Internet based automated real estate post card mailout system

• US 20040158488A1
• Filed: 02/07/2003
• Published: 08/12/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kurt D. Johnson
• Original Assignee: Kurt D. Johnson
• Inventors: Johnson, Kurt D.
• Application Number:
  US10/360,409
• Publication Number:
  US 20040158488A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute

Abstract

A software program related to the real estate industry that is designed to create postcards for advertising purposes. The program allows people (especially Realtors) wanting to sell real estate to go online to the invention web site and input a photo of the house, a photo of the Realtor, and information about the house. The software program of the web site automatically sets up the post cards for printing. The program also sets up the post cards to be printed with names and addresses for mailing the post cards to potential buyers on a mailing list input into the program. The program has the ability to access mailing lists (databases) of potential buyers in different regional areas. The post cards are automatically mailed out. All the user of the program has to do is go to the web site, input credit card information, input the photos and property information, and input the target area for potential customers.

Claims

1. What is claimed is:

a system for automated mail advertisement of real estate via the internet, the system comprising;

a software program related to the real estate industry on a computerized server on a computer network, the software program capable of receiving descriptive information about at least one real estate property and at least one photograph of the property input by a user via at least one web site on the computerized network related to the real estate industry, the software program further capable of automatically setting up at least one post card format for printing a number of the post cards with the information and at least one photograph for advertising purposes, the software program further capable of accessing at least one data base of names and addresses of potential buyers of the at least one property and further capable of setting up for printing at least one mailing list of the names and addresses of the prospective buyers.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the at least one photograph comprises at least one photograph of the at least one real estate property and at least one photograph of a seller of the property.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the software program is further capable of automatically printing the post cards on a printing means accessible by the software program.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein the software program is further capable of automatically mailing the post cards via a mailing means accessible by the software program.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the at least one data base comprises at least one targeted list of potential buyers in a specific geographical area associated with the at least one property and the software program is capable of automatically seeking out the mailing list of potential buyers based on the information about the property.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the at least one data base comprises at least one targeted list of potential buyers in a specific geographical area associated with the at least one property and the geographical location of the potential buyers on the mailing list is input by the user.