Patents
US 10825083 B1: Method for a secure vehicle auction tool
- Granted
- 2020-11-03
- Filed
- 2018-05-08 application 15973753
- Type
- Utility · 11 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A method for buying and selling vehicles includes receiving information identifying a vehicle, retrieving condition data corresponding to the vehicle from a condition database, wherein a device inside the vehicle generates at least some of the condition data while the vehicle is being operated, and analyzing the condition data to determine a condition of the vehicle, wherein the condition of the vehicle relates to at least one of a quality or a value of the vehicle. Further, the method includes communicating an indication of the vehicle condition to an end user device, and, in response to the indication of the vehicle condition, receiving an offer to purchase the vehicle. A notification is generated based on the offer to purchase the vehicle, wherein the notification indicates a status of a purchase of the vehicle according to the offer to purchase the vehicle, and the notification is communicated to the end user device.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg201103.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company 2,604 patents | US company or organization | Bloomington, IL | STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO Form D issuer FUZZY medium confidence: same name (legal endings aside) and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Binion | Bloomington, IL | 136 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Kelly S. Minter | Normal, IL | 9 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Heidi Brown-McCreery | Bloomington, IL | 7 | Person page FUZZY medium confidence | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| Michael Harris, Jr. | Normal, IL | 39 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Jeremy Myers | Normal, IL | 56 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Brian Mark Fields | Normal, IL | 287 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Joe Harr | Bloomington, IL | 18 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06Q | Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes; systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not otherwise provided for | G06Q30/08 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-08-14 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | FIELDS, BRIAN signed 2013-09-20 BINION, TODD signed 2013-09-23 BROWN-MCCREERY, HEIDI signed 2013-09-23 HARR, JOE signed 2013-09-23 HARRIS, MICHAEL signed 2013-09-23 MINTER, KELLY S. signed 2013-09-23 MYERS, JEREMY signed 2013-09-23 | STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY BLOOMINGTON, IL | 53505/668 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
USPTO bulk data: PatentsView granted patents, disambiguated (PVGPATDIS) for patents, assignees, inventors, places and CPC categories; the USPTO Patent Assignment Dataset (ECORSEXC) for assignments and security interests. Patents filed in the last 20 years. No claims or full text. Links to other records are by name (and state): EXACT means the identical full name and state; FUZZY means a looser name match, with the confidence shown.