Patents Assigned to Viva Group, LLC
  • Publication number: 20150294402
    Abstract: A system and method for facilitating renting and purchasing relationships. The method includes receiving at least one property profile from at least one responsible party. At least one transaction request from each of a plurality of responsible parties is received. The transaction requests are matched with the property profiles. The transaction requests are provided to the responsible parties of those properties that match the transaction request. In one embodiment, an offer received from at least one of the responsible parties is provided to at least one of the requesting parties. The method may be executed on a computer connected to a network such as the Internet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: VIVA GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Scott S. Ingraham, Allan O. Hunter
  • Patent number: 8908846
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods to mask identification information to create billing mechanisms in an online listing system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method of operating an online listing system includes determining an identity of a user based on an identifier entered by the user that uniquely identified the user; and capturing call history information when routing a proxy telephone number from the user (e.g., a renter, a buyer, a prospective buyer, a mortgagor, etc.) to a lister (e.g., a landlord, a seller, a rental manager, a mortgagee, etc.). The identifier may be the proxy telephone number and/or a code entered after dialing the proxy telephone number. The proxy telephone number may be converted to an actual telephone number prior to routing the proxy telephone number to the lister.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Viva Group, LLC
    Inventors: Ian Siegel, Mark C. Eastwood, Eric Hammond