Patents by Inventor Mark D. Andringa

Mark D. Andringa 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).

  • Tool for selling and purchasing vehicle history reports
    Patent number: 9741066
    Abstract: Systems and methods for selling and purchasing vehicle history reports are described. In one embodiment, a method includes determining a set of vehicles in a dealer inventory, determining a subset of the vehicles in the dealer inventory for which the dealer has not purchased a vehicle history report, presenting a summary report to a dealer, the summary report including information about at least one of the vehicles in the subset of the vehicles, receiving a selection to purchase a vehicle history report for at least one of the vehicles in the summary report, and providing the vehicle history report corresponding to the selection to the dealer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Carfax, Inc.
    Inventors: William Eager, Scott Robert Fredericks, Pia S. Miralao, Mark D. Andringa, Steve Korman, Matthew Mountz
  • Tool for selling and purchasing vehicle history reports
    Patent number: 9646308
    Abstract: Systems and methods for selling and purchasing vehicle history reports are described. In one embodiment, a method includes determining a set of vehicles in a dealer inventory, determining a subset of the vehicles in the dealer inventory for which the dealer has not purchased a vehicle history report, presenting a summary report to a dealer, the summary report including information about at least one of the vehicles in the subset of the vehicles, receiving a selection to purchase a vehicle history report for at least one of the vehicles in the summary report, and providing the vehicle history report corresponding to the selection to the dealer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Carfax, Inc.
    Inventors: William W. Eager, Scott R. Fredericks, Pia Constancia S. Miralao, Mark D. Andringa, Steven R. Korman, Matthew D. Mountz
  • System and Method for Determining Vehicle Price Adjustment Values
    Publication number: 20150348143
    Abstract: System and method for computing price values associated with vehicle history attributes including a vehicle history database with vehicle history records, a transaction database, a vehicle history knowledge determination module adapted to determine whether a sale transaction related to a transaction record occurred with buyer's knowledge of the vehicle history attributes associated with the vehicle of the transaction record and to classify each transaction record based on whether buyer possessed knowledge of the vehicle history attributes, and a price adjustment module adapted to determine price values for the vehicle history attributes based on the vehicle history datasets and classification of the plurality of transaction records. In accordance with one aspect, the present invention may be implemented as a computer readable medium with instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Richard Raines, Renan Ayrault, Philip D. Moore, Mark D. Andringa
  • TOOL FOR SELLING AND PURCHASING VEHICLE HISTORY REPORTS
    Publication number: 20140289075
    Abstract: Systems and methods for selling and purchasing vehicle history reports are described. In one embodiment, a method includes determining a set of vehicles in a dealer inventory, determining a subset of the vehicles in the dealer inventory for which the dealer has not purchased a vehicle history report, presenting a summary report to a dealer, the summary report including information about at least one of the vehicles in the subset of the vehicles, receiving a selection to purchase a vehicle history report for at least one of the vehicles in the summary report, and providing the vehicle history report corresponding to the selection to the dealer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: William EAGER, Scott Robert FREDERICKS, Pia S. MIRALAO, Mark D. ANDRINGA, Steve KORMAN, Matthew MOUNTZ
  • Tool for selling and purchasing vehicle history reports
    Patent number: 8725584
    Abstract: Systems and methods for selling and purchasing vehicle history reports are described. In one embodiment, a method includes determining a set of vehicles in a dealer inventory, determining a subset of the vehicles in the dealer inventory for which the dealer has not purchased a vehicle history report, presenting a summary report to a dealer, the summary report including information about at least one of the vehicles in the subset of the vehicles, receiving a selection to purchase a vehicle history report for at least one of the vehicles in the summary report, and providing the vehicle history report corresponding to the selection to the dealer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Carfax, Inc.
    Inventors: William Eager, Scott Robert Fredericks, Pia S. Miralao, Mark D. Andringa, Steve Korman, Matthew Mountz
  • System and method for determining vehicle price values
    Patent number: 8595079
    Abstract: System and method for computing price values associated with vehicle history attributes including a vehicle history database with vehicle history records, a transaction database, a vehicle history knowledge determination module adapted to determine whether a sale transaction related to a transaction record occurred with buyer's knowledge of the vehicle history attributes associated with the vehicle of the transaction record and to classify each transaction record based on whether buyer possessed knowledge of the vehicle history attributes, and a price adjustment module adapted to determine price values for the vehicle history attributes based on the vehicle history datasets and classification of the plurality of transaction records. In accordance with one aspect, the present invention may be implemented as a computer readable medium with instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Carfax, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard T. Raines, Renan Ayrault, Philip D. Moore, Mark D. Andringa