System and method of vocalizing real estate web and database property content

• US 20040064477A1
• Filed: 10/01/2002
• Published: 04/01/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kurt A. Swauger
• Original Assignee: Kurt A. Swauger
• Inventors: Swauger, Kurt A.
• Application Number:
  US10/261,573
• Publication Number:
  US 20040064477A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/104.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents

Abstract

A system and a method that vocalizes real estate text based content information from real estate web sites, portals, and multi-listing service databases or any other method of collecting and storing real estate listing content, and connecting the user to the party representing the real estate. A call reception application accepting a call from a user, querying the user for specific real estate criteria, accessing real estate databases, and communicating the text-to-speech converted real estate information to the user via a telephone connection or to a user specified facsimile number or wireless device.

Claims

1. A system for accessing real estate information over a communications network, comprising:

a database containing real estate information and property location information related to a set of user specified criteria, the database being accessible over the communications network; and

a real estate data processing server comprising voice recognition, speech applications, text-to-speech conversion, and accounting applications;

the processing unit being accessible over the public telephone network; and

a telephone communicating with the real estate data processing server over the telephone network, whereby the data processing server accesses the real estate database for information on a property, or a number of properties, based upon the user'"'"'s specified criterion, the database returning the real estate information relating to properties adhering to the user'"'"'s specified criteria.

2. A method for accessing real estate database information over a communications network via a telephone connection, comprising:

accessing a real estate data processing server via the telephone connection;

accepting a call from the user'"'"'s telephone using a call reception module;

recognizing a verbal message communicated from a user'"'"'s telephone using a speech recognition module;

accessing a real estate database via the communications network based upon a user'"'"'s specified criteria;

vocalizing a result based on the user'"'"'s search criteria to the user via a text-to-speech conversion using a vocalizer; and

a speech computer software application;

running an accounting computer software application invoicing the party representing the real estate property adhering to the user'"'"'s specified criterion.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein a touchtone system recognizes touchtone messages communicated from the user'"'"'s telephone.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

querying the user for input criteria based on the user'"'"'s particular real estate preferences;

providing user input to the system based on the system querying the user; and

receiving real estate information regarding a number of the real estate properties based on the user'"'"'s specified criteria.

5. A method of a user providing real estate information to the system, comprising:

Providing user specified criteria over a telephone network to a real estate data processing server, the data processing server communicating to a real estate database information about real estate properties, the user specified criteria including real estate information and real estate property location information; and

the user receiving the location information and the real estate information from the real estate database based on the user'"'"'s specified criteria.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein providing the user specified criteria further includes the user providing at least one of a property type, zip code, city or state, sales price range, or property parameter.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein providing the user specified criteria includes the user providing a request for connection via telephone communication to the party representing the real estate property.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein providing the user specified criteria includes the user providing a facsimile number for routing of the real estate information adhering to the user specified criteria.

9. A method of a user retrieving real estate information from the system, comprising:

Providing user specified criteria over a telephone network to a real estate data processing server, the data processing server communicating to a real estate database information about real estate properties, the user specified criteria including real estate information and real estate property location information; and

the user receiving the location information and the real estate information from the real estate database based on the user'"'"'s specified criteria.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein receiving the real estate information includes a text-to-speech conversion of the database search results adhering to the user'"'"'s specified criteria.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein receiving the real estate information includes user receiving a quantity of real estate properties adhering to the user'"'"'s specified criteria via vocalization over the telephone connection.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein receiving the real estate information includes the user receiving the real estate property content and description adhering to the user'"'"'s specified criteria via vocalization over the telephone connection.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein receiving the real estate information includes the user receiving the telephone connection directly from the party representing the real estate property adhering to the user'"'"'s specified criteria.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein receiving the real estate information includes the user receiving the real estate property content and description adhering to the user'"'"'s specified criteria via a user provided facsimile number.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the real estate data processing server connecting the user'"'"'s telephone communication to the party representing the real estate property generates a reference lead to the representing party.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein the real estate data processing server automatically generates an invoice to the party representing the real estate property based on the reference lead generated by the real estate data processing system for connecting the user to the representing party.

17. The method of claim 9, wherein the real estate data processing server sorts multiple real estate property findings from the real estate database adhering to the user'"'"'s specified criteria according to a highest bid placed by the party representing a real estate property.