System for providing information to local real estate purchaser
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1. A method comprising:
- optically sensing a device in an area of a real estate for sale, said device including a unique indicia indicative of the real estate, said device being wholly passive, and said optically sensing comprising sensing a wholly passive device, wherein said optically sensing comprises using a camera in a mobile phone to obtain an image of the indicia;
from the mobile phone which is capable of wireless communication, signaling, using said indicia from said device, to indicate a request for additional information about the real estate, wherein said signaling comprises using a camera in the mobile phone to obtain information about said indicia, and send said unique information to a remote server; and
receiving information on the mobile phone about said real estate responsive to said request,wherein said information is obtained from a remote server which stores information about plural different real estate, and returns that information responsive to said signaling, wherein said server returns three-dimensional mapped information about the property for sale, and wherein said server returns information about other properties for sale in the vicinity of said one property whose unique indicia is received.
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Abstract
A real estate point of sale system puts optical indicia on a sign, and allows capturing the indicia, e.g., using the camera on a portable phone. Information from the picture is sent to a server, and used to retrieve and return information about the property.
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13 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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optically sensing a device in an area of a real estate for sale, said device including a unique indicia indicative of the real estate, said device being wholly passive, and said optically sensing comprising sensing a wholly passive device, wherein said optically sensing comprises using a camera in a mobile phone to obtain an image of the indicia; from the mobile phone which is capable of wireless communication, signaling, using said indicia from said device, to indicate a request for additional information about the real estate, wherein said signaling comprises using a camera in the mobile phone to obtain information about said indicia, and send said unique information to a remote server; and receiving information on the mobile phone about said real estate responsive to said request, wherein said information is obtained from a remote server which stores information about plural different real estate, and returns that information responsive to said signaling, wherein said server returns three-dimensional mapped information about the property for sale, and wherein said server returns information about other properties for sale in the vicinity of said one property whose unique indicia is received. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer-readable storage medium containing a set of instructions for a mobile computer, the set of instructions causing the mobile computer to:
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automatically obtain optical information about a unique indicia located on a sign associated with an item for sale using a camera in the mobile computer, where said automatically obtain comprises obtaining information from a wholly passive sign, said determine being carried out in the mobile computer that automatically obtains the optical information; determine information from said unique indicia, without requiring any active transmission by said sign; send said information to a remote server which includes additional information about said item for sale; and receiving information on the mobile computer about said real estate responsive to said request, wherein said information is obtained from a remote server which stores information about plural different real estate, and returns that information responsive to said signaling, wherein said server returns three-dimensional mapped information about the property for sale, and wherein said server returns information about other properties for sale in the vicinity of said one property whose unique indicia is received. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A system, comprising:
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a database which includes information about a plurality of properties for sale; a network connection, connected to allow access to said database, a processor, associated with said database, and receiving information indicative of queries from a plurality of different mobile clients, each of said queries representing information indicative of a optically sensed unique indicia representing said properties, said unique indicia having been optically sensed by each said mobile client without any transmission from said optically sensed unique indicia; and said processor operating to return additional information responsive to said unique indicia, where a first query with a first indicia returns a first information about first property for sale, and where a second query with a second indicia returns a first information about a second property for sale, different than said first property for sale, wherein said database returns three-dimensional mapped information about the property for sale, and wherein said database returns information about other properties for sale in the vicinity of said one property whose unique indicia is received. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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