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Rental property caching and searching system and process

  • US 6,671,697 B1
  • Filed: 09/29/2000
  • Issued: 12/30/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for predetermining which of a number of rental properties are both available and suited to the needs of a typically short-term renter of real property comprising the steps:

  • a) with the use of a data processor, predetermining for each of the said real properties;

    i) the number of consecutive days for which the property can be rented beginning on any day of any year;

    ii) the cost adjusted for seasonal changes for renting the property beginning on any day of any year;

    iii) the minimum number of days for which the property can be rented;

    iv) the maximum number of days for which the property can be rented;

    v) the multiple of days that the property can be rented; and

    vi) the days on which the property can be rented (that is, the days on which a guest may arrive);

    b) with the use of a data processor, utilizing the information obtained in step (a) above to create a single indexed master search database table having fields representative of all of the information obtained in step (a) including;

    i) a property id field that identifies the property;

    ii) a start day field that represents the arrival date;

    iii) a freedays field that represents how many consecutive days that can be rented are available from the arrival date forward and setting the freedays field to zero if the property cannot be rented on the arrival date;

    iv) a modulus field that represents the multiples of days that the property can be rented;

    v) a mindays field that represents the minimum number of days that the property can be rented;

    vi) an unlimited number of day(n) fields where n represents the number of days that are to be rented; and

    vii) a total rent value that represents the rent to be paid calculated by the n each day(n) field;

    c) inserting into the freedays field the correct number of days that a property can be rented;

    d) inserting into the property id field information identifying the property;

    e) inserting into the mindays field the correct minimum number of days that a property can be rented;

    f) inserting into the modulus field the multiples of days for which the property can be rented;

    g) inserting into the start day field the day of the year on which the renter can start renting the property;

    h) inserting into each day(n) field the total rent value; and

    i) with the use of a data processor, extracting from said single indexed master search database table the identity of a selected number of properties which are both available and suited to said needs onto a results screen.

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