Methods and systems for providing property data

• US 9,171,341 B1
• Filed: 02/24/2014
• Issued: 10/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: David Brahm, David S. Trandal
• Original Assignee: David Brahm, David S. Trandal
• Inventors: Trandal, David Scott, Brahm, David
• Primary Examiner(s): VO, TRUONG V
• Application Number:
  US14/188,388
• Time in Patent Office: 610 Days
• Field of Search: 707/758
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2455 Query execution
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/16 Real estate

Abstract

The present invention relates to inventory management solutions, and in particular, to methods and systems for inventorying items and property over wireless and data networks, using digital imaging, positioning, RFID, and data terminals. The user experience in performing inventory management is simplified and enhanced over existing methods.

Claims

1. A method of determining property data, comprising:

providing a software program to a mobile computing device associated with a user;

receiving an image of real estate property, a camera lens direction, and a geographic location of the mobile computing device at substantially the same time the image of real estate property was taken using the mobile computing device;

querying, by the software program and/or a network-based server, a one or more internal data stores, a one or more external data stores, or the one or more internal and the one or more external data stores wherein a parameter of the querying is the received geographic location of the mobile computing device;

in response to the querying results, determining a real estate property location from a plurality of real estate locations wherein the determination is based at least in part on the received camera lens direction; and

displaying via a user interface of the software program on the mobile computing device, one or more real estate property item details wherein the displayed one or more real estate property item details are based at least in part on the determined real estate property location.

2. The method as defined in claim 1, the method further comprising providing via the software program a user interface control enabling the user to take the image of real estate property.

3. The method as defined in claim 1, the method further comprising:

based at least in part on the results from the querying, determining a postal property address; and

displaying via the user interface of the software program the postal property address.

4. The method as defined in claim 1, the method further comprising providing via the software program a user interface control enabling the user to forward the one or more real estate property item details to an email address.

5. The method as defined in claim 1, the method further comprising enabling the user to access the one or more real estate property item details via a web-based user interface.

6. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the mobile computing device associated with the user is a smart phone.

7. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the querying of the one or more external data stores is over a network.

8. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the software program is downloadable over a network.

9. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the internal or external data stores comprise a real estate property multiple listing service.

10. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the real estate property is currently not actively for sale.

11. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the camera lens direction is determined based at least in part by accessing a compass within the mobile computing device.

12. A method of determining the value of real estate property, comprising:

providing a software program to a mobile computing device associated with a user;

receiving an image of real estate property, a camera lens direction, and a geographic location of the mobile computing device at substantially the same time the image of real estate property was taken using the mobile computing device;

determining, by the software program and/or a network-based server, an adjacent real estate property location using, at least in part, the received camera lens direction and the received geographic location; and

querying, by the software program, a one or more internal data stores, a one or more external data stores, or the one or more internal and the one or more external data stores wherein the querying is based at least in part on the determined adjacent real estate property location to determine an estimated value of property at the said adjacent real estate property location.

13. The method as defined in claim 12, the method further comprising providing via the software program a user interface control enabling the user to take the image of real estate property.

14. The method as defined in claim 12, the method further comprising:

based at least in part on the results from the querying, determining a postal property address; and

displaying via the user interface of the software program the postal property address.

15. The method as defined in claim 12, the method further comprising providing via the software program a user interface control enabling the user to forward the estimated value of the real estate property to an email address.

16. The method as defined in claim 12, the method further comprising enabling the user to access the estimated value of the real estate property via a web-based user interface.

17. The method as defined in claim 12, wherein the real estate property is currently not actively for sale.

18. The method as defined in claim 12, wherein the camera lens direction is determined based at least in part by accessing a compass within the mobile computing device.

19. The method as defined in claim 12, wherein the camera lens direction is based at least in part on a receipt of a compass heading of the mobile computing device.

20. The method as defined in claim 12, wherein said querying results comprises a one or more real estate property item details of said adjacent real estate property.

21. The method as defined in claim 12, wherein said querying results comprises a one or more real estate property item details of said adjacent real estate property and further wherein the software program includes a control which enables the forwarding of the one or more real estate property item details to an email address.

22. The method as defined in claim 12, wherein said querying results comprises a one or more real estate property item details of said adjacent real estate property and further wherein the one or more real estate property item details are accessible via a web browser.

23. The method as defined in claim 12, wherein the one or more internal or one or more external data stores comprise a real estate property multiple listing service.

24. The method as defined in claim 12, further comprising:

providing a user interface control of the software program enabling the user to make an offer to purchase the determined adjacent real estate property.

25. A system, comprising:

a computing device;

one or more internal data stores;

non-transitory media storing instructions readable by the computing device, that when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations, comprising;

communicating with a software program installed on a mobile computing device associated with a user;

receiving from the software program over a network, an image of real estate property, a camera lens direction, and a geographic location of the mobile computing device at substantially the same time the image of real estate property was taken using the mobile computing device;

determining an adjacent real estate property location using, at least in part, the received camera lens direction and the received geographic location;

querying the one or more internal data stores, a one or more external data stores, or the one or more internal and the one or more external data stores wherein the querying is based at least in part on the determined adjacent real estate property location to determine an estimated value of property at said adjacent real estate property location; and

transmitting to the software program the estimated value of said adjacent real estate property.

26. The system as defined in claim 25, the system further comprising a network interface configured to be coupled to an Internet Protocol network.

27. A system, comprising:

a computing device;

one or more internal data stores;

non-transitory media storing instructions readable by the computing device, that when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations, comprising;

providing a software program to a mobile computing device associated with a user;

receiving an image of real estate property, a camera lens direction, and a geographic location of the mobile computing device at substantially the same time the image of real estate property was taken using the mobile computing device;

querying the one or more internal data stores, a one or more external data stores, or the one or more internal and the one or more external data stores wherein a parameter of the querying is the received geographic location of the mobile computing device;

in response to the querying results, determining a real estate property location from a plurality of real estate locations wherein the determination is based at least in part on the received camera lens direction; and

displaying via a user interface of the software program on the mobile computing device, one or more real estate property item details wherein the displayed one or more real estate property item details are based at least in part on the determined real estate property location.