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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2020
Zonar Systems, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Charles Michael McQuade, Issaquah, WA (US);
Brett Brinton, Seattle, WA (US);
Zonar Systems, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
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.