Patent ID: 8668498

Claim:
A method for providing interior design recommendations, the method comprising: receiving a captured image of an interior area for the interior design from a user; building a directory of data relating to the interior area to design, wherein the directory comprises information regarding characteristics of the interior area to design; receiving information about products from a mobile device, wherein the products are to be incorporated in the interior area to design; identifying the products associated with the received information about products; matching the product with the directory of data relating to the interior area to design, through the use of a processing device; and presenting the products and indicators associated with the products, via the mobile device of a user, over the captured image of the area to design, wherein the user may position the products within the captured image of the interior area to design, wherein presenting the products and the indicators associated with the products comprises superimposing the products and the indicators associated with the products over real-time video that is captured by the mobile device, of the interior area to design.