US 12,437,018 B2
Web browser plugin redirecting to a website for a vehicle database
Lokesh Vijay Kumar, Frisco, TX (US); and Poornima Bagare Raju, Frisco, TX (US)
Assigned to Capital One Services, LLC, McLean, VA (US)
Filed by Capital One Services, LLC, McLean, VA (US)
Filed on Jul. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/358,687.
Prior Publication US 2025/0036701 A1, Jan. 30, 2025
Int. Cl. G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2018.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06F 16/9538 (2019.01); G06F 16/954 (2019.01); G06F 16/958 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/954 (2019.01) [G06F 9/44526 (2013.01); G06F 9/547 (2013.01); G06F 16/9538 (2019.01); G06F 16/958 (2019.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for redirecting to a website associated with a vehicle database, the system comprising:
one or more memories; and
one or more processors, communicatively coupled to the one or more memories, configured to:
receive, from a webpage unaffiliated with the vehicle database and using a plugin to a web browser executed by a user device, an indication of a vehicle make and a vehicle model,
wherein the receiving is based on the webpage unaffiliated with the vehicle database satisfying one or more criteria; and
wherein the webpage unaffiliated with the vehicle database functions as a front-end for a database associated with a vehicle dealer not participating in the vehicle database;
transmit, to an application programming interface (API) function associated with the vehicle database, a query indicating the vehicle make and the vehicle model, wherein the API function is associated with an aggregator for a plurality of vehicle dealers, the plurality of vehicle dealers excluding the vehicle dealer not participating in the vehicle database;
receive, from the vehicle database, a response indicating at least a quantity of matching vehicles; and
output instructions for a pop-up window in the web browser that indicates the quantity of matching vehicles and that includes an element linking to the website associated with the vehicle database.