Abstract: A system and method for on demand test drives that can include managing a set of vehicle and worker resources in a resource management system; monitoring user browsing patterns of a customer on an online vehicle marketplace; receiving a test drive request from the customer, the request specifying a requested vehicle and test drive location; retrieving test drive availability options from the resource management system; setting a test drive appointment for a selected test drive availability option; coordinating worker and vehicle transport to a scheduled location of the test drive appointment; and delivering vehicle information during the test drive appointment.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 14, 2016
Date of Patent:
May 26, 2020
Assignee:
Shift Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Joel Washington, Irakly George Arison Areshidze, Tobias Russell, Minneola Ingersoll, Christian Michael Ohler, Hanna Klots Benbarak, Michal Sobieski, Alejandro Cesar Ayestaran, Pablo Ignacio Diaz Rozic, Craig John Isakow, Yu Fei Liu, Alexander Scott Paul, Jonathan Alex Gold, Saud Khan, Jonathan Vincent