Patents by Inventor Scott Painter

Scott Painter 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: 20200265480
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. In certain embodiments, one or more models may be applied over a set of historical transaction data associated with a vehicle configuration to determine pricing data. Some models may leverage incremental data in various conditions, including cases where fewer than a desired number of historical transactions are present in the bin of a specified vehicle, where fewer than, equal to, or more than a certain number of list prices for the specified vehicle available, and where no historical transaction data for new models is available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Swinson, Lin O'Driscoll, Scott Painter
  • Patent number: 10679263
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. In certain embodiments, one or more models may be applied over a set of historical transaction data associated with a vehicle configuration to determine pricing data. Some models may leverage incremental data in various conditions, including cases where fewer than a desired number of historical transactions are present in the bin of a specified vehicle, where fewer than, equal to, or more than a certain number of list prices for the specified vehicle available, and where no historical transaction data for new models is available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: TrueCar, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Swinson, Lin O'Driscoll, Scott Painter
  • Publication number: 20200051102
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. Specifically, in certain embodiments, historical transaction data associated with a particular vehicle configuration may be obtained and processed to determine pricing data associated with the vehicle configuration. The historical transaction data or determined pricing data may then be presented in an intuitive manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Taira, Scott Painter, Chris Taylor, Robert Taylor, Michael D. Swinson
  • Publication number: 20200034862
    Abstract: Embodiments of sales generation, including sales generation employing reverse lead generation using vehicle data systems and methods, are presented herein. In particular, in certain embodiments a user may utilize the vehicle data system to obtain pricing data corresponding to a desired vehicle configuration. When the user is presented with the pricing data associated with the specified vehicle configuration the user may additionally be presented with an upfront price offered by a dealer, where by providing their personal information the user may obtain the name of the dealer offering the upfront price and may additionally be offered the opportunity to purchase the desired, or similar, vehicle at the upfront price.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Philip Inghelbrecht, Scott Painter
  • Publication number: 20200005344
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. Specifically, in certain embodiments, historical transaction data associated with a particular vehicle configuration may be obtained and processed to determine pricing data associated with the vehicle configuration. The historical transaction data or determined pricing data may then be presented in an intuitive manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Taira, Scott Painter, Chris Taylor, Robert Taylor, Michael D. Swinson
  • Patent number: 10515382
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. Specifically, in certain embodiments, historical transaction data associated with a particular vehicle configuration may be obtained and processed to determine pricing data associated with the vehicle configuration. The historical transaction data or determined pricing data may then be presented in an intuitive manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: TrueCar, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Taira, Scott Painter, Chris Taylor, Robert Taylor, Michael D. Swinson
  • Patent number: 10489810
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. Specifically, in certain embodiments, historical transaction data associated with a particular vehicle configuration may be obtained and processed to determine pricing data associated with the vehicle configuration. The historical transaction data or determined pricing data may then be presented in an intuitive manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: TrueCar, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Taira, Scott Painter, Chris Taylor, Robert Taylor, Michael D. Swinson
  • Patent number: 10489809
    Abstract: Embodiments of sales generation, including sales generation employing reverse lead generation using vehicle data systems and methods, are presented herein. In particular, in certain embodiments a user may utilize the vehicle data system to obtain pricing data corresponding to a desired vehicle configuration. When the user is presented with the pricing data associated with the specified vehicle configuration the user may additionally be presented with an upfront price offered by a dealer, where by providing their personal information the user may obtain the name of the dealer offering the upfront price and may additionally be offered the opportunity to purchase the desired, or similar, vehicle at the upfront price.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: TrueCar, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Inghelbrecht, Scott Painter
  • Publication number: 20190325393
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein can produce and present sustainable price information to help dealers to price vehicles for sustainability and facilitate consumers in making purchase decisions. In one approach, a sustainable price range for a specific vehicle configuration may be based on an average profit margin (APM) determined utilizing historical sale prices and an estimated actual dealer cost. Other approaches may utilize some or all of the following steps: determine APM and build a model of distribution of profit margins by APM, build a model to adjust APM by certain variables, identify sustainable levels for the inventory, production, and incentives variables feeding into the APM model, plug those in to get the averages for those sustainable levels, identify sustainable percentile cutoffs for a given profit margin, then use this relationship with the now identified sustainable levels as inputs to find the overall sustainable profit margin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Michael D. Swinson, Scott Painter
  • Patent number: 10387833
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein can produce and present sustainable price information to help dealers to price vehicles for sustainability and facilitate consumers in making purchase decisions. In one approach, a sustainable price range for a specific vehicle configuration may be based on an average profit margin (APM) determined utilizing historical sale prices and an estimated actual dealer cost. Other approaches may utilize some or all of the following steps: determine APM and build a model of distribution of profit margins by APM, build a model to adjust APM by certain variables, identify sustainable levels for the inventory, production, and incentives variables feeding into the APM model, plug those in to get the averages for those sustainable levels, identify sustainable percentile cutoffs for a given profit margin, then use this relationship with the now identified sustainable levels as inputs to find the overall sustainable profit margin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: TrueCar, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Swinson, Scott Painter
  • Publication number: 20190180305
    Abstract: Embodiments of sales generation, including sales generation employing reverse lead generation using vehicle data systems and methods, are presented herein. In particular, in certain embodiments a user may utilize the vehicle data system to obtain pricing data corresponding to a desired vehicle configuration. When the user is presented with the pricing data associated with the specified vehicle configuration the user may additionally be presented with an upfront price offered by a dealer, where by providing their personal information the user may obtain the name of the dealer offering the upfront price and may additionally be offered the opportunity to purchase the desired, or similar, vehicle at the upfront price.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Philip Inghelbrecht, Scott Painter
  • Publication number: 20190180306
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. Specifically, in certain embodiments, historical transaction data associated with a particular vehicle configuration may be obtained and processed to determine pricing data associated with the vehicle configuration. The historical transaction data or determined pricing data may then be presented in an intuitive manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Taira, Scott Painter, Chris Taylor, Robert Taylor, Michael D. Swinson
  • Publication number: 20190172103
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. In certain embodiments, one or more models may be applied over a set of historical transaction data associated with a vehicle configuration to determine pricing data. Some models may leverage incremental data in various conditions, including cases where fewer than a desired number of historical transactions are present in the bin of a specified vehicle, where fewer than, equal to, or more than a certain number of list prices for the specified vehicle available, and where no historical transaction data for new models is available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Swinson, Lin O'Driscoll, Scott Painter
  • Publication number: 20190139065
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. Specifically, in certain embodiments, historical transaction data associated with a particular vehicle configuration may be obtained and processed to determine pricing data associated with the vehicle configuration. The historical transaction data or determined pricing data may then be presented in an intuitive manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Taira, Scott Painter, Chris Taylor, Robert Taylor, Michael D. Swinson
  • Patent number: 10269031
    Abstract: Embodiments of sales generation, including sales generation employing reverse lead generation using vehicle data systems and methods, are presented herein. In particular, in certain embodiments a user may utilize the vehicle data system to obtain pricing data corresponding to a desired vehicle configuration. When the user is presented with the pricing data associated with the specified vehicle configuration the user may additionally be presented with an upfront price offered by a dealer, where by providing their personal information the user may obtain the name of the dealer offering the upfront price and may additionally be offered the opportunity to purchase the desired, or similar, vehicle at the upfront price.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: TRUECAR, INC.
    Inventors: Philip Inghelbrecht, Scott Painter
  • Patent number: 10269030
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. Specifically, in certain embodiments, historical transaction data associated with a particular vehicle configuration may be obtained and processed to determine pricing data associated with the vehicle configuration. The historical transaction data or determined pricing data may then be presented in an intuitive manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: TRUECAR, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Taira, Scott Painter, Chris Taylor, Robert Taylor, Michael D. Swinson
  • Patent number: 10262344
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. In certain embodiments, one or more models may be applied over a set of historical transaction data associated with a vehicle configuration to determine pricing data. Some models may leverage incremental data in various conditions, including cases where fewer than a desired number of historical transactions are present in the bin of a specified vehicle, where fewer than, equal to, or more than a certain number of list prices for the specified vehicle available, and where no historical transaction data for new models is available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: TrueCar, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Swinson, Lin O'Driscoll, Scott Painter
  • Patent number: 10217123
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. Specifically, in certain embodiments, historical transaction data associated with a particular vehicle configuration may be obtained and processed to determine pricing data associated with the vehicle configuration. The historical transaction data or determined pricing data may then be presented in an intuitive manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: TRUECAR, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Taira, Scott Painter, Chris Taylor, Robert Taylor, Michael D. Swinson
  • Publication number: 20180158086
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. Specifically, in certain embodiments, historical transaction data associated with a particular vehicle configuration may be obtained and processed to determine pricing data associated with the vehicle configuration. The historical transaction data or determined pricing data may then be presented in an intuitive manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Taira, Scott Painter, Chris Taylor, Robert Taylor, Michael D. Swinson
  • Patent number: 9904948
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. Specifically, in certain embodiments, historical transaction data associated with a particular vehicle configuration may be obtained and processed to determine pricing data associated with the vehicle configuration. The historical transaction data or determined pricing data may then be presented in an intuitive manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: TrueCar, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Taira, Scott Painter, Chris Taylor, Robert Taylor, Michael D. Swinson