Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for obtaining competitive pricing for vehicle services
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Application No.: US13157184Application Date: 2011-06-09
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Publication No.: US10600096B2Publication Date: 2020-03-24
- Inventor: Charles Michael McQuade , Brett Brinton
- Applicant: Charles Michael McQuade , Brett Brinton
- Applicant Address: US WA Seattle
- Assignee: ZONAR SYSTEMS, INC.
- Current Assignee: ZONAR SYSTEMS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Seattle
- Agency: Seed IP Law Group LLP
- Main IPC: G06Q30/06
- IPC: G06Q30/06 ; G06Q30/08

Abstract:
In order to obtain competitive pricing for vehicle servicing, a pricing service provider is used to obtain pricing data from a plurality of service vendors. In at least some embodiments, one or more of the following types of additional information for each vendor will be provided along with the pricing data, to enable the consumer (the owner or operator of the vehicle) to make an informed selection: a rating of the vendor, a relative distance between the consumer (or known vehicle location) and the vendor, and a time period defining when the vendor will be able to accommodate the service. In at least some embodiments, a pricing service provider hosts a reverse auction for the benefit of the consumer. In at least some embodiment, the pricing service provider hosts a webpage upon which results of the service requests from the plurality of vendors are displayed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120136527A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING COMPETITIVE PRICING FOR VEHICLE SERVICES Public/Granted day:2012-05-31
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