Real property information management system and method
First Claim
1. A system for finding parcels of real property located within a geographical area comprising:
- at least one property database comprising records concerning properties, wherein at least one of the records comprises geographical coordinates associated with at least one property that indicate a location of the at least one associated property and a property identifier that identifies the property, and wherein at least one of the records is not associated with a street address of any property; and
a map-based search tool configured to receive user input regarding a geographical area to search, to determine, based on the user input, a range of geographical coordinates that define the geographical search area, to find, within the property database, a first set of properties that, according to a property coordinates database, is located within the range of geographical coordinates, and to find a second set of properties that are displayed on at least one parcel map that also displays at least one of the first set of properties.
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Abstract
A system of finding real property comprises a map-based search tool and a street-based search tool. The map-based search tool allows a user to enter geographical coordinates by drawing a shape on a map. The map-based search tool queries a map coordinate-geographical coordinate database to determine geographical coordinates that define the drawn shape. The map-based search tool queries a property coordinates database to find a first set of properties that are within the coordinates. The map-based search tool queries a parcel map database to find a second set of properties displayed on a parcel map that also displays at least one property in the first set of properties. The street-based search tool allows a user to enter a number of street names and queries a parcel map database to find properties that are displayed on a parcel map that also displays the streets identified by the street names.
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31 Claims
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1. A system for finding parcels of real property located within a geographical area comprising:
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at least one property database comprising records concerning properties, wherein at least one of the records comprises geographical coordinates associated with at least one property that indicate a location of the at least one associated property and a property identifier that identifies the property, and wherein at least one of the records is not associated with a street address of any property; and
a map-based search tool configured to receive user input regarding a geographical area to search, to determine, based on the user input, a range of geographical coordinates that define the geographical search area, to find, within the property database, a first set of properties that, according to a property coordinates database, is located within the range of geographical coordinates, and to find a second set of properties that are displayed on at least one parcel map that also displays at least one of the first set of properties. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of finding real property comprising:
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receiving a user-selected geographical area;
receiving a range of geographical coordinates generated based on the selected geographical area;
receiving a first set of properties having property identifiers and being associated with the range of geographical coordinates;
receiving a second set of properties that are geographically close to the first set of properties; and
displaying summary information regarding the first set of properties and the second set of properties. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of finding parcels of real property located within a geographical area comprising:
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receiving user input regarding a geographical area, wherein the user input is entered graphically into a map-based interface;
querying a map coordinates-geographical coordinates database to determine a range of geographical coordinates that define the geographical area;
querying a property coordinates database to find a first set of properties that, according to the property coordinate database, are located within the range of geographical coordinates; and
querying a parcel map database to find a second set of properties that, according to the parcel map database, are displayed on at least one parcel map that also displays at least one of the properties in the first set of properties. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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- 18. A system of finding parcels of real property located within a geographical area comprising a street-based map tool configured to receive user input comprising a plurality of street names and to query a parcel map database that comprises a plurality of records that associate a plurality of parcel maps with streets that appear on each parcel map and with properties that appear on each parcel map, the querying being performed to find at least one property that is displayed on at least one parcel map that also displays at least two of the streets identified by the plurality of street names.
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21. A method of finding real property, the method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of street names;
requesting a set of parcel maps associated with the streets identified by the street names;
receiving a set of properties associated with the parcel maps; and
displaying summary information about the properties. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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24. A real property information management system comprising:
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a plurality of property files comprising data concerning parcels of real property, the system allowing creation of additional property files;
at least one role database comprising data that defines a plurality of roles, each role being associated with a plurality of access privileges that define one or more tasks that a user associated with the role is allowed to perform on the real property information management system, wherein the real property information management system enforces the access privileges;
at least one hierarchy database comprising data that defines at least one organizational hierarchy having a plurality of nodes, each node being associated with a role and with a user, wherein, when a user creates a property file, the property file becomes accessible to the creating user and to any user that is associated with a node of which the creating user'"'"'s associated node is a descendant; and
a template management module configured to manage a plurality of role templates that each comprise a pre-defined role and to manage a plurality of hierarchy templates that each comprise a pre-defined organizational hierarchy. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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