DAYTON, Ohio — Reynolds and Reynolds recently announced that
the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued two U.S. patents relating to
docuPAD, the F&I selling and document processing system for dealerships.

Officials reiterated docuPAD is a menu-driven, interactive
F&I solution that can enable dealership personnel to engage consumers in
the finance and insurance steps of a vehicle transaction and electronically
manage and record the entire process, including electronic signature capture.

The company indicated other patent applications are pending.
Reynolds is the exclusive marketing partner for docuPAD, a product developed by
COINdata.

"We believe the technologies and ideas behind docuPAD are
unique, and we continue to take the appropriate steps to protect both," said
Mark Singleton, one of the co-inventors of docuPAD.

"We are gradually building a family of patents for docuPAD
and continue to file and prosecute an extensive number of patent claims," Singleton
continued.

While it is not uncommon for product innovation in
dealerships to improve on existing technologies, Singleton declared that docuPAD
creates an entirely new category of product experience that is shared between
consumers and dealership personnel.

"Occasionally, an innovation comes along that actually
changes the user experience — an e-book reader or an iPhone," Singleton explained.
"And docuPAD is that type of innovation. It changes for the better the
consumer's experience in the dealership during a vehicle sale."

Among dealerships that use docuPAD, officials said, average
scores for customer satisfaction in the F&I process increased
substantially. They also noted product has been shown to improve dealership
F&I operations, including compliance. 


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