Internet-accessible real estate marketing street view system and method
First Claim
1. A method for providing image data and real estate marketing related information via a computerized communications network, the method comprising:
- (a) providing an online viewing application via a server in connection with a communication network to a device having a display;
(b) receiving a query via the communication network from the device, wherein the query is indicative of a geographic location related to marketing of real estate and comprises a property parcel within a geographic area;
(c) identifying street level image information accessible via an image data server, wherein the street level image information corresponds to the geographic location indicated by the query, and wherein the street level image information includes a first frame of street level image information;
(d) retrieving real estate property data associated with the identified street level image information; and
(e) communicating the identified street level image information via the communication network to the device such that the street level image information is displayed via the display of the device with the retrieved real estate property.
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Abstract
Video drive-by data provides a street level view of a neighborhood surrounding a selected geographic location. A video and data server farm incorporates a video storage server that stores video image files containing video drive-by data corresponding to a geographic location, a database server that processes a data query received from a user over the Internet corresponding to a geographic location of interest, and an image processing server. In operation, the database server identifies video image files stored in the video storage server that correspond to the geographic location of interest contained in the data query and transfers the video image files over a pre-processing network to the image processing server. The image processing server converts the video drive-by data to post-processed video data corresponding to a desired image format and transfers the post-processed video data via a post-processing network to the Internet in response to the query.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing image data and real estate marketing related information via a computerized communications network, the method comprising:
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(a) providing an online viewing application via a server in connection with a communication network to a device having a display; (b) receiving a query via the communication network from the device, wherein the query is indicative of a geographic location related to marketing of real estate and comprises a property parcel within a geographic area; (c) identifying street level image information accessible via an image data server, wherein the street level image information corresponds to the geographic location indicated by the query, and wherein the street level image information includes a first frame of street level image information; (d) retrieving real estate property data associated with the identified street level image information; and (e) communicating the identified street level image information via the communication network to the device such that the street level image information is displayed via the display of the device with the retrieved real estate property. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for receiving image data and real estate marketing related information, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving an online viewing application with a device comprising a display and in communication with a server via a communication network; (b) transmitting a query via the communication network from the device, wherein the query is indicative of a geographic location related to real estate marketing and comprises a property parcel within a geographic area; (c) receiving street level image information, wherein the street level image information corresponds to the geographic location indicated by the query, and wherein the street level image information includes a first frame of street level image information that is stitched together with a second frame of street level image information; (d) receiving real estate property data associated with the identified street level image information; (e) receiving the identified street level image information via the device and the communication network; and (f) displaying the street level image information on the display of the device and further displaying the retrieved real estate property data with the street level image information. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus for providing image data and real estate marketing related information via a communications network, the apparatus comprising:
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a network server in logical communication with a digital communications network, said server comprising a processor and a digital storage, said digital storage comprising executable software, said software executable upon command to cause the network server to; (a) provide an online viewing application to network access device having a display; (b) receive a query via the communication network from the network access device, wherein the query is indicative of a geographic location related to marketing of real estate and comprises a property parcel within a geographic area; (c) identify street level image information accessible via an image data server, wherein the street level image information corresponds to the geographic location indicated by the query, and wherein the street level image information includes a first frame of street level image information; (d) retrieve real estate property data associated with the identified street level image information; and (e) communicate the identified street level image information via the communication network to the network access device such that the street level image information is displayed via the display of the network access device with the retrieved real estate property.
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