| CPC G06Q 30/0619 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/0831 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0835 (2013.01); G06Q 30/04 (2013.01)] | 5 Claims |
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1. An automobile trade brokerage platform system comprising:
an item register configured to register automobile products to be sold by one or more sellers as items for sale;
a purchase processor configured to receive a purchase request for an item for sale among the items for sale from a buyer, generate a proforma invoice corresponding to the purchase request, and transmit the proforma invoice to the buyer;
a shipping agency circuit configured to, when a purchase amount corresponding to the proforma invoice is paid by the buyer, generate a commercial invoice corresponding to the automobile product purchased by the buyer and request a server of a forwarding company for shipping, and provide information about a bill of landing to the buyer;
a payment circuit configured to pay a sale amount to the seller after the automobile product requested by the buyer is received from the seller; and
a review receiving unit configured to receive a review information from the buyer, the review information being related to the automobile product purchased by the buyer, and to provide a compensation for transmission of the review information to the buyer in a form of a virtual currency,
wherein the shipping agency circuit is further configured to generate a first commercial invoice for the buyer, a second commercial invoice for the seller, and a third commercial invoice for the forwarding company corresponding to the automobile product purchased by the buyer, and respectively provide the first commercial invoice, the second commercial invoice, and the third commercial invoice to the buyer, the seller, and the forwarding company,
wherein the first commercial invoice, the second commercial invoice, and the third commercial invoice comprise different information extracted according to trade terms from among at least one of product details, product price information, freight information, and insurance information corresponding to the automobile product purchased by the buyer,
wherein the purchase processor is further configured to generate the proforma invoice by automatically calculating a transportation fee based on a location of the automobile product purchased by the buyer and a location of a near port of the buyer,
wherein the purchase processor is configured to identify the near port of the buyer based on a network address of a buyer device,
wherein the automobile trade brokerage platform system is configured to determine the trade terms matched to the automobile product based on a transaction history of a similar vehicle and to transmit the trade terms to the seller and the buyer, and
wherein the similar vehicle is determined by comparing a score of the automobile product with a score of another automobile, where the score is a sum of scores given to each of factors including at least one of a price, state, type, manufacturer, grade, model, year, steering method, displacement, transmission, the number of seats, fuel type, number of doors, color, location, vehicle size, engine power, number of cylinders, drive type, or option specifications,
wherein the shipping agency unit is further configured to provide a tracking information through a tracking web page, wherein the tracking information in the tracking web page is updated in real time to allow the buyer to check a purchase amount payment confirmation state or a shipping processing state in real time,
wherein the automobile trade brokerage platform system is further configured to, through the tracking web page, receive a remittance receipt of the purchase amount uploaded by the buyer, and provide a confirmation receipt for the remittance, the first commercial invoice, a shipping information and the bill of landing to the buyer,
wherein the payment unit is further configured to hold the purchase amount of the buyer without paying the purchase amount of the buyer to the seller until the automobile product purchased by the buyer is secured by the automobile trade brokerage platform system, and
wherein the item registration unit is further configured to:
automatically generate a vehicle condition report corresponding to a vehicle by detecting at least one of corrosion, holes, or cracks formed in at least a portion of the vehicle from a vehicle image received from the seller,
transmit the automatically generated vehicle condition report to the seller,
in response to the seller approving the vehicle condition report, register the vehicle condition report in the automobile trade brokerage platform system, and provide the vehicle condition report to the buyer, and
wherein the at least one of corrosion, holes, or cracks is detected by detecting a discontinuous area on the vehicle image, the discontinuous area being a portion in the vehicle image composed of pixels with a deviation in predetermined characteristics above a predetermined threshold compared to other portions of the image.
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