ELECTRONIC ON-LINE MOTOR VEHICLE AUCTION AND INFORMATION SYSTEM

Patent №

US 6,006,201

Granted

1999-12-21

Filed 1997

Owner

ADT AUTOMOTIVE, INC.

+1 more

Lab

AI components

1

planning

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

08887625

An electronic auction and motor vehicle auction information system allows remote users to interactively participate in motor vehicle auction sales of motor vehicles using a personal computer. Additional user applications associated with the system permit users to access and search a system database and display data about motor vehicle auction dates and locations, vehicle inventory, industry news, and vehicle sales history. A dealer Direct application allows commercial vehicle sellers to import their vehicle inventories into the system for sale to participating dealers.

PlanningG07C 11/00G06Q 20/20G06Q 30/0625G06Q 30/0639G06Q 30/0643G06Q 30/08

AI classification

Planning0.57
Knowledge representation0.01
Machine learning0.00
AI hardware0.00
Vision0.00
Natural language0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Speech0.00

Ownership

ADT AUTOMOTIVE, INC.

assignment · 104980244

MANHEIM SERVICES CORPORATION

merger · 138130373

Assignors

BERENT, THOMAS GERARD, HURST, DENNIS WAYNE, PATTON, THOMAS EDWARD, WARPOOL, JULIE ELIZABETH, REIG, DONALD C., WHITTLE, WILLIAM HOWARD

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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