Single point of access to land records

• US 20070276868A1
• Filed: 05/26/2006
• Published: 11/29/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Peter Schlussler
• Original Assignee: Peter Schlussler
• Inventors: Schlussler, Peter
• Application Number:
  US11/441,717
• Publication Number:
  US 20070276868A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9038 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management

Abstract

There is provided a system and method for performing a search for property records stored and maintained across a plurality of data stores, each data store storing and maintaining property records by a type of records, comprising: generating a virtual view of the data records maintained by the plurality of data stores; selecting a search type for the type of records to search; entering search criteria in accordance with the selected search type; executing at least one search of the virtual view using the entered search criteria and the selected search type; and retrieving resulting data and displaying one or more records of the resulting data by the type of records. The system and method further provide the ability to save the performed search, automatically re-execute the saved search at preset set periodicity, and notify a subscriber of any changes in resulting data as applicable.

Claims

1. A method for performing a search for property records stored and maintained across a plurality of data stores, each data store storing and maintaining property records by a type of records, the method comprising:

(a) generating a virtual view of the data records maintained by the plurality of data stores;

(b) selecting a search type for the type of records to search;

(c) entering search criteria in accordance with the selected search type;

(d) executing at least one search of the virtual view using the entered search criteria and the selected search type; and

(e) retrieving resulting data and displaying one or more records of the resulting data by the type of records.

2. The method for performing a search for property records in accordance with claim 1, wherein the search type is one selected from the group consisting of:

civil court minutes, deeds, historical maps, judgments, liens, lis pendens, mortgages, town assessors and UCCs, filed maps, and integrated including one or more of previously recited search types.

3. The method for performing a search for property records in accordance with claim 2, the entered search criteria for civil count minutes includes one or more of:

index number, plaintiff, defendant, and record document type.a

4. The method for performing a search for property records in accordance with claim 2, the entered search criteria for deeds includes one or more of:

liber and page, tax map ID, grantor'"'"'s last name, grantor'"'"'s first name, grantor'"'"'s corporate name, grantee'"'"'s last name, grantee'"'"'s first name, and grantee'"'"'s corporate name.

5. The method for performing a search for property records in accordance with claim 2, the entered search criteria for integrated search type includes one or more of:

last name, first name, corporate name, selection of one or more search types, date range, tax map ID range, index number, liber and page, document date and day sequence number.

6. The method for performing a search for property records in accordance with claim 2, the entered search criteria for liens includes one or more of:

index number, type of lien, date filed range, against last name/company, against first name, claimant last name/company, claimant first name, and attorney name.

7. The method for performing a search for property records in accordance with claim 2, the entered search criteria for judgments includes one or more of:

index number, sequence number, date filed range;

debtor last name/company, debtor first name, creditor last name/company, creditor first name, and attorney name.

8. The method for performing a search for property records in accordance with claim 2, the entered search criteria for lis pendens includes one or more of:

index number, sequence number, date filed range;

tax map ID range, plaintiff, plaintiff first name, defendant last name, defendant first name.

9. The method for performing a search for property records in accordance with claim 2, the entered search criteria for mortgages includes one or more of:

liber and page, tax map ID, mortgagor'"'"'s last name, mortgagor'"'"'s first name, mortgagor'"'"'s corporate name, mortgagee'"'"'s last name, mortgagee'"'"'s first name, and mortgagee'"'"'s corporate name.

10. The method for performing a search for property records in accordance with claim 2, the entered search criteria for UCCs includes one or more of:

UCC number, UCC type, date filed range, tax map ID, UCC debtor last name and UCC debtor first name.

11. The method for performing a search for property records in accordance with claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

watching the executed search to determine whether the resulting data for the search have changed; and

notifying a subscriber if the resulting data for the search have changed since the search was previously executed.

12. The method for performing a search for property records in accordance with claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

selecting records of the resulting data of the executed search to abstract;

abstracting selected records of the resulting data; and

displaying to a subscriber the abstracted records data grouped by type of records;

13. The method for performing a search for property records in accordance with claim 12, further comprising the steps of:

selecting whether to display records not selected for abstracting; and

displaying a trail on non-selected records to the subscriber if in accordance with the selection.

14. The online electronic system for performing a search of property records over a network in accordance with claim 13, wherein the virtual land kiosk comprises:

an integrated data repository for;

(i) maintaining the virtual view of the data records maintained by the plurality of data stores; and

(ii) executing the at least one search of the virtual view using the inputted search criteria and the selected search type for each search request.

15. The online electronic system for performing a search of property records over a network in accordance with claim 14, wherein the virtual land kiosk comprises:

a web server for;

(i) receiving the one or more search requests from the at least one computing device; and

(ii) transmitting the resulting data to the at least one computing device for display.

16. The online electronic system for performing a search of property records over a network in accordance with claim 15,

wherein the virtual land kiosk further comprises a watch data store for maintaining one or more watches for the at least one executed search;

wherein the integrated data repository is further for determining whether the resulting data for the one or more watches maintained by the watch data store have changed; and

wherein the web server is further for notifying a subscriber if the resulting data for the search have changed since the search was previously executed based on the determination by the integrated data repository.

17. The online electronic system for performing a search of property records over a network in accordance with claim 15,

wherein the virtual land kiosk further comprises a history data store for maintaining history of searches executed for each particular property record.

18. The online electronic system for performing a search of property records over a network in accordance with claim 13,

wherein the virtual land kiosk further comprises an abstract data store for maintaining one or more abstracts;

wherein the integrated data repository is further for generating the an abstract comprising selected records for each of the at least one executed search for maintenance by the abstract data store; and

wherein the web server is further for transmitting the abstracted records data grouped by type of records to the at least one computing device for display.

19. The online electronic system for performing a search of property records over a network in accordance with claim 18,

wherein the integrated data repository is further for generating a trail on non-selected records in accordance for each of the at least one executed search;

and

wherein the web server is further for transmitting the trail of non-selected records grouped by type of records to the at least one computing device for display.

13-1. An online electronic system for performing a search of property records over a network, the system comprising:

at least one computing device for generating one or more search requests to perform the search of property records over the network;

a plurality of land data stores, each data store storing and maintaining property records for a type of records;

a virtual land kiosk for;

(i) generating a virtual view of the data records maintained by the plurality of data stores;

(ii) receiving from the computing device a search type for the type of records to search and search criteria in accordance with the search type for each search request;

(iii) executing at least one search of the virtual view using the received search criteria and the selected search type for each search request; and

(iv) transmitting resulting data including one or more records by the type of records to the at least one computing device for display.

20. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable on the machine to perform a method for performing a search for property records stored and maintained across a plurality of data stores, each data store storing and maintaining property records by a type of records, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) generating a virtual view of the data records maintained by the plurality of data stores;

(b) selecting a search type for the type of records to search;

(c) entering search criteria in accordance with the selected search type;

(d) executing at least one search of the virtual view using the entered search criteria and the selected search type; and

(e) retrieving resulting data and displaying one or more records of the resulting data by the type of records.

21. The program storage device in accordance with claim 20, wherein the method further comprises the steps of:

watching the executed search to determine whether the resulting data for the search have changed; and

notifying a subscriber if the resulting data for the search have changed since the search was previously executed.

22. The program storage device in accordance with claim 20, wherein the method further comprises the steps of:

selecting records of the resulting data of the executed search to abstract;

abstracting selected records of the resulting data; and

displaying to a subscriber the abstracted records data grouped by type of records;

23. The program storage device in accordance with claim 20, wherein the method further comprises the steps of:

selecting whether to display records not selected for abstracting; and

displaying a trail on non-selected records to the subscriber if in accordance with the selection.