System and method of vocalizing real estate web and database property content
OwnerKurt A. Swaugerinventor
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Abstract
A system and a method that vocalizes real estate text based content information from real estate web sites, portals, and multi-listing service databases or any other method of collecting and storing real estate listing content, and connecting the user to the party representing the real estate. A call reception application accepting a call from a user, querying the user for specific real estate criteria, accessing real estate databases, and communicating the text-to-speech converted real estate information to the user via a telephone connection or to a user specified facsimile number or wireless device.
Claims17
A system for accessing real estate information over a communications network, comprising:
- a database containing real estate information and property location information related to a set of user specified criteria, the database being accessible over the communications network;
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- a real estate data processing server comprising voice recognition, speech applications, text-to-speech conversion, and accounting applications;
- the processing unit being accessible over the public telephone network;
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- a telephone communicating with the real estate data processing server over the telephone network, whereby the data processing server accesses the real estate database for information on a property, or a number of properties, based upon the user's specified criterion, the database returning the real estate information relating to properties adhering to the user's specified criteria.
A method for accessing real estate database information over a communications network via a telephone connection, comprising:
- accessing a real estate data processing server via the telephone connection;
- accepting a call from the user's telephone using a call reception module;
- recognizing a verbal message communicated from a user's telephone using a speech recognition module;
- accessing a real estate database via the communications network based upon a user's specified criteria;
- vocalizing a result based on the user's search criteria to the user via a text-to-speech conversion using a vocalizer;
- and a speech computer software application;
- running an accounting computer software application invoicing the party representing the real estate property adhering to the user's specified criterion.
A method of a user providing real estate information to the system, comprising:
- Providing user specified criteria over a telephone network to a real estate data processing server, the data processing server communicating to a real estate database information about real estate properties, the user specified criteria including real estate information and real estate property location information;
- and the user receiving the location information and the real estate information from the real estate database based on the user's specified criteria.
A method of a user retrieving real estate information from the system, comprising:
- Providing user specified criteria over a telephone network to a real estate data processing server, the data processing server communicating to a real estate database information about real estate properties, the user specified criteria including real estate information and real estate property location information;
- and the user receiving the location information and the real estate information from the real estate database based on the user's specified criteria.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.