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A system and method for analyzing and wirelessly transmitting information in real-time, comprising capturing snapshots and videos, by utilizing for example a smartphone. The images are analyzed in conjunction with other system data to provide the user: 3 dimensional images, GPS coordinates, safety a

A system and method for analyzing and wirelessly transmitting information in real-time, comprising capturing snapshots and videos, by utilizing for example a smartphone. The images are analyzed in conjunction with other system data to provide the user: 3 dimensional images, GPS coordinates, safety alerts, etc. In particular, the system is mountable within a vehicle interior to provide: road conditions, dangerous driving situations, the make/model/manufacturer of surrounding cars, GPS coordinates, and the identity of local businesses. The user may also share the information via wireless transmissions with surrounding users possessing the same system, such as for real-time video gaming systems. And the system may also be detached from the vehicle for use in other scenarios, such as searching a merchant database for matching items and wirelessly sending the information to other system users.

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1. A computerized method for identifying parking spaces by image analysis and forwarding, via a computer network, information about the parking spaces to client devices, comprising: capturing a plurality of images by a plurality of cameras of a plurality of mobile devices mounted in a plurality of m

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A computerized method for identifying parking spaces by image analysis and forwarding, via a computer network, information about the parking spaces to client devices, comprising: capturing a plurality of images by a plurality of cameras of a plurality of mobile devices mounted in a plurality of moving vehicles, said plurality of images depicting a surrounding of each of said plurality of moving vehicles respectively; andusing at least one processing unit installed in each of said plurality of moving vehicles to execute a program code for: analyzing said plurality of images to identify a plurality of available parking spots;storing data indicative of a plurality of locations of said plurality of available parking spots in a geographic based database;forwarding, via the computer network, information about a current available parking spot, identified in real-time by said analyzing, to at least one client device of a vehicle currently driving in a vicinity of said current available parking spot for displaying said information to a driver of said vehicle; andgenerating an alert for indicating said current available parking spot to said driver of said vehicle. 2. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein said plurality of images is received from a plurality of applications installed in said plurality of mobile devices. 3. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein said forwarding is performed in response to a query received from said at least one client device and used for querying said geographic based database for said current available parking spot. 4. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein said plurality of available parking spots is detected by an image recognition process adapted for detecting blue and white pavement stones. 5. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein said plurality of available parking spots is detected by an image recognition process adapted for detecting parking traffic signs. 6. The computerized method of claim 1, further comprising calculating a route for guiding the driver to arrive to said current available parking spot. 7. The computerized method of claim 1, further comprising presenting at least one coupon to a business place geographically related to a location of said current available parking spot. 8. The computerized method of claim 1, further comprising creating a report of vacant parking places from data extracted from said geographic based database. 9. The computerized method of claim 8, wherein said report comprises images of said vacant parking places. 10. The computerized method of claim 1, further comprising identifying when a vehicle comprising said at least one client device is parked in said current available parking spot and updating a report mapping business activity accordingly. 11. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein said plurality of images is captured while said plurality of moving vehicles are traveling along roads. 12. A system for identifying parking spaces by image analysis and forwarding, via a computer network, information about the parking spaces to client devices, comprising: a plurality of cameras of a plurality of mobile devices mounted in a plurality of moving vehicles, where said plurality of cameras capture a plurality of images depicting a surrounding of each of said plurality of moving vehicles respectively;a geographic based database; andat least one processing unit installed in each of said plurality of moving vehicles, where said at least one processing unit is adapted to execute a program code for: analyzing said plurality of images to identify a plurality of available parking spots;storing data indicative of a plurality of locations of said plurality of available parking spots in said geographic based database; andforwarding, via the computer network, information about a current available parking spot, identified in real-time by said analyzing, to at least one client device of a vehicle currently driving in a vicinity of said current available parking spot for displaying said information to a driver of said vehicle; andgenerating an alert for indicating said current available parking spot to said driver of said vehicle. 13. The system of claim 12, wherein said at least one processing unit is adapted to execute said forwarding in response to a query received from said at least one client device and used for querying said geographic based database for said current available parking spot. 14. The system of claim 12, wherein said plurality of available parking spots is detected by an image recognition process adapted for detecting blue and white pavement stones. 15. The system of claim 12, wherein said plurality of available parking spots is detected by an image recognition process adapted for detecting parking traffic signs. 16. The system of claim 12, wherein said at least one processing unit is further adapted to execute a code for calculating a route for guiding the driver to arrive to said current available parking spot. 17. The system of claim 12, wherein said at least one processing unit is further adapted to execute a code for presenting at least one coupon to a business place geographically related to a location of said current available parking spot. 18. The system of claim 12, wherein said at least one processing unit is further adapted to execute a code for creating a report of vacant parking places from data extracted from said geographic based database. 19. A computer program product for executing a computer code stored in a memory using one or more processing units for identifying parking spaces by image analysis and forwarding, via a computer network, information about the parking spaces to client devices comprising: a computer readable non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith and adapted to be executed by the one or more processing units installed in each of a plurality of moving vehicles, the computer readable program code comprising: computer readable program code for identifying a plurality of available parking spots by analyzing a plurality of images captured by a plurality of cameras of a plurality of mobile devices located in said plurality of moving vehicles, said plurality of images depicting a surrounding of each of said plurality of moving vehicles respectively;computer readable program code for storing data indicative of a plurality of locations of said plurality of available parking spots in a geographic based database;computer readable program code for forwarding, via the computer network, information about a current available parking spot, identified in real-time by said analyzing, to at least one client device of a vehicle currently driving in a vicinity of said current available parking spot for displaying said information to a driver of said vehicle; andcomputer readable program code for generating an alert for indicating said current available parking spot to said driver of said vehicle.