US 2016/0078411 A1 · System and Method of Collaborative Electronic Product Showing Scheduler and Sale Closing Platform

Abstract

A system and method for scheduling at least one appointment to view at least one piece of property is disclosed that includes receiving from a buyer at least one appointment request to view at least one piece of property, retrieving from a server computer a set of geographic coordinates corresponding to each of the at least one pieces of property, and generating a tentative appointment schedule connecting the at least one pieces of property in a manner which minimizes travel time between the at least one pieces of property. A device for scheduling at least one appointment to view at least one piece of property is also disclosed that includes at least one processor, at least one display device, and at least one computer readable medium containing program instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, generate an itinerary based on at least one appointment request.

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Dependent claims

A method of buyer-centered appointment scheduling for coordinating external factors relating to a target plurality of properties, the method comprising the steps of:

a) receiving a first factor from a buyer operating a scheduling apparatus, at a server computer, along with each appointment request to view the plurality of properties;
b) coordinating by a scheduling entity, buyer information on said factor, where receiving from the buyer, at the server computer, comprises a date and a time at which the buyer desires to begin scheduling an appointment and generating an appointment schedule using factors for the properties, wherein at least one factor for generating the appointment schedule is minimization of travel time, based at least partially on a set of retrieved geographic coordinates corresponding to each of the properties;
c) sending said coordinated buyer information to a seller appointment request controller, for retrieving appointment request responses from a seller, matching with a buyer information or replying to response;
and
d) generating an appointment schedule using factors for the properties, wherein at least one factor for generating the appointment schedule is minimization of travel time, based at least partially on the set of geographic coordinates corresponding to each of the properties, wherein said factor is coordinated across buyer scheduling apparatus and seller appointment request controller.

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An appointment making and scheduling system for scheduling a plurality of buyers traveling to properties in a geographical area, said system comprising:

a) a database for storing information relating to a plurality of appointments that have been made, a plurality of property information listing factors, when and how a property may be viewed, information specifying a sequence of said properties to be visited by a particular buyer, the times the buyer is scheduled to enter and leave each of said properties;
b) an itinerary handler for planning appointment requests to view properties for buyers, such that the itinerary handler reviews factor information received from the buyer scheduling system about the requests and updates a buyer schedules for viewing properties, retrieving stored information for making user itineraries based in part on geographical location data to arrange the properties into a route for minimizing travel time between properties;
c) an appointment request handler for sending requests for appointments to sellers relating to the itinerary, to obtain response information about properties requested by buyers, and the responses confirming or providing conflict information;
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d) an appointment scheduler for periodically accessing and synchronizing the itinerary with the appointment request responses, to obtain information relating to appointments, using this information to generate new appointment requests, based on priority information associated with the buyer appointment requested properties and receiving appointment request response information from said appointment request handler, the scheduler executes a command object causing the scheduling entity to proceed with the itinerary creation process.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and Method of Collaborative Electronic Product Showing Scheduler and Sale Closing Platform

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System and Method of Collaborative Electronic Product Showing Scheduler and Sale Closing Platform

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