REAL ESTATE BUSINESS METHOD AND APPARATUS

• US 20170132729A1
• Filed: 11/06/2015
• Published: 05/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Eric Spencer, Stacey Spencer
• Original Assignee: Eric Spencer, Stacey Spencer
• Inventors: Spencer, Stacey, Spencer, Eric
• Application Number:
  US14/934,847
• Publication Number:
  US 20170132729A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/167 Closing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences

Abstract

A real estate business method and apparatus is comprised of a wireless transmitter that is affixed to a real estate sign or in the property itself that transmits a serial number or a URL/web site address that has been associated with the given property that allows a potential buyer to quickly and easily obtain detailed information concerning the property using their mobile device. The URL may be reconfigured by the real estate agent using a web based tool or a mobile app.

Claims

1. A wireless transmitter disposed adjacent a predetermined piece of real estate, said transmitter configured to emit a wireless signal to identify said wireless transmitter, said signal being received by a mobile device that allows the mobile device to determine a URL associated with the piece of real estate.

2. The wireless transmitter of claim 1, wherein said signal is one selected from the group consisting of Wifi, Bluetooth, 3G, WiMax, 4G, 5G and infrared.

3. The wireless transmitter of claim 2, wherein said Bluetooth signal is a Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy compliant signal.

4. The wireless transmitter of claim 1, wherein said transmitter is disposed on a sign associated with the predetermined piece of real estate.

5. The wireless transmitter of claim 1, wherein said transmitter is solar powered.

6. The wireless transmitter of claim 1, wherein said transmitter is plugged into an electrical outlet adjacent the predetermined piece of real estate.

7. The wireless transmitter of claim 1, wherein said URL associated with said wireless transmitter may be modified using a web based configuration software program.

8. The wireless transmitter of claim 1, wherein said URL associated with said wireless transmitter may be modified using a mobile phone application.

9. The wireless transmitter of claim 1, wherein receipt of said signal by said mobile device causes a notification to be presented to the user of the mobile device.

10. The wireless transmitter of claim 9, wherein said notification allows the user to select the notification for display of a web page associated with said URL.

11. The wireless transmitter of claim 1, wherein said mobile device is configured to run an Android or Apple iOS application.

12. The wireless transmitter of claim 1, wherein said URL may be selected from the group consisting of a web site address, a video file, an image file and an audio file.

13. A method, comprising:

a. configuring a wireless transmitter to emit a signal at a predetermined interval that identifies a URL associated with the wireless transmitter;

b. associating said URL with information related to a predetermined piece of real estate; and

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c. disposing said wireless transmitter adjacent the predetermined piece of real estate.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising the steps of:

a. displaying a notification on a mobile device when said mobile device receives said wireless signal from said wireless transmitter;

b. in response to a user selecting said notification, said mobile device communicates wirelessly with the internet to retrieve said information associated with said URL; and

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c. displaying said information on the screen of said mobile device.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the step of configuring a wireless transmitter to emit a signal that is associated with a URL, further comprises the steps of:

a. retrieving the unique serial number assigned to said wireless transmitter;

b. recording said serial number in a computer database;

c. associating a URL to said serial number; and

d. recording the URL associated with said serial number in said computer database.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein said computer database is networked and configured to allow for multiple users from multiple organizations over a large geographic area.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising the steps of:

a. obtaining said wireless transmitter from a service provider; and

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b. using a web based software tool, associating said wireless transmitter with a user account.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the step of associating said URL with information related to a predetermined piece of real estate is performed using a web based software tool.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein the step of associating said URL with information related to a predetermined piece of real estate is performed using a mobile device.

20. The method of claim 13, wherein said predetermined interval is between 100 milliseconds and 5 seconds.