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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2018
United Services Automobile Association (Usaa), San Antonio, TX (US);
Laura Elizabeth McCroskey, San Antonio, TX (US);
Shelly Dieckow Halsey, La Vernia, TX (US);
Cathy F. O'Sullivan, San Antonio, TX (US);
Josh Jason Medrano, San Antonio, TX (US);
Ann C. Tarrillion, San Antonio, TX (US);
United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US);
Abstract
An integrated platform and associated interface(s) facilitate a transaction, such as a purchase of a vehicle or other item. The platform integrates information of multiple types received from various sources. Such information may be associated with a transaction, or possible future transaction, to purchase an item such as a vehicle. For example, the platform may receive and integrate information regarding user vehicle preferences, financing for the vehicle, insurance to cover the vehicle, total cost of ownership for the vehicle, prior vehicle trade-in information, dealer availability and price comparison information, user budget analysis, and/or other information. The platform presents information through interface(s), which are accessible through interface elements that each corresponds to a stage in the process to select and purchase an item. The displayed characteristics of each element are changeable to reflect the current status of the stage corresponding to the element.