System and method for the maintenance and management of commercial property data

• US 8,688,740 B2
• Filed: 06/24/2005
• Issued: 04/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Smith Equities Corp.
• Original Assignee: Smith Equities Corp.
• Inventors: Smith, Robert E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Rostami, Mohammad S
• Application Number:
  US11/167,071
• Publication Number:
  US 20060294011A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,203 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 707/792
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/16 Real estate

Abstract

A method and a system for maintaining current data in a database is provided. The method includes sending a request to verify the accuracy of a data item to a data verifier, the data item selected from a set of data items, and the data verifier associated with the data item, receiving a response from the data verifier, the response indicating that the data item is verified, and providing a service to the data verifier after receiving the response. In an exemplary embodiment, the service is a free report including rental rate comparisons for a plurality of real estate properties.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-readable instructions that when executed by a computing device cause the computing device to:

receive a first indicator of a plurality of data items stored in and selected from a database, wherein the first indicator indicates a desire to request verification of the accuracy of the plurality of data items, wherein the plurality of data items is associated with rental information for a multifamily residential property;

create an electronic message requesting verification of the accuracy of the plurality of data items, the electronic message including a second indicator indicating the plurality of data items, an electronic address of a data verifier associated with the plurality of data items, a first link configured to indicate that the plurality of data items have not changed, a second link configured to indicate that at least one data item of the plurality of data items has changed, and an offer for a service to be provided if the data verifier selects either the first link or the second link;

send the created electronic message to a second device using the electronic address of the data verifier;

in response to selection of the first link, receive a second electronic message from the second device indicating that the plurality of data items are accurate;

in response to selection of the second link, receive a third indicator indicating that at least one data item of the plurality of data items is not accurate;

in response to receipt of the third indicator, send a login request to the second device, the login request configured to allow the data verifier at the second device to login to edit the same database from which the plurality of data items were selected to edit the at least one data item of the plurality of data items that is not accurate;

receive user information in response to the login request, the user information including a username and a password associated with the data verifier;

compare the received user information to stored login information;

if the user information is correct based on the comparison, control presentation of the data item in a database maintenance application interface presented at the second device, receive an update to the data item through the database maintenance application interface, and store the received, updated data item in the same database from which the plurality of data items were selected; and

after receiving the second electronic message or the third indicator, provide the service to the data verifier.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the plurality of data items are associated with rental information for a plurality of multifamily residential properties.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 2, wherein the second indicator indicates the plurality of multifamily residential properties.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the service comprises rental comparison data for a plurality of multifamily residential properties.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the service includes a free market survey.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the computing device to prepare a report including the updated data item.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6, wherein the report includes rental rate comparisons for a plurality of multifamily residential properties.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the computing device to present a set of data items in a user interface window to allow selection of the plurality of data items prior to receiving the first indicator.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the computing device to request user identifier information prior to presenting the set of data items, wherein the set of data items is selected using the user identifier information.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the computing device to present search criteria in the user interface window to allow selection of a search criterion and to receive a selected search criterion, wherein the presented set of data items is identified based on the received search criterion.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the computing device to request user identifier information prior to presenting the search criteria, wherein the search criteria are identified using the user identifier information.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the computing device to create a user account associated with the user identifier information, wherein the user account includes data access rules.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the access rules include search criteria.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the search criteria are associated with real estate properties.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the access rules include report allowance parameters, the report allowance parameters defining user access to reports that present information relating to the set of data items.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, further comprising wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the computing device to create a portal and to associate the user account with the portal.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the electronic message is sent using a transmission technology selected from the group consisting of a transmission control protocol, an internet protocol, a file transfer protocol, a hypertext transfer protocol, short messaging, multimedia messaging, electronic mail, and instant messaging.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the computing device to create a user account associated with the data verifier, wherein the user account includes data access rules and the login information.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the access rules include data access allowance parameters, the data access allowance parameters defining data verifier access to the data item.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the access to the data item includes one or more of access to create a new data item in the database, access to modify the data item in the database, and access to delete the data item from the database.

21. A method for maintaining data current in a database, the method comprising:

receiving, at a first computing device, a first indicator of a plurality of data items stored in and selected from a database, wherein the first indicator indicates a desire to request verification of the accuracy of the plurality of data items, wherein the plurality of data items is associated with rental information for a multifamily residential property;

creating, at the first computing device, an electronic message requesting verification of the accuracy of the plurality of data items, the electronic message including a second indicator indicating the plurality of data items, an electronic address of a data verifier associated with the plurality of data items, a first link configured to indicate that the plurality of data items have not changed, a second link configured to indicate that at least one data item of the plurality of data items has changed, and an offer for a service to be provided if the data verifier selects either the first link or the second link;

sending the created electronic message to a second device using the electronic address of the data verifier;

in response to selection of the first link, receiving, at the first computing device, a second electronic message from the second device indicating that the plurality of data items are accurate;

in response to selection of the second link, receiving, at the first computing device, a third indicator indicating that at least one data item of the plurality of data items is not accurate;

in response to receipt of the third indicator, sending a login request to the second device, the login request configured to allow the data verifier at the second device to login to edit the same database from which the plurality of data items were selected to edit the at least one data item of the plurality of data items that is not accurate;

receiving, at the first computing device, user information in response to the login request, the user information including a username and a password associated with the data verifier;

comparing, at the first computing device, the received user information to stored login information;

if the user information is correct based on the comparison, controlling presentation of the data item at the second device in a database maintenance application interface, receiving an update to the data item through the database maintenance application interface, and storing the received, updated data item in the same database from which the plurality of data items were selected; and

after receiving the second electronic message or the third indicator, providing the service to the data verifier.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising preparing a report including the updated data item.

23. The method of claim 21, further comprising presenting, at the first device, a set of data items in a user interface window configured to allow selection of the plurality of data items prior to receiving the first indicator.

24. The method of claim 21, further comprising requesting user identifier information, at the first device, prior to presenting the set of data items, wherein the set of data items is selected using the user identifier information.

25. The method of claim 24, further comprising controlling presentation of search criteria in the user interface window to allow selection of a search criterion and receiving a selected search criterion, wherein the presented set of data items is identified based on the received search criterion.

26. The method of claim 25, further comprising creating a user account associated with the user identifier information, wherein the user account includes data access rules.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the access rules include search criteria.

28. The computer-readable medium of claim 27, wherein the search criteria are associated with real estate properties.

29. The method of claim 26, further comprising creating a portal and associating the user account with the portal.

30. The method of claim 21, further comprising creating a user account associated with the data verifier, wherein the user account includes data access rules and the login information.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein the access rules include data access allowance parameters, the data access allowance parameters defining data verifier access to the data item.

32. The method of claim 31, wherein the access to the data item includes one or more of access to create a new data item in the database, access to modify the data item in the database, and access to delete the data item from the database.