System and method for autonomously delivering information on demand

• US 20080114856A1
• Filed: 11/09/2006
• Published: 05/15/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gary Kendall
• Original Assignee: Gary Kendall
• Inventors: Kendall, Gary
• Application Number:
  US11/594,951
• Publication Number:
  US 20080114856A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/06 Asset management; Financial planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/16 Real estate
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences

Abstract

Disclosed is a system for delivering information, such as a portfolio, on demand and over a wireless network. The system comprises an autonomous portfolio delivery device and a mobile device. The portfolio delivery device has a memory device encoded with portfolio information and embedded software for transmitting the portfolio to the mobile device in response to a request from the mobile device. The mobile device, which may be a laptop or PDA, has special-purpose software for identifying the delivery device when in wireless range. The system enables, for example, a home seller to provide, on demand and in real time, extensive information about the home to a potential buyer. The system enables a potential home buyer to obtain immediate information about the home, such as a photo tour and information regarding schools, community, shopping, etc., while in the vicinity of the property.

Claims

1. A system for transmitting, on demand, a portfolio of information pertaining to real property, comprising:

a portfolio delivery device having a first wireless communication component, an embedded controller, and a first computer readable medium, wherein the first computer readable medium is encoded with data corresponding to the portfolio and a first program, wherein the first program transmits all or part of the portfolio on demand; and

a mobile device having a second wireless communication component, a processor, and a second computer readable medium encoded with a second program, wherein the second program identifies a wireless transmission from the portfolio delivery device, establishes a wireless link with the portfolio delivery device, requests the portfolio from the portfolio delivery device, and receives data corresponding to the portfolio from the portfolio delivery device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the portfolio delivery device further includes a battery power source.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the portfolio device further includes a solar cell.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising a host computer having a third computer readable medium encoded with a program for creating the portfolio and for loading the portfolio into the first computer readable medium.

5. The system of claim 4, further comprising a software provider computer connected to the host computer over a network, wherein the software provider computer has a fourth computer readable medium encoded with a software provider website, wherein the software provider website provides a downloadable version of the program for creating the portfolio and a downloadable version of second program.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the portfolio of information pertaining to real property comprises photos of the real property.

7. A computer readable medium encoded with a program for creating a portfolio for promotional information on real property products, the program comprising:

a software component for requesting and receiving product information from a seller;

a software component for querying one or more databases for additional product information based on the product information received from the seller;

a software component for assembling portfolio based on the product information and the additional product information, according to a template; and

a software component for generating a program for transmitting the portfolio in response to a request.

8. The computer readable medium of claim 7, wherein the program for transmitting the portfolio further includes a program for recording information corresponding to the transmitting of the portfolio.

9. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the program further comprises a software component for storing information received from a mobile device.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 7, further encoded with a software component for loading the portfolio and the program for transmitting the portfolio into a memory device.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 7, wherein the product is a house.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the software component for requesting and receiving product information includes a program for requesting and receiving an address of the house.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the software component for querying one or more databases for additional product information includes a program for querying a first database for information pertaining to a school district.

14. A method for transmitting a portfolio on demand, comprising:

obtaining a program that generates the portfolio;

executing the program;

providing information pertaining to a real property in response to a prompt from the program;

commanding the program to generate the portfolio and to generate an embedded program that transmits the portfolio to a mobile device over a wireless connection in response to a request from the mobile device;

commanding the program to load the program into a memory device, wherein the memory device is connectable to a delivery device; and

placing the delivery device, which is connected to the memory device, in or near the product.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising retrieving from the memory device information corresponding to a number of times the embedded program transmitted the portfolio.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein obtaining the program comprises downloading the program from a website.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein providing information pertaining to a real property comprises entering an address of a house for sale.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein commanding the program to generate the portfolio comprises commanding the program to query a database for information corresponding to the address.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein commanding the program to generate the portfolio comprises commanding the program to query the database for school district information.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein providing information comprises providing a password.

21. A device for transmitting a portfolio of information pertaining to a real property, comprising:

a wireless communication component;

an embedded controller connected to the wireless component; and

a computer readable medium connected to the embedded controller, wherein the computer readable medium is encoded with data corresponding to the portfolio of information pertaining to a real property and a program that transmits all or part of the portfolio when requested by a mobile device, and wherein the portfolio delivery device is not connected to the internet.