Patent ID: 8527349

Claim:
A method for a user to determine potential customers of a vehicle to contact comprising: determining, using a computing device, a customer whose vehicle is either scheduled for vehicle service or that is currently at a location for vehicle service; determining one or more first vehicles that are existing and currently available to the user that the user can offer to potential customers; identifying, using a computing device, one of the first vehicles that is a similar make and model as the customer vehicle; receiving, by a computing device, customer information and market information wherein said market information includes an estimated market value for the customer vehicle and at least one of an interest rate, a manufacturer's incentive that is available for the first vehicle, and a sales price of the first vehicle; generating, by a computing device, a report if the first vehicle is of the similar make and model as the customer vehicle, such report including the customer information and an estimated proposal for the first vehicle based at least in part on said estimated market value of the customer vehicle and the market information; and determining that the customer is a potential customer to contact regarding the first vehicle based on said report.