System and Method for Generating an Informational Packet for the Purpose of Marketing a Vehicle to Prospective Customers

摘要

System and method for collecting information including data and files about a vehicle in a central repository, such data including inventory data from automobile dealerships, service history data, ownership history data, warranty data, original factory equipment data, invoice pricing data, vehicle images, financing data, and current retail value data, normalizing this data, and aggregating and storing the data in an relational database and file system to permit creation of customized presentations and analytical reports to assist in marketing vehicles to perspective customers.

主权项

1. A method for assimilating information for a plurality of vehicles from a plurality of sources to present to at least one person using a system having at least one processor and a relationship database, the method comprising:
searching the relationship database for active vehicles; for each vehicle:
determining whether the relationship database has images for the located vehicle;when a vehicle has no images associated with it, querying the relationship database for a source and obtaining images if available from that source;determining whether the vehicle is a certified pre-owned vehicle;when a vehicle is a certified pre-owned vehicle, loading a set of data categories for certified pre-owned vehicles into an array to perform an iterative loop through that array to obtain and/or update information in those data categories;querying the relationship database for system data categories to load into a second array to perform an iterative loop through that array to obtain and/or update information in those data categories;querying the relationship database for data categories for a dealership associated with the vehicle to load into a third array to perform an iterative loop through that array to obtain and/or update information in those data categories including retrieving any stored content to create presentation material using predefined templates.