Web-Based System and Method for Collection and Management of Real Estate Open House Data
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1. A real estate open house agency relationship data management system, comprising:
- a database configured to store and dynamically update open house data, and user data;
said database further configured to store open house data associated with a plurality of open houses including a unique identifier for each of the open houses;
said database further configured to store agent data for a plurality of agents;
said database further configured to store user data for a plurality of users, wherein the user data comprises a unique user identifier, contact information, and identifying information of a real estate agent associated with said user;
an agency module communicably coupled to the database, the agency module configured to identify an agency relationship between any of the users and the real estate agent with which they are associated;
a website configured to provide selective access to the database;
a data collector associated with the unique identifier of the open house, and being configured to collect said user data from a user identification device associated with a user attending the open house; and
a processing device communicably coupled to the website, the processing device configured to transfer said collected user identifier and agent identifier to said database.
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Abstract
A system and method for management of real estate open house data includes a database and a website configured to provide access to information from the database. The website is configured to communicate with a user identification device, in the form of a user'"'"'s cell phone or other mobile device, upon a user'"'"'s entry into the open house, to transfer user identification data to the database.
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33 Claims
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1. A real estate open house agency relationship data management system, comprising:
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a database configured to store and dynamically update open house data, and user data; said database further configured to store open house data associated with a plurality of open houses including a unique identifier for each of the open houses; said database further configured to store agent data for a plurality of agents; said database further configured to store user data for a plurality of users, wherein the user data comprises a unique user identifier, contact information, and identifying information of a real estate agent associated with said user; an agency module communicably coupled to the database, the agency module configured to identify an agency relationship between any of the users and the real estate agent with which they are associated; a website configured to provide selective access to the database; a data collector associated with the unique identifier of the open house, and being configured to collect said user data from a user identification device associated with a user attending the open house; and a processing device communicably coupled to the website, the processing device configured to transfer said collected user identifier and agent identifier to said database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 33)
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28. A method of managing real estate open house agency relationship data, comprising:
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(a) Opening an account for each of a plurality of open houses at a website; (b) Generating an open house identifier for each of the open houses; (c) Enabling communication between the website and user identification devices, each user identification device being a mobile device containing user identification data in the form of a unique user identifier for a user associated with the device, and which is configured for being correlated with identifying information of a real estate agent associated with said user; (d) Enabling users to sign in at any of the plurality of open houses with the user'"'"'s user identification device; (e) Receiving the user identification data from each user identification device at each open house; (f) Storing the received user identification data and the open house identifier associated with each open house in a database accessible through the website; (g) Identifying agency relationships for the open house between the users and associated real estate agents; (h) Creating and maintaining a record of the identified agency relationships; and (i) Configuring the account for role-based selective access of the database through the website. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31)
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32. A method of managing real estate open house data, comprising:
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(a) Configuring a database to store and dynamically update open house data including unique account information and open house registration data for each of a plurality of real estate open houses, and user data for users, wherein the user data includes user identification data in the form of an identifier that is substantially unique to the user and linked to user contact information; (b) Configuring an agency module communicably coupled to the database, to identify an agency relationship between any of the users and a real estate agent; (c) Configuring a website for access to information from said database; and (d) Configuring a data collector for collection of the user data and the open house registration data, upon receipt of the identifier from user identification devices associated with users attending the real estate open house premises.
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