Dissemination of real estate information through text messaging
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a software module configured to run as an application for real estate information management on a mobile device of a user that is a prospective real estate customer, wherein the software module is downloaded to the mobile device via at least one of a mobile phone network and the Internet and is recorded on a non-transitory computer-readable medium;
wherein the software module includes programming instructions that enable the user to;
request from a server real estate information based on a neighborhood determined from at least one of a location based service, a zip code and an address;
receive from the server real estate information relating to the request;
organize the received real estate information on the mobile device based on one or more real estate topics; and
synchronize updates to at least some of the real estate information between the mobile device and the server, including repeating a step of replacing or appending the information on the user'"'"'s mobile device while maintaining;
(i) the organization of the received real estate information on the mobile device based on the one or more real estate topics;
or (ii) a sorted organizational structure based on topic;
wherein the software module further stores one or more nuggets of personal information and wherein each of the nuggets of personal information comprises a discrete piece of information that is a subset of the total information that can be accessed by a user on the mobile phone even when the mobile phone is not connected to the mobile network or the Internet.
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Abstract
A system and method having a first software module of a server recorded on a computer-readable medium programmed to receive a request for information from a user. The user sends a text message to a short code, where the information depends on a generic assigned identification associated with real estate information, automobile information, and/or personal property information. The server communicated with a third party server to obtain the real estate information, automobile information, and/or personal property information requested by the user. The server sends the real estate information, automobile information, and/or personal property information to a mobile phone of the user through a mobile phone network.
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28 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a software module configured to run as an application for real estate information management on a mobile device of a user that is a prospective real estate customer, wherein the software module is downloaded to the mobile device via at least one of a mobile phone network and the Internet and is recorded on a non-transitory computer-readable medium; wherein the software module includes programming instructions that enable the user to; request from a server real estate information based on a neighborhood determined from at least one of a location based service, a zip code and an address; receive from the server real estate information relating to the request; organize the received real estate information on the mobile device based on one or more real estate topics; and synchronize updates to at least some of the real estate information between the mobile device and the server, including repeating a step of replacing or appending the information on the user'"'"'s mobile device while maintaining;
(i) the organization of the received real estate information on the mobile device based on the one or more real estate topics;
or (ii) a sorted organizational structure based on topic;wherein the software module further stores one or more nuggets of personal information and wherein each of the nuggets of personal information comprises a discrete piece of information that is a subset of the total information that can be accessed by a user on the mobile phone even when the mobile phone is not connected to the mobile network or the Internet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising in any order at least:
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receiving at a server a request for real estate information, wherein the request is from a mobile device of a user that is a prospective real estate customer, and wherein the request is received through at least one of a mobile phone network and Internet and includes location information including at least one of a zip code, an address, and location information determined from a location based service; with the server, obtaining the requested real estate information; and with the server, sending the requested real estate information to the mobile device of the user; and with a software module running as an application for real estate information management on the mobile device of the user and downloaded to the mobile device via at least one of the mobile phone network and Internet, receiving the requested real estate information sent by the server to the software module; organizing the received real estate information based on one or more real estate topics and making the real estate information accessible to the user; and synchronizing updates to at least some of the real estate information between the mobile device and the server, including repeating a step of replacing or appending the information on the user'"'"'s mobile device while maintaining;
(i) the organization of the received real estate information on the mobile device based on the one or more real estate topics;
or (ii) a sorted organizational structure based on topic;wherein the software module further stores one or more nuggets of personal information and wherein each of the nuggets of personal information comprises a discrete piece of information that is a subset of the total information that can be accessed by a user on the mobile phone even when the mobile phone is not connected to the mobile network or the Internet. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system comprising:
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a mobile device of a user that is a prospective real estate customer, the mobile device including a non-transitory computer readable medium; a software module downloaded to the mobile device via at least one of a mobile phone network and the Internet, wherein the software module is recorded on the non-transitory computer-readable medium and is configured to run as an application for real estate information management on the mobile device; wherein the software module includes programming instructions to; send to a server a request for real estate information for properties in a neighborhood and to receive real estate information from the server in response to the request; organize the received real estate information based on one or more real estate topics and making the real estate information accessible to the user; and synchronize updates to at least some of the real estate information between the mobile device and the server, including repeating a step of replacing or appending the information on the user'"'"'s mobile device while maintaining at least one of the organization of the information based on the topic of the real estate information and a sorted organizational structure based on topic; wherein the neighborhood is determined from at least one of an address, a zip code and location information from a location based service; wherein the software module further stores one or more nuggets of personal information and wherein each of the nuggets of personal information comprises a discrete piece of information that is a subset of the total information that can be accessed by a user on the mobile phone even when the mobile phone is not connected to the mobile network or the Internet. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A system comprising:
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a server including programming instructions recorded on a non-transitory computer-readable medium to send to and receive from a mobile device of a user that is a prospective real estate customer, through at least one of a mobile phone network and the Internet, real estate information for properties in a neighborhood; wherein the neighborhood is determined from at least one of a zip code, an address, and location information from a location based service; and a software module running as an application on the mobile device for real estate information management, wherein the software module is downloaded to the mobile device via at least one of the mobile phone network and the Internet;
wherein the software module is configured to;send to the server a request for real estate information; receive real estate information from the server in response to the request; organize the received real estate information based on a real estate topic and making the real estate information accessible to the user; and synchronize updates to at least some of the real estate information between the mobile device and the server, including repeating a step of replacing or appending the information on the user'"'"'s mobile device while maintaining (i) the organization of the information based on the topic of the real estate information, or (ii) a sorted organizational structure based on topic; and wherein the request includes at least one of an address, a zip code and location information determined from a location based service; wherein the software module further stores one or more nuggets of personal information and wherein each of the nuggets of personal information comprises a discrete piece of information that is a subset of the total information that can be accessed by a user on the mobile phone even when the mobile phone is not connected to the mobile network or the Internet. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28)
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