| 摘要 |
Examples described include online automobile selection and sales systems and methods. Systems and methods disclosed herein may provide a start-to-finish web-based automobile shopping and purchasing experience. Examples described may include a variety of software modules including, but not limited to, a buying module, a selecting module, a valuation module, a financing module, an interface module, and a data integration module. One or more software modules may be integrated into a single module and hosted on the same or different servers. A consumer may be able to obtain a commitment to purchase a trade-in vehicle at a specified price, a commitment to sell another vehicle at a specified price, and an approved financing package without the need for personal negotiations. In this manner, examples of the present invention may facilitate sales of automobiles over the Internet at any time of day or day of the year. |
| 主权项 |
1. A method for online automobile selection and sales comprising:
receiving, at a server, an indication of interest in a certain vehicle from a potential buyer, wherein the indication of interest is received following transmission of information from the server to a computing device usable by the potential buyer regarding vehicles selected based, at least in part, on preferences of the potential buyer; accessing, by the server, stored information about acceptable pricing of the certain vehicle by a dealer; transmitting, by the server, information to the computing device usable by the potential buyer, indicative of a price for the certain vehicle known to be acceptable to the dealer based on the stored information about acceptable pricing; receiving, by the server, from the computing device usable by the potential buyer, information regarding a trade-in vehicle; accessing, by the server, stored information regarding acceptable pricing of the trade-in vehicle by the dealer; transmitting, by the server, information regarding a purchase price known to be acceptable to the dealer to the computing device usable by the potential buyer; receiving, by the server, from the computing device usable by the potential buyer, an indication of a portion of the price to be financed and financial information of the potential buyer; providing, by the server, to a financial services process, the financial information of the potential buyer; receiving, by the server, financing approval for the potential buyer to finance the portion of the price of the certain vehicle with a financial institution; transmitting, by the server, information to the computing device usable by the potential buyer, indication of the price of the vehicle acceptable to the dealer and the financing approval from the financial institution; and receiving, by the server, from the computing device usable by the potential buyer, acceptance of a transaction including purchase of the certain vehicle at the price, sale of the trade-in vehicle at the purchase price, and financing of the portion of the price with the financial institution.
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