Data collection and dissemination system with terminal having literature distribution

• US 8,346,606 B2
• Filed: 07/15/2008
• Issued: 01/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Showing Suite, Inc. (Zillow Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Showing Suite, Inc. (Zillow Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bengson, Rick Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Weiss, John
• Assistant Examiner(s): STIBLEY, MICHAEL R
• Application Number:
  US12/173,409
• Publication Number:
  US 20080275720A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,631 Days
• Field of Search: 705/14.65, 705/14.37
• US Class Current: 705/14.65
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/26 for printing, stamping, franking, typing or teleprinting apparatus ticket printing or the like apparatus G07F17/42
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/10 Casings or parts thereof, e.g. with means for heating or cooling

Abstract

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a system for collecting and disseminating customer data and for distributing real estate marketing literature. The system includes a customer terminal, which is in communication with a data center, which, in turn, is in communication with a business terminal. The customer terminal includes a device for inputting customer data and a device for distributing relevant marketing literature. The customer data is sent to the data center, where it is stored for subsequent retrieval by a sales person using the business terminal.

Claims

1. A system for collecting customer data and for distributing pre-printed material, the system comprising:

a customer terminal comprising;

a user interface including a user input device;

a display;

a bin configured to hold and distribute said pre-printed material, including a brochure, pamphlet, or flyer; and

a non-transitory computer readable medium that stores instructions, which upon execution, cause the customer terminal to;

prompt via the display the entry of customer data including a user profile and a property profile, wherein said user profile includes a name and one or more of the group consisting of mailing address, email address, and telephone number, and wherein said property profile includes one or more of the group consisting of a property, a price, a price range, and a model;

receive from the user interface said customer data entered via the input device; and

upon entry of said customer data, distribute from said bin said pre-printed material; and

a data center that receives and stores one or more of said user profile and said property profile.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said pre-printed material is determined by the customer terminal to be relevant to a customer based on the analysis of the property profile inputted by a customer prior to the distribution of said pre-printed material.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein said customer terminal distributes said pre-printed material after at least a portion of said user profile is verified by said customer terminal or said data center.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said customer terminal or said data center causes an email to be sent to an email address corresponding to said user profile, said email comprising material determined to be relevant to a customer based on an analysis of said property profile inputted by a customer.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said customer terminal or said data center causes printed material to be mailed to a street address corresponding to said user profile, said printed material is determined to be relevant to a customer based on an analysis of said property profile inputted by a customer.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein said wherein said property profile includes one or more of the group consisting of a real property, real property price range, and real property model.

7. A system for collecting customer data and for distributing pre-printed material, the system comprising:

a customer terminal comprising;

a user interface including a user input device;

a display;

a bin configured to hold and distribute said pre-printed material, including a brochure, pamphlet, or flyer; and

a non-transitory computer readable medium that stores instructions, which upon execution, cause the customer terminal to;

prompt via the display the entry of customer data including a user profile and a real property profile, wherein said user profile includes a name and one or more of the group consisting of mailing address, email address, and telephone number, and wherein said real property profile includes one or more of the group consisting of a real property, a real property price range, a real property model, a real property floor plan, and a real property architectural style.

receive from the user interface said customer data entered via the input device; and

upon entry of said customer data, distribute from said bin said pre-printed material; and

a data center that receives and stores one or more of said user profile and said real property profile.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein said pre-printed material is determined by the customer terminal to be relevant to a customer based on the analysis of the real property profile inputted by a customer prior to the distribution of said pre-printed material.

9. The system of claim 7 wherein said customer terminal distributes said pre-printed material after at least a portion of said user profile is verified by said customer terminal or said data center.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein said customer terminal or said data center causes an email to be sent to an email address corresponding to said user profile, said email comprising material determined to be relevant to a customer based on an analysis of said real property profile inputted by a customer.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein said customer terminal or said data center causes printed material to be mailed to a street address corresponding to said user profile, said printed material is determined to be relevant to a customer based on an analysis of said real property profile inputted by a customer.

12. A system for collecting data and for distributing pre-printed material, the system comprising:

a terminal comprising;

a user interface including a user input device;

a display;

a bin configured to hold and distribute said pre-printed material, including a brochure, pamphlet, or flyer; and

a non-transitory computer readable medium that stores instructions, which upon execution, cause the terminal to;

prompt via the display the entry of data including a user profile and a property profile, wherein said user profile includes a name and one or more of the group consisting of mailing address, email address, and telephone number, and wherein said property profile includes one or more of the group consisting of a property, a price, a price range, and a model;

receive from the user interface said data entered via the input device; and

upon entry of said data, distribute from said bin said pre-printed material; and

a data center that receives and stores one or more of said user profile and said property profile.