Patent ID: 7676494

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of matching vehicle ratings to rental equipment using a central database, comprising: storing vehicle information and rental equipment information in the central database; providing a website for a user to specify a description of a vehicle; retrieving the vehicle information from the central database based on the description of the vehicle as specified by the user; searching the central database based on the vehicle information retrieved from the central database to identify rental equipment in the central database which is compatible with the user-specified vehicle by a computer-implemented comparison of the rental equipment information to the vehicle information, wherein the computer implemented method selects the rental equipment based on compatible attributes between the rental equipment information and vehicle information, including height of the vehicle and hitch assembly, length and width of the vehicle, weight ratio, electrical wiring harness, ground clearance, engine size, drive configuration, wheel base, and towing capacity; and displaying the compatible rental equipment on the website.