System and process providing remote data capture with later upload to a real estate multiple listing service
First Claim
1. A system for providing remote data collection and upload of real estate listing information using a portable computing device, comprising:
- a portable computing device configured with program code to collect and store real estate listing information in both transient and persistent memory, a communications channel for the movement of collected data, programs, and configuration information to and from the portable computing device, a database server comprising application code and database tables for the storage of collected real estate listing information, further comprising;
a daemon method to publish, periodically and on demand, newly collected listing information to a plurality of real estate multiple listing database systems. one or more real estate multiple listing database systems to receive information collected on the portable computing device
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Abstract
A system and process for capturing all regionally supported data regarding a real estate property for sale, and a system and process for loading that captured data to a regional multiple listing database system, using a portable computing device is detailed. A general purpose portable computing device (such as the Palm OS personal data assistant PCD, or the handheld Microsoft Pocket PC, HPC) is capable of running custom software applications for the collection and display of information and can be configured to store collected information in persistent storage, for later retrieval and manipulation, on the portable computing device. A regional multiple listing service maintains a database and search engine of all properties listed for sale in a specific geographic region, and which are listed for sale with a licensed real estate agent. This system provides a software application on the portable computing device which allows the real estate agent to collect all the necessary data, while in the field, to create a listing entry in the multiple listing database. The system is configured such that the field collected data can be automatically published to the multiple listing database at the next opportunity the real estate agent has to synchronize the portable computing device with an Internet connected computer. The system is also configured to correct common data collection mistakes made by a plurality of real estate agents, and also correct common mistakes made while transcribing the data into the multiple listing database.
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10 Claims
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1. A system for providing remote data collection and upload of real estate listing information using a portable computing device, comprising:
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a portable computing device configured with program code to collect and store real estate listing information in both transient and persistent memory, a communications channel for the movement of collected data, programs, and configuration information to and from the portable computing device, a database server comprising application code and database tables for the storage of collected real estate listing information, further comprising;
a daemon method to publish, periodically and on demand, newly collected listing information to a plurality of real estate multiple listing database systems. one or more real estate multiple listing database systems to receive information collected on the portable computing device - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A portable computing device for collecting real estate listing information, comprising:
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a general purpose device configured with program code to collect and store real estate listing information in both transient and persistent memory, a specific application with display methods for the prompting, input, and collection of real estate listing information an application configured to manage and display multiple exclusive sets of listing information an application configured to apply validation rules, as imposed by the real estate multiple listing database systems, to the collected listing data. an application configured to provide industry standard terms and definitions to the user based on the current display context - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A database server system for the collection and publication of said collected real estate listing information, comprising:
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a database schema for the collection and persistent storage of real estate listing information collected on the portable computing device a method to further assess the validity of collected data based upon a plurality of rules imposed by the multiple listing database system and general best practices in the industry a method to allow the data collector to edit and verify collected data over a remote user interface a method to accept collected real estate listing information into the database server'"'"'s database schema a method and daemon to periodically and on demand publish the collected real estate listing data to a plurality of real estate multiple listing database systems - View Dependent Claims (10)
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