Patent ID: 9171329
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer hardware system including a processor and memory, the system configured to manage vehicles impounded at a facility on behalf of a municipality, the system comprising modules instantiated in the memory by the processor, the modules comprising: a marked grid module, configured to display each of a plurality of marked impounded vehicles to system users in a marked grid, the marked grid module being configured to facilitate a selection of at least one marked vehicle for titling, such that upon the selection, effectuating an application for title for the at least one selected marked vehicle in a name of the municipality; a pending grid module, configured to display all selected marked vehicles for titling to the system users in a pending grid, the pending grid indicating that the at least one pending marked vehicle as being titled when the application for title for the at least one pending marked vehicle has been approved and received; a select auction date grid module, configured to display each titled marked vehicle to the system users in a select auction date grid, the select auction date grid module configured to facilitate a choice of an upcoming scheduled auction date for the at least one titled marked vehicle; a minimum bid guide grid module, configured to display all scheduled titled vehicles to the system users in a minimum bid guide grid, along with estimated vehicle values for the scheduled titled vehicles as obtained by the minimum bid guide grid module from a vehicle valuation service based on information available from a record for each of the all scheduled vehicles, the minimum bid guide grid module configured to facilitate assigning a minimum bid value to the at least one scheduled titled vehicle in connection with a corresponding one of the estimated vehicle values; and a final auction grid module, configured to display each valued vehicle to the system users in a final auction grid, the final auction grid module configured to enter a purchase price for which the at least one valued titled vehicle has been auctioned and a purchaser to whom the at least one valued titled vehicle has been auctioned.