Patents by Inventor Cameron Eldred

Cameron Eldred has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20140040083
    Abstract: An electronic method of auditing floorplan loans is provided. The floorplan loans are provided by a lending source to a plurality of vehicle dealers. The method includes, for each of the plurality of vehicle dealers, an entity other than the lending source or a dealer (i) retrieving the lending source's records corresponding to the dealer's floorplan loan; (ii) retrieving the dealer's internal financial records used by the dealer for tracking sales; (iii) comparing the lending source's records with the dealer's internal financial management records to determine a variance between the lending source's records and the dealer's records; and (iv) reporting the variance to the lending source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventor: Cameron Eldred
  • Patent number: 8533073
    Abstract: An electronic method of auditing floorplan loans is provided. The floorplan loans are provided by a lending source to a plurality of vehicle dealers. The method includes, for each of the plurality of vehicle dealers, an entity other than the lending source or a dealer (i) retrieving the lending source's records corresponding to the dealer's floorplan loan; (ii) retrieving the dealer's internal financial records used by the dealer for tracking sales; (iii) comparing the lending source's records with the dealer's internal financial management records to determine a variance between the lending source's records and the dealer's records; and (iv) reporting the variance to the lending source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: DealerTrack Data Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Cameron Eldred
  • Publication number: 20080154669
    Abstract: An electronic method of auditing floorplan loans is provided. The floorplan loans are provided by a lending source to a plurality of vehicle dealers. The method includes, for each of the plurality of vehicle dealers, an entity other than the lending source or a dealer (i) retrieving the lending source's records corresponding to the dealer's floorplan loan; (ii) retrieving the dealer's internal financial records used by the dealer for tracking sales; (iii) comparing the lending source's records with the dealer's internal financial management records to determine a variance between the lending source's records and the dealer's records; and (iv) reporting the variance to the lending source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: DealerTrack, Inc.
    Inventor: Cameron Eldred
  • Publication number: 20050256780
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method involving btaining used car inventory and sales history data from a dealer; obtaining from an auction house a list of auction cars that are being made available through an upcoming auction by the auction house; analyzing the dealer's used car inventory and sales data to identify one or more categories of cars that are under-stocked; identifying cars on the list of auction cars that are in the one or more identified categories of under-stocked cars; and generating a solicitation addressed to the dealer, the solicitation reporting the identified one or more categories of under-stocked cars and reporting the identified cars on the list of auction cars, the solicitation also seeking the dealer's participation in the upcoming auction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Applicant: Wired Logic, Inc.
    Inventor: Cameron Eldred