Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US8515817B2/en
Timestamp: 2018-10-22 06:19:20
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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 200980141911', 'Application No. 09', 'Application No. 09', 'Application No. 09', 'Application No. 13', 'Application No. 200980142589']

US8515817B2 - Systems and methods of matching purchase requests with consummated sales - Google Patents
US8515817B2
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1. An automobile sales lead matching system comprising:
a database of automobile sales information including sales data from automobile dealers derived from one or more automobile sales related transactions;
an automobile sales lead matching system at a server having a CPU, in communication with the automobile sales leads database and the automobile sales information database, wherein the matching system includes:
a data normalization engine for normalizing, using the CPU, the automobile sales related transaction information derived from one or more sources of sales information to provide a normalized sales dataset; and
a matching engine for matching, using the CPU, at least one sales record from the normalized sales dataset to at least one lead from the automobile sales lead database;
a sales matching application in communication with the matching engine for identifying a plurality of matched sales that are automatically approved sales or sales requiring manual review; and
a financial system adaptor for receiving information related to the automatically approved sales that are compiled in a financial collections database or a financial invoices database, wherein the financial invoices database contains information related to invoice-able sales that appear as a line item on an invoice to a seller from a group of sellers for which compensation may be obtained by a sales matching service provider for providing the selected leads giving rise thereto.
2. The automobile sales lead matching system of claim 1, wherein the database of automobile sales information includes information from dealer based sales of automobiles.
3. The automobile sales lead matching system of claim 1, wherein the matching engine establishes matches between the at least one sales record from the normalized sales dataset and the at least one lead from the automobile sales lead database based on a predetermined matching confidence.
4. The automobile sales lead matching system of claim 1 wherein the sales lead data is collected from a group of lead suppliers.
5. The automobile sales lead matching system of claim 4 wherein the group of lead suppliers includes at least one of: a web site or a customer.
6. The automobile sales lead matching system of claim 1 wherein the database of automobile sales information further includes sales data from loan originators or insurance carriers, or both.
7. The automobile sales lead matching system of claim 1 wherein the data normalization engine removes duplicates or unnecessary information, or both.
8. The automobile sales lead matching system of claim 1 further comprising a reporting system that provides dealers with feedback or analysis based on the sales data.
9. The automobile sales lead matching system of claim 1 wherein the lead data and/or the automobile sales information is collected through the Internet or another telecommunication medium.
10. An automobile sales matching system comprising:
a database of automobile sales information including sales data from automobile dealers derived from a plurality of automobile sales related transactions;
an automobile sales matching system at a server having a CPU, in communication with the automobile sales purchase request database and the automobile sales information database, wherein the matching system includes:
a data normalization engine for normalizing, using the CPU, the automobile sales related transaction information derived from multiple sources of sales information to provide a normalized sales dataset; and
a matching engine for matching, using the CPU, at least one sales record from the normalized sales dataset to at least one purchase request from the source of sales purchase request data
a financial system adapter for receiving information related to the automatically approves sales that are compiled in a financial collections database or a financial invoices database, wherein the financial invoices database contains information related to invoice-able sales that appear as a line item on an invoice to a seller from a group of sellers for which compensation may be obtained by a sales matching service provider for providing the selected leads giving rise thereto.
11. The automobile sales matching system of claim 10, wherein the database of automobile sales information includes information from dealer based sales of automobiles.
12. The automobile sales matching system of claim 10, wherein the matching engine establishes matches between the at least one sales record from the normalized sales dataset and the at least one purchase request from the source of sales purchase request data based on a predetermined matching confidence.
13. The automobile sales matching system of claim 10 wherein the purchase requests collected from a group of lead suppliers.
14. The automobile sales matching system of claim 13 wherein the group of lead suppliers includes at least one of: a web site or a customer.
15. The automobile sales matching system of claim 10 wherein the database of automobile sales information further includes sales data from loan originators or insurance carriers, or both.
16. The automobile sales matching system of claim 10 wherein the data normalization engine removes duplicates or unnecessary information, or both.
17. The automobile sales matching system of claim 10 further comprising a reporting system that provides dealers with feedback or analysis based on the sales data.
18. The automobile sales matching system of claim 10 wherein the purchase requests and/or the automobile sales information is collected through the Internet or another telecommunication medium.
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