Patent ID: 9741066
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G06Q

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, at a server from a consumer device, one or more indications of consumer interest in a vehicle; in response to receiving the one or more indications of consumer interest in the vehicle, identifying, by the server, a vehicle identification number (VIN) and a vehicle report associated with the vehicle; determining, by the server and using a usage database, that the vehicle report has not been purchased by a dealer; determining, by the server, that a particular dealer is offering the vehicle for sale based on the VIN being listed in an inventory of the particular dealer, the inventory being stored in one or more dealer databases; in response to determining that the particular dealer is offering the vehicle for sale, generating an alert that the vehicle report has not been purchased by the particular dealer; and transmitting, by the server over one or more networks, the alert to the particular dealer for display on a computing device associated with the particular dealer.