Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for notifying a service provider of the arrival of a vehicle is disclosed. The system includes an RFID reader that determines a unique vehicle code that is embedded with an RFID tag secured in or on the arriving vehicle and that transmits the unique vehicle code to a computer system. The computer system accesses a database for customer and vehicle information that corresponds to the unique vehicle code and transmits the customer and vehicle information to a remote user device.

Abstract: Automotive vehicles in dealer inventory are tracked using a radio-frequency identification (RFID) system, so that a vehicle can be located in real-time on a dealer lot. A centralized inventory tracking service can remotely monitor the vehicles at a number of dealerships, and dealer personnel can remotely access the tracking computer system via a Web-based user interface. Conventional vehicle inventory information can be periodically downloaded from a dealer inventory database to the tracking computer system. Various features of the invention take advantage of such integration of dealer inventory information with tracking information.