Vehicle Query Data Widgets for Unified Dealership Inventory Search
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for searching and comparing vehicles across multiple dealerships are time-consuming and inconvenient, as customers must visit multiple websites and manually apply search criteria individually, lacking a comprehensive and efficient way to aggregate and compare inventory.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method using a widget that automatically determines vehicle query criteria, receives additional user input, and transmits data to display recommended vehicles on a map, leveraging machine-learning to predict user preferences and adjust search results based on contextual indicators.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If customers visit each dealership's website individually to search for vehicles, then they can access comprehensive vehicle inventory information, but the search process becomes time-consuming and inconvenient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple dealership website searches into a single unified search interface. The system combines vehicle inventory data from multiple dealerships and presents it together, allowing customers to search across all dealerships simultaneously rather than visiting each website separately. This resolving the contradiction by maintaining information completeness while dramatically reducing search time.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary system (the vehicle search platform) that acts as a mediator between customers and multiple dealership websites. This intermediary automatically collects, aggregates, and processes vehicle inventory data from various dealerships, presenting it in a unified format. The intermediary eliminates the need for customers to manually visit multiple websites while ensuring comprehensive information is provided.
2Ease of operation
If customers use vehicle aggregator websites to search for vehicles, then they can access multiple dealerships in one location, but they still have to visit multiple websites and compare vehicles individually
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the functionality of multiple dealership websites and aggregator sites into a single unified interface. Instead of requiring customers to navigate between multiple websites, the system combines all vehicle listings, search functions, and comparison tools into one integrated platform, significantly improving ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal search platform that performs multiple functions simultaneously: searching across multiple dealerships, comparing vehicles, providing inventory information, and enabling direct contact with dealers. This multi-functional system eliminates the need for customers to use multiple separate tools or websites.
3Reliability
If customers manually apply search criteria on each dealership website, then they can find vehicles meeting their needs, but the process becomes tedious and frustrating
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies search criteria to all dealership inventories simultaneously in advance, rather than requiring customers to manually apply the same criteria on each website. The system pre-processes the search across all dealerships using the customer's specified criteria, delivering results that meet their needs without the tedious manual process.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables the system to automatically perform the search and comparison tasks that would otherwise require manual customer effort. The automated system applies search criteria, filters results, and presents matching vehicles across multiple dealerships without requiring customers to repeatedly navigate and search individually, maintaining reliability while improving ease of operation.
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AI summary
A computer-implemented method for transmitting electronic query data related to various types of information or resources may include detecting user input on a website or other platform indicating permission to receive electronic data, causing display a widget or other user interface element that pre-fills the user input with query criteria, and requesting additional query criteria from the user to generate a complete query. The method may also include receiving available data including corresponding location or other relevant data for each available resource, determining a subset of data including recommended resources for the user based on the query location or other parameters, the initial query criteria, and the additional query criteria, and transmitting the subset of data to a graphical user interface on the user's device or other platform.