Patent ID: 8392334
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A vehicle scoring system, comprising: a computer system having a processor that supports operation of a software application, wherein the computer system is configured to receive a request from a user, the request identifying a specific vehicle with only a vehicle identification number, and to communicate the vehicle identification number to a filter module; a data storage module, accessed on the computer system, including a plurality of vehicle data records obtained from at least one of a title information database, a registration information database, a Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) records database, an auction records database, and an accident records database; the filter module, executed on the computer system, comprising: an output module for reporting an indication of the vehicle score to a user, wherein the indication of the vehicle score is one of a number and a range of numbers from a preselected scale, wherein the preselected scale is at least one of 0 to 100, 0 to 10 and 0% to 100%.