Patent ID: 8355950

Claim:
A method for a vehicle dealer to determine which potential customers of a vehicle to contact, the method comprising: determining a customer whose customer vehicle is either scheduled for vehicle service or that is at the vehicle dealer for vehicle service; determining one or more first vehicles that are existing and currently available to the vehicle dealer that the vehicle dealer can offer to the customer; identifying, using a computing device, one of the first vehicles that is a similar make and model to the customer vehicle; determining, using a computing device, an estimated trade-in value for the customer vehicle based on service information associated with the customer vehicle indicating an estimated present condition of the customer vehicle; receiving, by a computing device, customer information wherein said customer information includes at least the customer's name, the customer's address, the model of the customer vehicle and customer vehicle identification number; receiving, by a computing device, market information wherein said market information includes 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 trade-in 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.