公开(公告)号：US20230281652A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-07

申请号：US18315428

申请日：2023-05-10

Applicant: TrueCar, Inc.

Inventor： Michael D. Swinson ,  Param Pash Kaur Dhillon ,  Thomas J. Sullivan ,  Xingchu Liu

IPC: G06Q30/0201 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q30/0204

CPC classification number: G06Q30/0206 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q30/0205

Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments for the aggregation and analysis of vehicle prices via a geo-specific model. Data may be collected at various geo-specific levels such as a ZIP-Code level to provide greater data resolution. Data sets taken into account may include demarcation point data sets and data sets based on vehicle transactions. A demarcation point data set may be based on consumer market factors that influence car-buying behavior. Vehicle transactions may be classified into data sets for other vehicles having similar characteristics to the vehicle. A geo-specific statistical pricing model may then be applied to the data sets based on similar characteristics to a particular vehicle to produce a price estimation for the vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US11669874B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-06

申请号：US17843426

申请日：2022-06-17

Applicant: TrueCar, Inc.

Inventor： Michael D. Swinson ,  Isaac Lemon Laughlin ,  Meghashyam Grama Ramanuja ,  Mikhail Semeniuk ,  Xingchu Liu

IPC: G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  G06Q30/0201

CPC classification number: G06Q30/0278 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q30/0206

Abstract: To increase the efficiency of a used vehicle data processing process while still tailoring to an individual user's unique specifications on a used vehicle, at least some pre-calculations are performed by a backend process before a request for data for a specified vehicle is received through a web site or a web server on the Internet. A user can be presented with an interface where the user can make a variety of determinations. After the user requests data on a specific vehicle configuration, a frontend process handles user-provided data in conjunction with the data calculated in the backend process to ensure that the results are better tailored to the user's specific vehicle attributes. The results can include pricing data such as a trade-in price, a list price, an expected sale price or range of sale prices, market low sale price, market average sale price, market high sale price, etc.

公开(公告)号：US20230117296A1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-20

申请号：US18084524

申请日：2022-12-19

Applicant: TrueCar, Inc.

Inventor： Michael D. Swinson ,  Jason McBride ,  Isaac Lemon Laughlin ,  Thomas J. Sullivan

IPC: G06Q30/0201 ,  G06Q30/0241

Abstract: Endogenous and exogenous variables associated with an item for sale by an affiliate may be displayed to a user of an affiliate decision-making tool. In response to the user selecting one of the endogenous variables, the affiliate decision-making tool may compute a number of introductions, a number of leads, and a number of sales for each of a plurality of possible values of the endogenous variable. The computation may be done utilizing a display position algorithm. A visualization of effects of setting the endogenous variable at different levels may be presented. The user may interact with the display position algorithm to vary one or more of the plurality of possible values of the endogenous variable such that the affiliate is eligible or disqualified to be displayed by an intermediary in response to a search for the item by a visitor of a network site owned and operated by the intermediary.

公开(公告)号：US20220414697A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-29

申请号：US17893264

申请日：2022-08-23

Applicant: TrueCar, Inc.

Inventor： Christopher James O'Keeffe ,  Michael D. Swinson ,  Ludovica Rizzo ,  Daniel Salazar

IPC: G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G06F16/958

Abstract: Systems, methods and computer program products for selecting dealers based on characteristics of the dealers and the user. A vehicle data system collects dealer location and historical transaction data from external data sources and generates and stores an eligibility table that identifies a set of eligible dealers for each combination of user location and vehicle make. Eligible dealers are determined from the eligibility table using a location and vehicle make identified from a user request. Scores are determined for each eligible dealer based on a dealer scoring model using a binary choice model in the form of a logistic regression of market share, inventory, close rate, price and distance, and dealers are ranked by these scores. A presentation of dealers selected by rank and by closest location to the user is generated and provided to the user via an interface running on a computing device.

公开(公告)号：US11532001B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-20

申请号：US16888289

申请日：2020-05-29

Applicant: TrueCar, Inc.

Inventor： Michael D. Swinson ,  Param Pash Kaur Dhillon ,  Thomas J. Sullivan ,  Xingchu Liu

IPC: G06Q30/02

Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments for the aggregation and analysis of vehicle prices via a geo-specific model. Data may be collected at various geo-specific levels such as a ZIP-Code level to provide greater data resolution. Data sets taken into account may include demarcation point data sets and data sets based on vehicle transactions. A demarcation point data set may be based on consumer market factors that influence car-buying behavior. Vehicle transactions may be classified into data sets for other vehicles having similar characteristics to the vehicle. A geo-specific statistical pricing model may then be applied to the data sets based on similar characteristics to a particular vehicle to produce a price estimation for the vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US11182812B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-23

申请号：US17036516

申请日：2020-09-29

Applicant: TrueCar, Inc.

Inventor： Thomas Taira ,  Scott Painter ,  Chris Taylor ,  Robert Taylor ,  Michael D. Swinson

IPC: G06Q30/00 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G06Q30/08 ,  G06Q40/00

Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. Specifically, in certain embodiments, historical transaction data associated with a particular vehicle configuration may be obtained and processed to determine pricing data associated with the vehicle configuration. The historical transaction data or determined pricing data may then be presented in an intuitive manner.

公开(公告)号：US20210342896A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-04

申请号：US17377733

申请日：2021-07-16

Applicant: TRUECAR, INC.

Inventor： Michael Swinson ,  Lin O'Driscoll ,  Scott Painter

IPC: G06Q30/02

Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. In certain embodiments, one or more models may be applied over a set of historical transaction data associated with a vehicle configuration to determine pricing data. Some models may leverage incremental data in various conditions, including cases where fewer than a desired number of historical transactions are present in the bin of a specified vehicle, where fewer than, equal to, or more than a certain number of list prices for the specified vehicle available, and where no historical transaction data for new models is available.

公开(公告)号：US20210342871A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-04

申请号：US17378474

申请日：2021-07-16

Applicant: TrueCar, Inc.

Inventor： Michael D. Swinson ,  Jason McBride ,  Isaac Lemon Laughlin ,  Thomas J. Sullivan

IPC: G06Q30/02

Abstract: Endogenous and exogenous variables associated with an item for sale by an affiliate may be displayed to a user of an affiliate decision-making tool. In response to the user selecting one of the endogenous variables, the affiliate decision-making tool may compute a number of introductions, a number of leads, and a number of sales for each of a plurality of possible values of the endogenous variable. The computation may be done utilizing a display position algorithm. A visualization of effects of setting the endogenous variable at different levels may be presented. The user may interact with the display position algorithm to vary one or more of the plurality of possible values of the endogenous variable such that the affiliate is eligible or disqualified to be displayed by an intermediary in response to a search for the item by a visitor of a network site owned and operated by the intermediary.

公开(公告)号：US20210158382A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-27

申请号：US17165584

申请日：2021-02-02

Applicant: TrueCar, Inc.

Inventor： Michael D. Swinson ,  Christopher James O'Keeffe ,  Daniel Salazar ,  Ludovica Rizzo

IPC: G06Q30/02 ,  G06F16/951

Abstract: Embodiments of vehicle data systems for use in distributed computer network are disclosed. Particular embodiments may determine and enhance vehicle data from various data sources distributed across the computer network, and utilize the enhanced vehicle data in the determination of normalization metrics that account for geography and population density or spatial behavioral patterns. Embodiments may utilize these normalization metrics to determine or predict one or more metrics about participants in a network.

公开(公告)号：US20210081979A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-18

申请号：US17065310

申请日：2020-10-07

Applicant: TrueCar, Inc.

Inventor： Thomas Taira ,  Scott Painter ,  Chris Taylor ,  Robert Taylor ,  Michael D. Swinson

IPC: G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G06Q30/08 ,  G06Q40/00

Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. Specifically, in certain embodiments, historical transaction data associated with a particular vehicle configuration may be obtained and processed to determine pricing data associated with the vehicle configuration. The historical transaction data or determined pricing data may then be presented in an intuitive manner.