System and method for providing information based on geographic position

• US 9,754,317 B2
• Filed: 10/26/2015
• Issued: 09/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/29/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Smarter Agent LLC
• Original Assignee: Smarter Agent LLC
• Inventors: Blumberg, Brad W., Blumberg, Eric M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Figueroa, Marisol
• Application Number:
  US14/922,428
• Publication Number:
  US 20160247221A1
• Time in Patent Office: 680 Days
• Field of Search: 4554561-457
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0623 Item investigation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0639 Item locations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/16 Real estate
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/163 Real estate management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A system and method for providing position information using a three-dimensional based grid is provided. The position information may be relayed to an electronic device by providing location information to a database and receiving location-centric information at the electronic device. The system may include a network for continuously updating the database in real-time.

Claims

1. A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to be executed by a processor, the code comprising code to cause the processor to:

receive at a mobile electronic device from an information system information related to a geographic location associated with a position of the mobile electronic device and defined within a base grid of the information system, the information including a plurality of location identifiers, the information system being at a geographic location remote from the geographic location of the mobile electronic device, the information system including a database including information related to a plurality of properties for sale and configured to be dynamically updated to associate information related to each property for sale from the plurality of properties for sale to a geographic location defined within the base grid;

transmit from the mobile electronic device to the information system a selection of at least one location identifier from a plurality of location identifiers, each location identifier from the plurality of location identifiers associated with a unique street address of a property for sale located proximate to the geographic location associated with the position of the mobile electronic device;

receive at the mobile electronic device, from the information system, data associated with the selected location identifier including a plurality of selectable icons configured to initiate a search for additional information associated with the selected location identifier; and

transmit from the mobile electronic device to the information system data associated with a selection of a selectable icon from the plurality of selectable icons.

2. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the database is a self-healing database.

3. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 1, wherein based on the geographic location of the mobile electronic device the code is configured to associate a geocode with the information within the database associated with the geographic location of the mobile electronic device.

4. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the information system is located at a geographic location different from a geographic location of the property for sale associated with the selected location identifier.

5. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the plurality of selectable icons includes an icon associated with a sale price of the property for sale associated with the selected location identifier.

6. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the plurality of selectable icons is a first plurality of selectable icons, the code further comprising code to:

after transmitting the data associated with a selection of a selectable icon from the first plurality of selectable icons,

receive at the mobile electronic device from the information system a second plurality of selectable icons, each icon from the second plurality of selectable icons including location-centric information associated with the selected location identifier and being associated with the selected selectable icon from the first plurality of selectable icons.

7. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the plurality of selectable icons includes at least one of an icon to search within a predetermined radius of one mile of the geographic location of the mobile electronic device, an icon to search within a predetermined radius of five miles of the geographic location of the mobile electronic device, or an icon to search within a predetermined radius of ten miles of the geographic location of the mobile electronic device.

8. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the dynamically updated database is configured to receive data input in real-time.

9. A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to be executed by a processor, the code comprising code to cause the processor to:

provide from a mobile electronic device to an information system information related to a geographic location associated with a position of the mobile electronic device, the information system being at a geographic location remote from the geographic location of the mobile electronic device, the information system including a base grid with geographic location information and a database configured to be dynamically updated and to associate information related to a plurality of properties for sale input to the database to geographic locations within the base grid;

receive at the mobile electronic device from the information system a location identifier associated with a property for sale located proximate to the geographic location of the mobile electronic device and defined within the base grid, and a conduct search icon,

transmit from the mobile electronic device to the information system, a selection of the conduct search icon;

in response to the selection of the conduct search icon, receive at the mobile electronic device from the information system, a menu of location-centric information associated with the location identifier, the menu having a plurality of selectable icons, each icon from the plurality of selectable icons configured to initiate a search within a different predetermined radius of the geographic location of the mobile electronic device when selected; and

transmit from the mobile electronic device to the information system data associated with a selection of an icon from the plurality of icons of the menu.

10. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the location identifier includes a street address of the property for sale.

11. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the plurality of selectable icons includes at least one of an icon to search within a predetermined radius of one mile of the geographic location of the mobile electronic device, an icon to search within a predetermined radius of five miles of the geographic location of the mobile electronic device, or an icon to search within a predetermined radius of ten miles of the geographic location of the mobile electronic device.

12. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the location identifier is a first location identifier, the code further comprising code to:

simultaneously with receiving the first location identifier, receive at the mobile electronic device from the information system a second location identifier, the first location identifier and the second location identifier each associated with a different property for sale located proximate to the geographic location of the mobile electronic device and defined within the base grid; and

prior to transmitting from the mobile electronic device to the information system a selection of the conduct search icon, transmit from the mobile electronic device to the information system, a selection of one of the first location identifier and the second location identifier.

13. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the information system is located at a geographic location different from a geographic location of the property for sale associated with the location identifier.

14. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the database is a self-healing database.

15. A method, comprising:

providing from a mobile electronic device to an information system information related to a geographic location associated with a position of the mobile electronic device, the information system being at a geographic location remote from the geographic location of the mobile electronic device, the information system including a base grid defining a plurality of geographic locations and a database configured to be dynamically updated and to associate information related to a plurality of properties for sale input to the database to geographic locations within the base grid;

receiving at the mobile electronic device from the information system a plurality of location identifiers, each location identifier from the plurality of location identifiers including a unique street address of a property for sale located proximate to the geographic location of the mobile electronic device;

transmitting from the mobile electronic device to the information system data associated with a selection of one location identifier from the plurality of location identifiers;

receiving at the mobile electronic device from the information system a plurality of selectable icons to search within a predetermined radius, each icon from the plurality of selectable icons configured to initiate a search within a different predetermined radius of the geographic location of the mobile electronic device when selected; and

transmitting from the mobile electronic device to the information system data associated with a selection of a selectable icon from the plurality of selectable icons.

16. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the database configured to be dynamically updated in real-time.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the information system is located at a geographic location different from a geographic location of the property for sale associated with the selected location identifier.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving at the mobile electronic device from the information system, a plurality of selectable icons to search for one or more properties for sale based on a sale price of the one or more properties for sale.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the plurality of selectable icons includes at least one of an icon to search within a predetermined radius of one mile of the geographic location of the mobile electronic device, an icon to search within a predetermined radius of five miles of the geographic location of the mobile electronic device, or an icon to search within a predetermined radius of ten miles of the geographic location of the mobile electronic device.

20. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the database is a self-healing database.