System and method for electronic processing of vehicle transactions based on image detection of vehicle license plate
First Claim
1. A system for automatically identifying a vehicle and facilitating a transaction related to the vehicle, the system comprising:
- a first mobile apparatus having;
an image sensor configured to capture an optical image of a vehicle license plate and convert the optical image into an electrical signal,a license plate detector configured to identify the vehicle license plate information based on the electrical signal, andan interface configured to transmit the vehicle license plate information;
a remote server having a computer processor and configured to;
automatically identify vehicle configuration information based on the vehicle license plate information received from the first mobile apparatus,automatically transmit the vehicle configuration information to the first mobile apparatus,automatically provide for access vehicle sales information in response to a posting request from the first mobile apparatus, the posting request including at least an offered sales price; and
a second mobile apparatus configured to display on an interface the vehicle sales information and to automatically initiate the transaction related to the vehicle in response to a user input on the interface,wherein the remote server is further configured to automatically facilitate the transaction related to the vehicle upon the second mobile apparatus initiating the transaction based on the user input.
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Abstract
A system and method is provided for automatically identifying a vehicle and facilitating a transaction related to the vehicle. The system includes a first mobile apparatus with an image sensor that captures an optical image of a vehicle license plate and convert the optical image into an electrical signal, a license plate detector that identifies the vehicle license plate information, and an interface that transmits the vehicle license plate information. The system further includes a remote server that automatically identifies vehicle configuration information based on the vehicle license plate information, automatically transmits the vehicle configuration information to the first mobile device, and automatically provide for access vehicle sales information in response to a posting request from the first mobile apparatus. Moreover, a second mobile apparatus displays the vehicle sales information and automatically initiates the transaction related to the vehicle in response to a user input.
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31 Claims
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1. A system for automatically identifying a vehicle and facilitating a transaction related to the vehicle, the system comprising:
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a first mobile apparatus having; an image sensor configured to capture an optical image of a vehicle license plate and convert the optical image into an electrical signal, a license plate detector configured to identify the vehicle license plate information based on the electrical signal, and an interface configured to transmit the vehicle license plate information; a remote server having a computer processor and configured to; automatically identify vehicle configuration information based on the vehicle license plate information received from the first mobile apparatus, automatically transmit the vehicle configuration information to the first mobile apparatus, automatically provide for access vehicle sales information in response to a posting request from the first mobile apparatus, the posting request including at least an offered sales price; and a second mobile apparatus configured to display on an interface the vehicle sales information and to automatically initiate the transaction related to the vehicle in response to a user input on the interface, wherein the remote server is further configured to automatically facilitate the transaction related to the vehicle upon the second mobile apparatus initiating the transaction based on the user input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer-implemented method for automatically identifying a vehicle and facilitating a transaction related to the vehicle, the method comprising:
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providing an image sensor on a first mobile apparatus for capturing an optical image of a vehicle license plate and converting the optical image into an electrical signal; automatically identifying, by a computer processor at a remote server, vehicle license plate information based on the electrical signal received from the first mobile apparatus; identifying, by the computer processor, vehicle configuration information based on the vehicle license plate information and transmitting the vehicle configuration information to the first mobile apparatus; automatically providing for access, by the computer processor, vehicle sales information in response to a posting request from the first mobile apparatus, the posting request including at least an offered sales price; causing, by the computer processor, the vehicle sales information to be displayed on an interface of a second mobile apparatus; automatically initiating, by the second mobile apparatus, the transaction related to the vehicle in response to a user input on the interface; and automatically facilitated, by the computer processor, the transaction related to the vehicle upon the second mobile apparatus initiating the transaction based on the user input. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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