Patent ID: 8873807

Claim:
A method for vehicle recognition, the method comprising: receiving a real-time video stream from a mobile device of a user, wherein the real-time video stream captures at least a portion of a vehicle in proximate location to the mobile device of the user; identifying, from the real-time video stream of the at least a portion of the vehicle in proximate location to the mobile device of the user; determining, via a computer device processor, information about the vehicle based on the at least a portion of the vehicle identified from the real-time video stream, wherein information about the vehicle includes the vehicle's make, the vehicle's model, vehicle maintenance history, an estimated monthly vehicle payment, and an indication of whether the user can afford the estimated monthly vehicle payment based on the user's budget; presenting to the user, via the mobile device, the information about the vehicle, but only while the real-time video stream from the mobile device is still capturing the at least a portion of the vehicle; and superimposing, over the real-time video stream that is still capturing the at least a portion of the vehicle, the information about the vehicle.