Facilitating property management via an internet web site

• US 20060161654A1
• Filed: 01/17/2006
• Published: 07/20/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Contractors Company WLL
• Original Assignee: Epproach Communications
• Inventors: Harsta, Roel, Hollingsworth, Denver M. Jr.
• Application Number:
  US11/332,372
• Publication Number:
  US 20060161654A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/16 Real estate
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/604 Address structures or formats
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

A system and method facilitate property management via an Internet web site. A property address is linked to the Internet web site via a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), where the URL includes at least a portion of the property address. A property management application is hosted via the Internet web site that enables tracking, management and storage of information, records and other activity associated with the property. The web site is a valuable addition to a property package enabling access to construction information, maintenance history, warranty information, etc.

Claims

1. A method of facilitating property management via an Internet web site, the method comprising:

linking a property address to the Internet web site via a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), the URL including at least a portion of the property address; and

hosting via the Internet web site a property management application that enables tracking, management and storage of information, records and other activity associated with the property.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the linking step is practiced by incorporating at least one of a number, a street name, and a zip code of the property address in the URL.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the hosting step is practiced by executing the property management application, the executing step comprising generating communications to a user relating to management of the property.

4. A method according to claim 3, wherein the generating step is practiced according to a time-based schedule stored via the Internet web site.

5. A method according to claim 3, wherein the generating step is practiced by generating advertisements relating to a user inquiry via the web site of the information, records and other activity associated with the property.

6. A method according to claim 5, wherein the generating step comprises generating communications to the user that identify property items due for maintenance, service, repair or other activity associated with the property items.

7. A method according to claim 6, wherein the generating step further comprises generating advertisements or advertiser links for products or services relating to the identified property items.

8. A method according to claim 6, further comprising enabling the user to document when the maintenance, service, repair, or other activity has been completed, and archiving this information via the property management application for future reference.

9. A method according to claim 1, wherein the property management application includes a transaction module, and wherein the hosting step comprises periodically accessing the Internet via the transaction module for products, services or other items relevant to the property and generating communications to a user concerning the available products, services and other items.

10. A method according to claim 1, further comprising designating the Internet web site as a part of the property.

11. A method according to claim 1, wherein the hosting step further comprises storing and enabling access to streaming video files relating to the property.

12. A method according to claim 1, wherein the hosting step comprises locking a selected portion of the information, records and other activity associated with the property, thereby making the selected portion a permanent record of the property.

13. A method according to claim 1, wherein the linking step comprises assigning an e-mail address to the web site, the e-mail address including at least a portion of the property address.

14. A method according to claim 1, wherein the hosting step is practiced by executing the property management application, the executing step comprising generating advertising communications to target audiences based on the portion of the property address in the URL.

15. A method of facilitating property management via an Internet web site, the property residing in an area covered by neighborhood-wide wireless Internet accessibility, the method comprising:

linking a property address to the Internet web site via a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), the URL including at least a portion of the property address;

hosting via the Internet web site a property management application that enables tracking, management and storage of information, records and other activity associated with the property; and

accessing the Internet web site via the neighborhood-wide wireless Internet accessibility.

16. A method according to claim 15, wherein the property management application comprises a service availability module that receives a communication from a service provider via the neighborhood-wide wireless Internet accessibility that the service provider is available, and wherein the hosting step is practiced by executing the property management application, the executing step comprising generating a communication via the Internet web site to a user relating to availability of the service provider.

17. A method linking a property address to an Internet web site comprising:

establishing the Internet web site;

storing information, records and other activity associated with the property address; and

defining a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for access to the Internet web site via the Internet, the URL including at least a portion of the property address.

18. A method according to claim 17, wherein the defining step is practiced by incorporating at least one of a number, a street name, and a zip code of the property address in the URL.

19. A method according to claim 17, wherein the defining step is practiced by incorporating a development name in the URL.

20. A computer system for facilitating property management via an Internet web site, the computer system comprising:

a system server running a server program including a property management application that enables tracking, management and storage of information, records and other activity associated with the property; and

at least one user computer running a computer program, the at least one user computer and the system server being interconnected by a computer network, the computer program accessing and requesting information from the system server via a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), wherein the URL includes at least a portion of the property address.