Patent ID: 6965874

Claim:
A method for facilitating the transfer of vehicle leases between parties, the method comprising the steps of: providing a website which displays at least one control giving a visitor an option of (A) creating a record including details of the visitor and of a leased vehicle whose lease the first visitor intends to assign, and (B) viewing a list of records, each record including a description of a leased vehicle and an owner thereof; in response to a first, listing user visiting the website and selecting option (A): directing the listing user to a first webpage at the website; receiving from the listing user at said first webpage information pertaining to a leased vehicle and information to enable another visitor to the website to contact the listing user, wherein the information input by the listing user includes an incentive amount offered by the listing user to encourage another visitor to assume the lease; and storing the record created by the listing user in a database; in response to a second, searching user visiting the website and selecting option (B): directing the searching user to a second webpage at the website; providing the searching user access to a database of vehicle lease records at the second webpage concerning vehicle leases available for transfer; searching, via a search engine, the vehicle lease database according to criteria entered by the searching user, whereby the search engine identifies available vehicle lease records which meet the entered criteria; and upon execution of a given search, via the search engine, providing to the searching user information from matching vehicle lease records which meet the entered criteria of the given search, the information including at least one of incentive amount, allowed lease mileage, lease payment amount, lease mileage amount, lease holder, lease end buyout amount, months remaining on lease, and available miles per month remaining on the lease; and receiving financial information from the searching user for use in connection with initiating a lease transfer of a selected vehicle, said selected vehicle associated with a selected vehicle lease record, such that the searching user can thereafter assume the selected vehicle's lease associated with the selected vehicle lease record.