being rendered in connection with electric vehicles. Licensing, management and exploitation of intellectual property and other proprietary data, materials and information; legal consultancy in the sale of vehicles through car dealerships; roadside emergency and security services, namely, remote vehicle door lock and unlock, remote engine start, stolen vehicle tracking, detection and notification to vehicle owners; vehicle monitoring services for safety purposes; driver management, namely, monitoring, tracking and alerting motor vehicle owners to incidents using a global positioning system; social networking services; security services relating to vehicles; none of the aforesaid services being rendered in connection with electric vehicles.
A catheter insertion device has a generally hollow housing having a closed base end opposite an open distal end. A hollow needle defines a channel in fluidic or pneumatic communication between a distal skin-piercing end and the proximal needle end. A plunger is slidably disposed over at least a portion of the hollow needle. The distal skin-piercing end of the hollow needle extends through the plunger distal end. An expandable chamber is at least partially formed by the plunger proximal chamber end and at least an inside surface of the closed based end of the generally hollow needle, where the expandable chamber is in fluidic or pneumatic communication with the channel of the hollow needle through the proximal needle end. The expandable chamber is configured to increase in volume as the plunger moves towards the distal skin-piercing end of the hollow needle.
Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods for the filtering, selection and presentation of vendors accounting for both user characteristics and vendor characteristics, such that the systems and methods may be used by both customer and vendor alike to better match customer needs with the resource-constrained vendors with whom a successful sale has a higher probability of occurring. Embodiments may include filtering, selecting and/or presenting vendors to a user sorted by the probability that the particular vendor will possess the characteristics that appeal to a particular customer and therefore result in a large probability of sale and suppress presentation of those vendors that are unlikely to be selected by the customer since their characteristics are less consistent with those needed by the customer and, therefore, are unlikely to result in a sale.
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.
Systems, methods and computer program products for providing recommendations to consumers, where the recommendations are based on determinations of similarity between desired products and recommended products. In one embodiment, a system includes a server computer coupled to a network and a data store. The server computer receives from client devices user input that identifies the characteristics of a desired product. The data store contains a plurality of product listings. For each of a set of these listings, the server computer identifies characteristics of the listed product, and compares characteristics of the listed product to characteristics of the desired product. The server computer determines similarity measures for the individual characteristics, and determines an overall similarity score for the listed product based on the similarity measures for the individual characteristics. The server computer orders the listed products based on the similarity scores, and provides a recommendation output to the user.
Systems and methods for assisting a vehicle owner in making decisions regarding when to replace a vehicle by determining a vehicle owner's satisfaction with the vehicle relative to the cost of owning the vehicle. In one embodiment, a system is configured to provide a model for owner satisfaction which is based on historical vehicle replacement information, but is tailored to a particular owner according to user input. An owner satisfaction curve is produced from this model and is compared to a cost-of-ownership curve that is tailored to the vehicle and possibly also the user. The owner satisfaction curve is compared to the cost-of-ownership curve to enable the user to determine where the cost of ownership exceeds the owner's satisfaction, and the vehicle should be replaced.
Systems and methods for estimating the cost of vehicle ownership wherein, in one embodiment, a system includes a computer processor that is coupled to a network interface, a data storage device and an output device, the processor being configured to receive information identifying a user-specified vehicle of interest and interval of interest. The processor uses this information to identify and retrieve pre-calculated data items that are stored in the data storage device, and to request external data items from an external data source and receive the requested external data items via the network interface. The processor computes cost-of-vehicle-ownership (COVO) components for the vehicle of interest, sums the components to determine an overall COVO, and outputs the components and overall COVO to a user via the output device. The user may provide further input to modify the COVO calculation.
Systems, methods and computer program products for determining costs of vehicle repairs and times to major repairs. In one embodiment, a system includes a computer processor, a data storage device, and an output device. The processor receives information from a user identifying a vehicle of interest. The processor retrieves repair data items that have characteristics common to the vehicle of interest from a database stored in the data storage device. The processor determines repairs that are expected to be necessary for the vehicle of interest based on the retrieved repair data items, and determines the costs associated with the identified expected repairs. The processor provides output to the user indicating the repair costs and/or the times at which the repairs are likely to be necessary. The output may be in graphical and/or numerical form.
Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. Specifically, in certain embodiments, historical transaction data associated with a particular vehicle configuration may be obtained and processed to determine pricing data associated with the vehicle configuration. The historical transaction data or determined pricing data may then be presented in an intuitive manner.
Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. Specifically, in certain embodiments, historical transaction data associated with a particular vehicle configuration may be obtained and processed to determine pricing data associated with the vehicle configuration. The historical transaction data or determined pricing data may then be presented in an intuitive manner.
Systems, methods and computer program products that determine wholesale prices for durable goods such as used vehicles. In one embodiment, a system includes a computer processor, a network interface, a data storage device, and an output device. The system collects and stores, via the network interface, historical sales information from external data sources. A retail price for a target vehicle is determined based on the collected information. Condition information for the vehicle is collected and used to adjust the retail price to arrive at a wholesale price, which is output to a user. The system may also adjust the price based on repair costs associated with identified vehicle conditions. The system may collect cost information associated with a wholesale sale transaction and deduct these costs and a profit margin from the wholesale price to produce a trade-in price.
A vehicle sales matching system may include a vehicle sales lead data database, a vehicle sales information database, and a sales matching system embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium and communicatively connected to the vehicle sales lead data database and the vehicle sales information database. The vehicle sales lead data may include validated customer data and third party customer data. The vehicle sales information may include sales data from vehicle dealers, third party data extract services, and third party sales data sources. The sales matching system may be configured for applying one or more matching rules for matching a vehicle sales lead from the vehicle sales lead database to a vehicle sale from the vehicle sales information database.
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System, method and computer program product for tracking and correlating online user activities with sales of physical goods
A vehicle sales matching system may include a vehicle sales lead data database, a vehicle sales information database, and a sales matching system embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium and communicatively connected to the vehicle sales lead data database and the vehicle sales information database. The vehicle sales lead data may include validated customer data and third party customer data. The vehicle sales information may include sales data from vehicle dealers, third party data extract services, and third party sales data sources. The sales matching system may be configured for applying one or more matching rules for matching a vehicle sales lead from the vehicle sales lead database to a vehicle sale from the vehicle sales information database.
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PAY-PER-SALE SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREFOR
A vehicle sales matching system may include a vehicle sales lead data database, a vehicle sales information database, and a sales matching system embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium and communicatively connected to the vehicle sales lead data database and the vehicle sales information database. The vehicle sales lead data may include validated customer data and third party customer data. The vehicle sales information may include sales data from vehicle dealers, third party data extract services, and third party sales data sources. The sales matching system may be configured for applying one or more matching rules for matching a vehicle sales lead from the vehicle sales lead database to a vehicle sale from the vehicle sales information database.
A vehicle identification number (VIN) decoder (VDC) implementing a unique VIN decoding method may, for a given VIN, shorten the VIN and form a stem and a leaf therefrom. Utilizing the stem, the VDC may operate to find matching leaf values, if any, from a set of look up tables. Depending upon a match outcome, one or more trim identification code (TIC) values can be assigned to the VIN and a candidate list can be constructed utilizing the assigned TIC value(s). The candidate list, which can be optimized, may contain one or more candidate trims for the VIN. For each candidate trim, a confidence score and a match probability can be generated. The VDC may provide decoded information containing trim data associated with at least one of the one or more candidate trims for the VIN to a client device over a network connection.
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System, method and computer program product for predicting item preference using revenue-weighted collaborative filter
Embodiments disclosed provide a system, method, and computer program product for identifying consumer items more likely to be bought by an individual user. In some embodiments, a collaborative filter may be used to rank items based on the degree to which they match user preferences. The collaborative filter may be hierarchical and may take various factors into consideration. Example factors may include the similarity among items based on observable features, a summary of aggregate online search behavior across multiple users, the item features determined to be most important to the individual user, and a baseline item against which a conditional probability of another item being selected is measured.
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G06F 3/0484 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
G06F 3/0482 - Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
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Goods & Services
Computer application software for mobile devices, namely,
software for accessing a database of information about
motorized vehicles and motorized vehicle pricing;
downloadable software allowing users to search for,
research, purchase and sell motorized vehicles. Providing motorized vehicle purchase advisory and consulting
services; providing motorized vehicle value advisory and
price evaluation services; providing information via a
global computer network in connection with the price, value
and specifications of motorized vehicles; statistical
analysis of national and regional motorized vehicle price
data; providing motorized vehicle price reports that include
dealer cost, factory invoice price, average price, sticker
price, MSRP, and a statistical analysis of price for a
particular vehicle based on actual purchase data; marketing
and advertising services for sellers of new and used
motorized vehicles, motorized vehicle parts and accessories,
and motorized vehicle repair, customization and restoration
services. Providing a web site featuring temporary use of
non-downloadable software allowing web site users to search
for, research, purchase and sell motorized vehicles.
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System and method for analysis and presentation of used vehicle pricing data
Systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, and display of data for used vehicles are disclosed. Historical transaction data for used vehicles may be obtained and processed to determine pricing data, where this determined pricing data may be associated with a particular configuration of a vehicle. The user can then be presented with an interface pertinent to the vehicle configuration utilizing the aggregated data set or the associated determined data where the user can make a variety of determinations. This interface may, for example, be configured to present the historical transaction data visually, with the pricing data such as a trade-in price, a list price, an expected sale price or range of sale prices, market low sale price, market average sale price, market high sale price, etc. presented relative to the historical transaction data.
G06Q 30/02 - Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
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System and method for the utilization of pricing models in the aggregation, analysis, presentation and monetization of pricing data for vehicles and other commodities
Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. In certain embodiments, one or more models may be applied over a set of historical transaction data associated with a vehicle configuration to determine pricing data. Some models may leverage incremental data in various conditions, including cases where fewer than a desired number of historical transactions are present in the bin of a specified vehicle, where fewer than, equal to, or more than a certain number of list prices for the specified vehicle available, and where no historical transaction data for new models is available.
Systems, methods and computer program products for forecasting future values of an item, where an initial value for the item is determined, and then a baseline forecast for a future reference period is computed based on factors that include microeconomic data which is specific to an industry of the item and macroeconomic data which is non-specific to the industry of the item. The forecast may also be adjusted based on data for a set of competitive items. The forecast for the item is stored and is then made available to clients that can access the forecast to determine the expected future value of the item at some point in the future.
G06Q 10/04 - Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem"
99.
System and method for sales generation in conjunction with a vehicle data system
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.
Natural language processing (NLP) approaches may be utilized to map two strings. The strings may come from sources utilizing different naming conventions. One example may be a data aggregator that collects used car transaction information. Another example may be a comprehensive database listing all possible manufacturer-defined vehicle options. A NLP system may operate to determine whether a source string is present in a target string and outputting a match containing the source string and the target string if the source string is present in the target string or computing a similarity factor if the source string is not present in the target string. The similarity factor representing a measure of similarity between two strings may be computed based on a plurality of parameters, including a Levenshtein edit distance parameter. The computed similarity can be used to find pricing information, including trade-in, sale, and list prices, across disparate naming conventions.
