Real estate search and location system and method
AssigneeRealpro, Ltd.
InventorMark A. Tornetta
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Abstract
There is provided a method for locating available real estate properties for sale, lease or rental using a database of available properties at a central location and remote stations which use a graphic interface to select desired regions on a map of the areas in interest. The user begins with a region where they are interested in acquiring property and select an inner area within this region by using a pointing device such as a mouse to designate boundaries on a map displayed on screen. This is then zoomed in on and a second area is selected within the zoomed region. The second area is then cross-referenced with the database of available properties whose approximate locations are then pictorially displayed on screen. Information about the properties can then be obtained in textual form.
Claims12
A method using a computer for locating available real estate properties comprising the steps of:
- a) creating a database of the available real estate properties;
- b) displaying a map of a desired geographic area;
- c) selecting a first area having boundaries within the geographic area;
- d) zooming in on the first area of the displayed map to about the boundaries of the first area to display a higher level of detail than the displayed map;
- e) displaying the zoomed first area;
- f) selecting a second area having boundaries within the zoomed first area;
- g) displaying the second area and a plurality of points within the second area, each point representing the appropriate geographic location of an available real estate property;
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- h) identifying available real estate properties within the database which are located within the second area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.