Analytical Engine for Personalized Vehicle Offer Packages

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Solution Overview

Problem

The traditional process of purchasing or leasing a car is arduous due to limited customer insights on loan terms and negotiable elements, making it difficult for prospective buyers to ensure they are getting the best value, with few aware of factors like warranties and service contracts that affect the transaction.

Innovation Solution

An enhanced analytical engine system that includes a processor and memory, configured to optimize individual transaction recommendations by receiving customer data, collecting vehicle information, determining proposed offer packages based on historical transaction data and customer preferences, and providing personalized pricing information, including warranty, maintenance, and service contract options.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If traditional car purchasing process is used, then customers have full control over negotiation, but customers lack information and face arduous process

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecustomer insights on loan terms and negotiable elementsVSAvoidpurchasing process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system acts as an intermediary between dealers and customers, providing analytical insights and recommendations to customers about loan terms, negotiable elements, and offer packages. This mediator role gives customers information they previously lacked without adding complexity to the purchasing process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary analysis of customer financial information, vehicle selections, and market data before the actual purchase negotiation. This preliminary action provides customers with informed recommendations and suggested offer packages in advance, eliminating the need for complex on-the-spot negotiations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If comprehensive vehicle options and add-ons are presented to customers, then customers can find best value, but information overload makes decision-making difficult

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevehicle acquisition optionsVSAvoidinformation processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system changes the parameter of information presentation by transforming raw vehicle data, warranty options, and pricing information into analyzed recommendations with assigned values and rankings. This parameter change makes comprehensive options manageable by presenting them in a structured, comparable format.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The system extracts only the most relevant information from the comprehensive vehicle data, such as key negotiable elements, critical loan terms, and top recommended offer packages. This extraction eliminates information overload by presenting only the essential details customers need for decision-making.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Productivity

If personalized recommendations are provided to customers, then transaction optimization improves, but data processing requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransaction completion efficiencyVSAvoidsystem processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs self-service data processing by automatically analyzing customer financial information, comparing it with vehicle pricing and market data, and generating personalized recommendations without requiring manual intervention. This automation improves transaction efficiency while managing processing complexity through systematic algorithms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses feedback loops to continuously refine recommendations by comparing suggested offer packages with actual transaction outcomes and customer preferences. This feedback mechanism improves personalization accuracy over time while optimizing the balance between data processing requirements and recommendation quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS12450638B2Systems and methods for providing an enhanced analytical engine
Publication Date: 2025.10.21 CAPITAL ONE SERVICES LLC
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AI summary

An enhanced analytical engine system may perform the steps of providing optimized individual transaction recommendations. The system may receive a request comprising customer financial information, customer identification information, and vehicle identification information. The system may collect information associated with one or more vehicles within an inventory listing associated with one or more dealership systems. The system may then provide data representing information associated with the one or more vehicles within an inventory listing associated with the one or more dealership systems. The system may receive data indicating selection of a vehicle of interest. The system may determine a proposed offer package for the vehicle of interest comprising an associated overall price and at least one from among a warranty option, maintenance option, and service contract option based on the customer preferences information and historical transaction data. The system may provide the determined proposed offer package for presentation to the customer.