System and method for transacting retrieval of real estate property listings using a remote client interfaced over an information network

• US 20030014402A1
• Filed: 09/12/2002
• Published: 01/16/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gabriel Gross, Joseph Mizrahi, Michael D. Sealand
• Original Assignee: Gabriel Gross, Joseph Mizrahi, Michael D. Sealand
• Inventors: Sealand, Michael D., Mizrahi, Joseph, Gross, Gabriel
• Granted Patent: US 7,430,555 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/16 Real estate

Abstract

A system and method for transacting retrieval of real estate property listings using a remote client interfaced over an information network is described. A set of real estate property listings is maintained in a structured database. Each listing includes a characteristics set describing property listing information organized according to property class. A remote client is interfaced in a dynamic search session via a communications link transiently connected over an information network. The remote client maintains both program code and data exclusively in a general purpose random access memory configured for both transient and persistent storage. A target characteristics set describing one or more such listings in at least one such property class is received from the remote client upon initiation of the session. The listings matching the target characteristics set from the structured database are identified. The listings are provided to the remote client upon termination of the session.

Claims

1. A system for transacting retrieval of real estate property listings using a remote client interfaced over an information network, comprising:

a structured real estate property listing database maintaining a set of real estate property listings, each real estate property listing comprising a set of characteristics describing property listing information organized according to property class;

a server interfacing to a remote client in a dynamic search session via a communications link transiently connected over an information network, the remote client maintaining both program code and data exclusively in a general purpose random access memory configured for both transient and persistent storage of program code and data, comprising;

a search engine receiving a set of target characteristics describing one or more such real estate property listings in at least one such property class from the remote client upon initiation of the dynamic search session;

a comparison module identifying the real estate property listings matching the target characteristics set from the structured real estate property listing database; and

a response module providing the identified real estate property listings to the remote client upon termination of the dynamic search session.

2. A system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a compiler implementing identification of the real estate property listings using a replacement query language selected from the list comprising a structured query language and Extensible Markup Language.

3. A system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a daemon module periodically interfacing to the remote client in a further dynamic search session via the communications link, the search engine identifying additional real estate property listings matching the target characteristics set from the structured real estate property listing database, and the response module providing the additional identified real estate property listings to the remote client upon termination of the further dynamic search session.

4. A system according to claim 1, further comprising:

an output module sending the identified real estate property listings as at least one of an email message, a page, and a facsimile.

5. A system according to claim 4, further comprising:

a paging module paging the remote client using a push notification selected from the list comprising the Short Messaging Service, Wireless Markup Language, and Wireless Application Protocol.

6. A system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a plurality of structured real estate property listing databases storing the real estate property listings.

7. A system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a search method specifying the target characteristics set on the remote client.

8. A system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a communications interface forming the communications link using at least one of a wireless network, a telephonic exchange, or a digital data internetwork.

9. A system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a display displaying the identified real estate property listings on the remote client in at least one of a pre-filtered format and a page display format.

10. A system according to claim 1, wherein the general purpose random access memory comprises at least one of dynamic access memory devices, static access memory devices, and flash memory devices.

11. A system according to claim 1, wherein the characteristics set comprises at least one of a interior description, type, style, bedrooms, bathrooms, property picture, a map, driving directions, school information, mortgage rate, pricing, tax information, and nearby business information.

12. A system according to claim 1, each property class comprising at least one of single family residential, common interest development, multi residential, mobile homes, residential lots and lands, commercial lots and lands, commercial/industrial, business opportunity, commercial rental, and residential rental.

14. A method according to claim 13, further comprising:

implementing identification of the real estate property listings using a replacement query language selected from the list comprising a structured query language and Extensible Markup Language.

15. A method according to claim 13, further comprising:

periodically interfacing to the remote client in a further dynamic search session via the communications link;

identifying additional real estate property listings matching the target characteristics set from the structured real estate property listing database; and

providing the additional identified real estate property listings to the remote client upon termination of the further dynamic search session.

16. A method according to claim 13, further comprising:

sending the identified real estate property listings as at least one of an email message, a page, and a facsimile.

17. A method according to claim 16, further comprising:

paging the remote client using a push notification selected from the list comprising the Short Messaging Service, Wireless Markup Language, and Wireless Application Protocol.

18. A method according to claim 13, further comprising:

storing the real estate property listings in a plurality of structured real estate property listing databases.

19. A method according to claim 13, further comprising:

specifying the target characteristics set on the remote client.

20. A method according to claim 13, further comprising:

forming the communications link using at least one of a wireless network, a telephonic exchange, or a digital data internetwork.

21. A method according to claim 13, further comprising:

displaying the identified real estate property listings on the remote client in at least one of a pre-filtered format and a page display format.

22. A method according to claim 13, wherein the general purpose random access memory comprises at least one of dynamic access memory devices, static access memory devices, and flash memory devices.

23. A method according to claim 13, wherein the characteristics set comprises at least one of a interior description, type, style, bedrooms, bathrooms, property picture, a map, driving directions, school information, mortgage rate, pricing, tax information, and nearby business information.

24. A method according to claim 13, each property class comprising at least one of single family residential, common interest development, multi residential, mobile homes, residential lots and lands, commercial lots and lands, commercial/industrial, business opportunity, commercial rental, and residential rental.

25. A computer-readable storage medium holding code for performing the method according to claim 13.

27. A system according to claim 26, further comprising:

a compiler implementing identification of the real estate property listings using a replacement query language selected from the list comprising a structured query language and Extensible Markup Language.

28. A system according to claim 26, further comprising:

an output module sending the identified real estate property listings as at least one of an email message, a page, and a facsimile.

29. A system according to claim 28, further comprising:

a paging module paging the remote client using a push notification selected from the list comprising the Short Messaging Service, Wireless Markup Language, and Wireless Application Protocol.

30. A system according to claim 26, further comprising:

a plurality of structured real estate property listing databases storing the real estate property listings.

31. A system according to claim 26, further comprising:

a search method specifying the target characteristics set on the remote client.

32. A system according to claim 26, further comprising:

a communications interface forming the communications link using at least one of a wireless network, a telephonic exchange, or a digital data internetwork.

33. A system according to claim 26, further comprising:

a display displaying the identified real estate property listings on the remote client in at least one of a pre-filtered format and a page display format.

34. A system according to claim 26, wherein the characteristics set comprises at least one of a interior description, type, style, bedrooms, bathrooms, property picture, a map, driving directions, school information, mortgage rate, pricing, tax information, and nearby business information.

35. A system according to claim 26, each property class comprising at least one of single family residential, common interest development, multi residential, mobile homes, residential lots and lands, commercial lots and lands, commercial/industrial, business opportunity, commercial rental, and residential rental.

36. A system according to claim 26, wherein the remote client is a portable computing device comprising a general purpose random access memory exclusively maintaining both program code and data for both transient and persistent storage.

38. A method according to claim 37, further comprising:

implementing identification of the real estate property listings using a replacement query language selected from the list comprising a structured query language and Extensible Markup Language.

39. A method according to claim 37, further comprising:

sending the identified real estate property listings as at least one of an email message, a page, and a facsimile.

40. A method according to claim 39, further comprising:

paging the remote client using a push notification selected from the list comprising the Short Messaging Service, Wireless Markup Language, and Wireless Application Protocol.

41. A method according to claim 37, further comprising:

storing the real estate property listings in a plurality of structured real estate property listing databases.

42. A method according to claim 37, further comprising:

specifying the target characteristics set on the remote client.

43. A method according to claim 37, further comprising:

forming the communications link using at least one of a wireless network, a telephonic exchange, or a digital data internetwork.

44. A method according to claim 37, further comprising:

displaying the identified real estate property listings on the remote client in at least one of a pre-filtered format and a page display format.

45. A method according to claim 37, wherein the characteristics set comprises at least one of a interior description, type, style, bedrooms, bathrooms, property picture, a map, driving directions, school information, mortgage rate, pricing, tax information, and nearby business information.

46. A method according to claim 37, each property class comprising at least one of single family residential, common interest development, multi residential, mobile homes, residential lots and lands, commercial lots and lands, commercial/industrial, business opportunity, commercial rental, and residential rental.

47. A method according to claim 37, wherein the remote client is a portable computing device comprising a general purpose random access memory exclusively maintaining both program code and data for both transient and persistent storage.

48. A computer-readable storage medium holding code for performing the method according to claim 37.

50. A system according to claim 49, further comprising:

a display method receiving the identified real estate property listings from the server as at least one of an email message, a page, and a facsimile.

51. A system according to claim 49, further comprising:

a communications interface forming the communications link using at least one of a wireless network, a telephonic exchange, or a digital data internetwork.

52. A system according to claim 49, wherein the remote client is a portable computing device comprising a general purpose random access memory exclusively maintaining both program code and data for both transient and persistent storage.

13. A method for transacting retrieval of real estate property listings using a remote client interfaced over an information network, comprising:

maintaining a set of real estate property listings in a structured real estate property listing database, each real estate property listing comprising a set of characteristics describing property listing information organized according to property class;

interfacing to a remote client in a dynamic search session via a communications link transiently connected over an information network, the remote client maintaining both program code and data exclusively in a general purpose random access memory configured for both transient and persistent storage of program code and data;

receiving a set of target characteristics describing one or more such real estate property listings in at least one such property class from the remote client upon initiation of the dynamic search session;

identifying the real estate property listings matching the target characteristics set from the structured real estate property listing database; and

providing the identified real estate property listings to the remote client upon termination of the dynamic search session.

26. A system for periodically notifying a remote client interfaced over an information network of real estate property listing updates, comprising:

a structured real estate property listing database maintaining a set of real estate property listings, each real estate property listing comprising a set of characteristics describing property listing information organized according to property class; and

a server interfacing to a remote client in a dynamic search session via a communications link transiently connected over an information network when matching real estate property listings are identified, comprising;

a search engine storing a set of target characteristics describing one or more such real estate property listings in at least one such property class received from the remote client;

a comparison module periodically identifying the real estate property listings matching the target characteristics set from the structured real estate property listing database; and

a response module providing the identified real estate property listings to the remote client during the dynamic search session.

37. A method for periodically notifying a remote client interfaced over an information network of real estate property listing updates, comprising:

maintaining a set of real estate property listings in a structured real estate property listing database, each real estate property listing comprising a set of characteristics describing property listing information organized according to property class;

storing a set of target characteristics describing one or more such real estate property listings in at least one such property class received from a remote client;

periodically identifying the real estate property listings matching the target characteristics set from the structured real estate property listing database;

interfacing to the remote client in a dynamic search session via a communications link transiently connected over an information network when matching real estate property listings are identified; and

providing the identified real estate property listings to the remote client during the dynamic search session.

49. A system for remotely retrieving real estate property listings using a remote client interfaced over an information network, comprising:

a remote server sending a set of target characteristics describing one or more real estate property listings in at one property class to a server, the server maintaining a set of real estate property listings in a structured real estate property listing database, each real estate property listing comprising a set of characteristics describing property listing information organized according to property class, further comprising;

a session manager periodically interfacing to the server in dynamic search sessions via a communications link transiently connected over an information network; and

a daemon method receiving real estate property listings matching the target characteristics set from the structured real estate property listing database between each dynamic session from the server during the next such dynamic search session.

53. A method for remotely retrieving real estate property listings using a remote client interfaced over an information network, comprising:

sending a set of target characteristics describing one or more real estate property listings in at one property class to a server, the server maintaining a set of real estate property listings in a structured real estate property listing database, each real estate property listing comprising a set of characteristics describing property listing information organized according to property class;

periodically interfacing to the server in dynamic search sessions via a communications link transiently connected over an information network; and

receiving real estate property listings matching the target characteristics set from the structured real estate property listing database between each dynamic session from the server during the next such dynamic search session.

54. A method according to claim 53, further comprising:

receiving the identified real estate property listings from the server as at least one of an email message, a page, and a facsimile.

55. A method according to claim 53, further comprising:

forming the communications link using at least one of a wireless network, a telephonic exchange, or a digital data internetwork.

56. A method according to claim 53, wherein the remote client is a portable computing device comprising a general purpose random access memory exclusively maintaining both program code and data for both transient and persistent storage.

57. A computer-readable storage medium holding code for performing the method according to claim 53.