Patent ID: 8515817

Claim:
An automobile sales lead matching system comprising: a database of automobile sales leads data compiled from one or more lead suppliers; a database of automobile sales information including sales data from automobile dealers derived from one or more automobile sales related transactions; an automobile sales lead matching system at a server having a CPU, in communication with the automobile sales leads database and the automobile sales information database, wherein the matching system includes: a data normalization engine for normalizing, using the CPU, the automobile sales related transaction information derived from one or more sources of sales information to provide a normalized sales dataset; and a matching engine for matching, using the CPU, at least one sales record from the normalized sales dataset to at least one lead from the automobile sales lead database; a sales matching application in communication with the matching engine for identifying a plurality of matched sales that are automatically approved sales or sales requiring manual review; and a financial system adaptor for receiving information related to the automatically approved sales that are compiled in a financial collections database or a financial invoices database, wherein the financial invoices database contains information related to invoice-able sales that appear as a line item on an invoice to a seller from a group of sellers for which compensation may be obtained by a sales matching service provider for providing the selected leads giving rise thereto.