METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATION OF INFORMATION ABOUT A HOME

• US 20060241964A1
• Filed: 06/29/2006
• Published: 10/26/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/1996
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Walker Digital LLC (Walker Innovation Inc. (f/k/a Patent Properties, Inc.))
• Original Assignee: Walker Digital LLC (Walker Innovation Inc. (f/k/a Patent Properties, Inc.))
• Inventors: Van Luchene, Kathleen M., Jorasch, James A., Fincham, Magdalena M., Packes, John M. Jr., WALKER, Jay S.
• Application Number:
  US11/427,391
• Publication Number:
  US 20060241964A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/313
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/16 Real estate
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/42 Anonymization, e.g. involving pseudonyms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/56 Financial cryptography, e.g. electronic payment or e-cash
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/321 involving a third party or a trusted authority
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3271 using challenge-response
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/609 Secret communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42008 Systems for anonymous communication between parties, e.g. by use of disposal contact identifiers

Abstract

A system for establishing anonymous communications includes a plurality of party terminals, a plurality of requester terminals, and a central controller. The system receives and stores party data about respective parties. In some embodiments, a party may be a homeowner. Upon receiving criteria for parties of interest from a requester terminal and authorization from respective parties, the central controller releases to the requester party associated with the parties. The system also establishes communications channels between parties and the requestor, while maintaining their anonymity.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

arranging for a homeowner of a home that is not currently being marketed as being for sale to receive compensation in exchange for allowing the home information to be transmitted,

the compensation being based on compensation information associated with the home;

arranging for the home information to be transmitted to a viewer;

determining a rating of the homeowner'"'"'s willingness to sell the home; and

allowing the viewer to communicate with the homeowner if the rating is at least equal to a predetermined rating,

in which an identity of the homeowner is not provided to the viewer, and

in which an identity of the viewer is not provided to the homeowner.

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