Automobile inventory engine
CA 2409661 A1 · Owner: Reynolds And Reynolds Holdings, Inc. · Inventors: Hacker, Bruce
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In the disclosed automobile inventory system and methods automobile report, data is received from information sources having incompatible data formats. The, report data is reformatted in a uniform format. A vehicle identification number (VIN), for the automobile is decoded to produce a set of automobile attributes. Attributes are, matched with received third party automobile report data. A photograph is selected to, represent the automobile. The color of the selected photograph substantially matches, an identified color of the automobile. A database is populated with database data, including the reformatted report data attribute matching data, and data , associated with the colorized …
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- Filed October 25, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 25, 2022.
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