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US 11,232,142 B2Granted
Flexible real estate search
AssigneeZillow, Inc.
InventorsMatthew Scott Daimler, Susan Beth Daimler
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AssigneeZillow, Inc.
InventorsMatthew Scott Daimler, Susan Beth Daimler
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A facility for adjusting a display of a result of searching a property database is described. The facility, after displaying a list of properties satisfying a search filter, allows a user to specify property attributes the values of which are not currently shown for the properties, and redisplays the list of properties by additionally showing the values of those property attributes for the properties.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform a process for adjusting a display of a result of searching a property database, the process comprising:
A method performed by a computing system for adjusting a display of a result of searching a real-estate database, the method comprising:
A computing system comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
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Query formulation: query predicate definition using graphical user interfaces, including menus and forms
Querying: filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
Computing and data processing
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The described technology is directed to the field of automated real estate information tools.
In today's housing market, property seekers often use online tools to find the properties of interest. For example, a property seeker might use such a tool to search for properties within a certain zip code having a certain minimum number of bedrooms.
FIG. 1 is a high-level block diagram showing a typical environment in which a software, hardware, and/or firmware facility implementing the functionality described herein operates in some embodiments.
FIG. 2 is a table diagram showing example data stored in a property database.
FIG. 3 is a flow diagraph showing steps typically performed by the facility in order to adjust the display of a result of searching a property database.
The inventors have recognized that conventional approaches to presenting properties in the housing markets have significant disadvantages. These typically limit a property seeker in the amount and types of information received regarding the properties in the markets, and thus make it harder for the property seeker to make an intelligent decision on which property to buy or rent.
Accordingly, the inventors have conceived a software and/or hardware facility for allowing a user to control the amount and types of information to receive regarding the properties of interest. In some embodiments, the facility initially displays a result of searching a property database and subsequently allows a user to select additional information to display for each property in the search result. Specifically, the facility may initially display values of one or more property attributes in an initial display group for each property in the search result, allow a user to select one or more property attributes that are in a subsequent display group but not in the initial display group, and display values of the property attributes in both the initial and subsequent display groups for each property in the search result in response to the user selection.
In certain embodiments, the facility allows a user to select a search group of one or more property attributes to control the search and require that the one or more property attributes in the search group be excluded from the subsequent display group. The facility may also require that the search group be contained in the initial display group.