Systems and methods for secure encryption of real estate titles and permissions

• US 10,580,099 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2019
• Issued: 03/03/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GeoFrenzy, Inc
• Original Assignee: GeoFrenzy, Inc
• Inventors: Branscomb, Bennett Hill, Jones, Benjamin T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Chea, Philip J
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chen, Wuji
• Application Number:
  US16/353,757
• Publication Number:
  US 20190213699A1
• Time in Patent Office: 355 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 2220/10 Usage protection of distributed data files
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/163 Real estate management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/167 Closing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/56 Financial cryptography, e.g. electronic payment or e-cash
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/107 wherein the security policies are location-dependent, e.g. entities privileges depend on current location or allowing specific operations only from locally connected terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/088 Usage controlling of secret information, e.g. techniques for restricting cryptographic keys to pre-authorized uses, different access levels, validity of crypto-period, different key- or password length, or different strong and weak cryptographic algorithms network architectures or network communication protocols for using time-dependent keys in a packet data network H04L63/068
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/04 Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences

Abstract

Methods and systems for managing real estate permissions are disclosed. At least one user device is in network communication with a server platform. The server platform comprises a database storing at least one master key associated with at least one piece of real estate. The at least one user device is operable to unlock the at least one master key by at least one corresponding slave key for permission. The at least one user device is operable to function within the at least one piece of real estate based on obtained permission. At least one geofence is associated with the at least one piece of real estate. The at least on geofence is defined by at least one geographic designator associated with at least one Internet Protocol (IP) address.

Claims

1. A system for managing real estate permissions, comprising:

a server platform comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium providing volatile or non-volatile storage in network communication with at least one processor-based device;

wherein the server platform includes at least one master key associated with at least one piece of real estate;

wherein an Internet Protocol (IP) address is associated with the at least one master key and at least one geographic designator which defines or is located within the at least one piece of real estate;

wherein the at least one master key is operable to be unlocked by at least one slave key, wherein unlocking the at least one master key provides at least one permission for the at least one processor-based device or implements at least one prohibition on the at least one processor-based device when the at least one processor-based device is located on or within a predetermined proximity of the at least one piece of real estate;

wherein at least one geofence is associated with the at least one piece of real estate, and wherein the at least one geofence is registered in a geofence database or a geofence registry;

wherein the geofence database or the geofence registry is operable to receive a query from the at least one processor-based device and is further operable to determine at least one available geofence for the at least one processor-based device to enter based on the query, wherein the at least one available geofence is selected from the at least one geofence; and

wherein the at least one slave key is operable to be transferred to another processor-based device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one permission provides functionality for the at least one processor-based device or the at least one prohibition prohibits functionality for the at least one processor-based device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one slave key is unique to the at least one permission or the at least one prohibition.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one geographic designator is a latitudinal point and a longitudinal point, a set of latitudinal points and longitudinal points, a region of interest (ROI), a county, a municipality, and/or a neighborhood.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one master key is associated with the at least one geofence for the at least one piece of real estate.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one permission includes a permission to receive content or a permission to access to content within the at least one geofence.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein network functionality is disabled on the at least one processor-based device based on the at least one prohibition.

8. A system for managing real estate permissions, comprising:

a server platform comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium providing volatile or non-volatile storage in network communication with at least one processor-based device;

wherein the server platform includes at least one master key associated with an Internet Protocol (IP) address, wherein the IP address is associated with at least one piece of real estate;

wherein the at least one master key is operable to be unlocked by at least one slave key, wherein unlocking the at least one master key provides at least one permission for the at least one processor-based device or implements at least one prohibition on the at least one processor-based device;

wherein the at least one IP address is unique to the at least one piece of real estate; and

wherein the at least one piece of real estate includes at least one geofence, wherein the at least one geofence is associated with the at least one IP address;

wherein a geofence database or a geofence registry is operable to receive a query from the at least one processor-based device and is further operable to determine at least one available geofence for the at least one processor-based device to enter based on the query, wherein the at least one available geofence is selected from the at least one geofence; and

wherein the at least one slave key is operable to be transferred to another processor-based device.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein unlocking the at least one master key provides at least one permission for the at least one processor-based device or implements at least one prohibition on the at least one processor-based device when the at least one processor-based device is located on or within a predetermined proximity of the at least one piece of real estate.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the at least one geofence, the at least one IP address, and at least one geographic designator associated with the at least one geofence are registered in the geofence database or the geofence registry.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the at least one geographic designator is a latitudinal point and a longitudinal point, a set of latitudinal points and longitudinal points, a region of interest (ROI), a county, a municipality, and/or a neighborhood.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the at least one slave key is operable to be duplicated.

13. A method for managing real estate permissions, comprising:

providing a server platform in network communication with at least one processor-based device;

at least one slave key unlocking at least one master key associated with at least one piece of real estate, wherein unlocking the at least one master key provides at least one permission for the at least one processor-based device or implements at least one prohibition on the at least one processor-based device when the at least one processor-based device is located on or within a predetermined proximity of the at least one piece of real estate;

providing the at least one permission to the at least one processor-based device or implementing the at least one prohibition on the at least one processor-based device when the at least one processor-based device is located on or within a predetermined proximity of the at least one piece of real estate;

a geofence database or a geofence registry receiving a query from the at least one processor-based device and determining at least one available geofence for the at least one processor-based device to enter based on the query; and

transferring the at least one slave key to another processor-based device,

wherein the at least one master key is associated with an Internet Protocol (IP) address, wherein the IP address is associated with the at least one piece of real estate;

wherein the IP address is unique to the at least one piece of real estate; and

wherein the at least one piece of real estate includes at least one geofence, wherein the at least one geofence includes the at least one available geofence, wherein the at least one geofence is defined by at least one geographic designator, wherein the at least one geographic designator is associated with the at least one IP address.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the at least one slave key is unique to the at least one permission or the at least one prohibition.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the at least one geographic designator is a latitudinal point and a longitudinal point, a set of latitudinal points and longitudinal points, a region of interest (ROI), a county, a municipality, and/or a neighborhood.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising duplicating the at least one slave key.