Lodging and real property in a geo-spatial mapping environment
A method, apparatus and system of lodging and real property in a geo-spatial mapping environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes associating a user with the real property in the geo-spatial environment when the user claims the real property, concurrently displaying a profile of the user and/or the real property in the geo-spatial environment in a map, simultaneously generating, in the map, wiki profiles associated with different real properties surrounding the real property claimed by the user and/or marking a status of the real property claimed by the user in the geo-spatial environment as being available through an indicator expressing an availability status of the real property.
This patent application is a continuation in part and claims priority from:
(1) U.S. Provisional patent application No. 60/783,226, titled ‘Trade identity licensing in a professional services environment with conflict’ filed on Mar. 17, 2006. (2) U.S. Provisional patent application No. 60/817,470 titled ‘Segmented services having a global structure of networked independent entities’, filed Jun. 28, 2006. (3) U.S. Provisional patent application No. 60/853,499, titled ‘Method and apparatus of neighborhood expression and user contribution system’ filed on Oct. 19, 2006. (4) U.S. Provisional patent application No. 60/854,230 titled ‘Method and apparatus of neighborhood expression and user contribution system’ filed on Oct. 25, 2006.(5) U.S. Utility patent application Ser. No. 11/603,442 titled ‘Map based neighborhood search and community contribution’ filed on Nov. 22, 2006.
FIELD OF TECHNOLOGYThis disclosure relates generally to the technical fields of communications and, in one example embodiment, to a method, apparatus, and system of lodging and real property in a geo-spatial mapping environment.
BACKGROUNDMarketing a property (e.g., selling and/or renting a home, a condo, an office space, etc.) may be achieved independently and/or through an agent. When an owner markets the property themselves, the owner may place a lawn sign on their yard, and advertise through an independent website such as a For Sale by Owner (FSBO) website. A potential buyer may drive around a neighborhood for hours before seeing the lawn sign before contacting the owner (e.g., if they do not first see the property being marketed on the independent website). When the owner markets the property through the agent, the agent may place the property on a Multiple Listing Service (MLS) database, so that the property is searchable by prospective buyers and agents by address, characteristic, and/or location.
The MLS database and the FSBO website may not include objective information about properties immediately adjacent to the property being marketed (e.g., information about homes and people who surround the property being marketed). As such, the potential buyer may need to physically drive to the neighborhood and observe a characteristic (e.g., safety, demographics, loud music by a neighbor, weird neighbor, barking dog, sex offenders in the neighborhood, drug activity of a neighbor, etc.) of the neighborhood themselves. Because the potential buyer may visit the neighborhood briefly, they may draw conclusions as to a desirability of the property based on their own brief experiences in the neighborhood.
To get more accurate neighborhood data, the potential buyer may need to visit properties in the neighborhood and speak with neighbors around the property being marketed. The potential buyer may be shy and/or may not have enough time to speak with the neighbors around the property being marketed. As such, the marketed property may be purchased by the prospective buyer, and the prospective buyer may feel like they made a bad decision if later an undesirable characteristic is surfaced.
SUMMARYA method, apparatus and system of lodging and real property in a geo-spatial mapping environment are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes associating a user with a real property in a geo-spatial environment when the user claims the real property, concurrently displaying a profile of the user and the real property in the geo-spatial environment in a map, simultaneously generating in the map, wiki profiles associated with different real properties surrounding the real property claimed by the user and marking a status of the real property claimed by the user in the geo-spatial environment as being available through an indicator expressing an availability status of the real property.
In addition, the method may include modifying the availability status to a for-sale-by-owner status, and applying a meta-data to the real property indicating a price, duration, a physical characteristic, and/or a condition of the real property. The method may further include geo-spatially determining which of a set of providers have an availability to deliver and/or install a lawn sign to a physical location of the real property based on a confirmation request of the user, and automatically generating a marketing flyer having details of the real property in a print and/or web form. In addition the method may include generating a customized postcard mailer to be distributed through physical mail of the marketing flyer to neighbors surrounding the real property with for those addresses which are not associated with users currently having electronic communication information in the geo-spatial environment.
The method may also include transforming the availability status to a retained agent status based on a request of the user, geo-spatially applying an agency profile of the retained agent to the real property such that the agency profile appears concurrently with the real property and/or is surrounded by wiki profiles in the map and syndicating the real property across a realtor multiple listing service database upon request of the user.
Furthermore, the method may include modifying the availability status to a for rent status and applying the meta-data indicating the price, the term, the duration, the physical characteristic, and/or the condition of the real property to the real property. Also, the method may include booking a prospective resident of the real property in a particular window of time in the geo-spatial environment when the user selects a social networking profile of another user who has requested the real property as a rental and processing a payment of another user when another user confirms a booking of the real property on a particular day.
Moreover, the method may include pre-qualifying prospective buyers who wish to acquire any one of a tenancy and an ownership interest in the real property, enabling the prospective buyers to bid on any one of the tenancy interest and the ownership interest in the real property and inviting an optimal one of the prospective buyers to transact the real property with the user.
Furthermore, the method may include previewing, in response to a mouse over of the user, resident and/or business profiles associated with the different real properties surrounding the real property having both positive and negative wiki-compiled data. The method may also include automatically setting a new latitude and longitude location based on a relocation of a pushpin indicator of the real property when the user relocates a pointer in the geo-spatial environment indicating the physical location of the real property.
In addition, the method may include concurrently generating a representation of properties listed in a multiple listing service directly in the geo-spatial environment along with wiki pages and the real property claimed by the user. The method may further include conducting an escrow process directly in the geo-spatial environment including any verifications and/or audit reporting associated with the real property transaction including a home inspection reporting, a termite inspection reporting, a flood inspection reporting, a title report auditing, and/or a disclosure check-off procedure.
Moreover, the method may include building a community of real estate transaction, verification, and/or inspection parties to facilitate the escrow process, and/or providing a recommendation to a chosen few of the real estate transaction, verification, and/or inspection parties to neighbors of the user through a recommendation interface in the geo-spatial environment.
In another aspect, a system includes any number of neighborhoods having registered users and/or unregistered users of a global neighborhood environment, a lodging module of the global neighborhood environment to enable the registered users of a wiki-based social network overlying a global mapping infrastructure to geo-spatially mark properties that they have claimed as being available in an open market to potentially interested parties, and a wiki module of the global neighborhood environment to enable the registered users to create a social network page of themselves, and/or to edit information associated with the unregistered users identifiable through a viewing of physical properties in which the unregistered users reside when the registered users have knowledge of characteristics associated with the unregistered users so that the potentially interested parties have an ability to view a consensus social characteristic of neighbors surrounding a property marked as transact able.
The system may also include a search module of the global neighborhood environment to enable a people search, a business search, and/or a category search of any data in the lodging module and/or to enable embedding of any content in the global neighborhood environment in other search engines, blogs, social networks, professional networks and/or static websites.
In addition, the system may include a for-sale-by-owner module of the global neighborhood environment to modify an availability status to a for-sale-by-owner status, to apply a meta-data indicating a price, duration, a physical characteristic, and/or a condition of a real property being marketed to the real property.
Furthermore, the system may include a delivery module of the global neighborhood environment to geo-spatially determine which of a set of providers have an availability to deliver and/or install a physical marker in a physical location of the real property based on a confirmation request of a user, and to automatically generate a marketing flyer having details of the real property in a print and/or web form, and a pushpin module to automatically set a new latitude and longitude location based on a relocation of a pushpin indicator of the real property when the user relocates a pointer in the geo-spatial environment indicating the physical location of the real property.
The system may include a retained agent module of the global neighborhood environment to transform the availability status to a retained agent status based on a request of the user, and/or to geo-spatially apply an agency profile of the retained agent to the real property such that the agency profile appears concurrently with the real property and is surrounded by wiki profiles in the map, and a syndication module of the global neighborhood environment to publish the real property across a realtor multiple listing service database upon request of the user.
The system may further include a rent module of the global neighborhood environment to modify the availability status to a for rent status and/or to apply a meta-data indicating a price, a term, a duration, a physical characteristic, and/or a condition of a real property to the real property, and a paying guest module of the global neighborhood environment to book a prospective resident of the real property in the global neighborhood environment in a particular window of time when the user selects a social networking profile of another user who has requested the real property as a rental, and/or to process a payment of the another user when the another user confirms a booking of the real property on a particular day.
Furthermore, the system may include a bidding module of the global neighborhood environment to pre-qualify prospective buyers who wish to acquire any one of a tenancy and an ownership interest in the real property, to enable the prospective buyers to bid on any one of the tenancy interest and the ownership interest in the real property, and/or to invite an optimal one of the prospective buyers to transact the real property with the user.
Moreover, the system may include a multiple listing module of the global neighborhood environment to incorporate a representation of properties listed in a multiple listing service directly in a geo-spatial environment along with wiki pages and a real property claimed by a user. The system may also include an escrow module of the global neighborhood environment to perform verifications and/or audit reporting associated with a real property transaction including a home inspection reporting, a termite inspection reporting, a flood inspection reporting, a title report auditing, and/or a disclosure check-off procedure.
Also, the system may further include a recommendation module of the global neighborhood environment to build a community of real estate transaction, verification, and/or inspection parties to facilitate the escrow process, and/or to provide a recommendation to a chosen few of a real estate transaction, verification, and/or inspection parties to neighbors of the user through a recommendation interface in the geo-spatial environment.
In yet another aspect, a global neighborhood environment includes a first instruction set to visualize real property tenancy and for sale availability and/or to reside above a map data, in which a social network underlies the visualization network in that each prospective lister and bidder of a real property is expressible to one and other in a geo-spatial environment, a second instruction set integrated with the first instruction set to enable users of the social network to mark owned ones of their properties as being available as rental properties and for sale and/or which provides positive and negative user generated content of neighbors surrounding the owned ones of the properties being available as rental properties and for sale.
Furthermore, the global neighborhood environment also includes a third instruction set to provide a free form of expression of the users sharing information about any entities and/or people residing in any geographical location identifiable in the satellite map data, and/or to provide a technique of each of the users to claim a geographic location to control content in their respective claimed geographic locations and a fourth instruction set integrated with the first instruction set and the second instruction set to enable global exploration of properties being marketed in the geo-spatial environment by indexing each of the data shared by the users of any of the people and/or entities residing in any geographic location.
Moreover, the global neighborhood environment may include a fifth instruction set to schedule delivery of physical goods and/or services to listers and/or bidders in the geo-spatial environment based on user generated requests in the geo-spatial environment at a pre, during, and/or post transaction event.
The methods, systems, and apparatuses disclosed herein may be implemented in any means for achieving various aspects, and may be executed in a form of a machine-readable medium embodying a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform any of the operations disclosed herein. Other features will be apparent from the accompanying drawings and from the detailed description that follows.
Example embodiments are illustrated by way of example and not limitation in the figures of the accompanying drawings, in which like references indicate similar elements and in which:
Other features of the present embodiments will be apparent from the accompanying drawings and from the detailed description that follows.
DETAILED DESCRIPTIONA method, apparatus and system of lodging and real property in a geo-spatial mapping environment are disclosed. In the following description, for the purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the various embodiments. It will be evident, however to one skilled in the art that the various embodiments may be practiced without these specific details.
In one embodiment, a method includes associating a user with a real property (e.g., home, building, office, homes for rent, etc.) in a geo-spatial environment (e.g., geo-spatial environment 300 of
In another embodiment, a system includes any number of neighborhoods (e.g., the neighborhood 102A-N of
In yet another embodiment, a global neighborhood environment (e.g., the global neighborhood environment 100 of
The global neighborhood environment 100 may contain a lodging module 106, a search module 108, a wiki module 110, a for sale by owner module 112, a rent module 114, a delivery module 130, a pushpin module 132, a retained agent module 134, a paying guest module 136, a bidding module 138, a syndication module 140, a multiple listing module 142, a escrow module 144, and a recommendation module 146, according to one embodiment. The neighborhood 120 may include a user 116, a residence 118, a neighbor 120, a business 122, a home for sale 148, and a community center 150, according to one embodiment.
The global neighborhood environment 100 may include set of instructions that may facilitate the registered and/or unregistered user of the global neighborhood environment to communicate information (e.g., the information associated in buying, selling, listing, biding, etc.) associated with a real property in the geo-spatial environment. The neighborhood(s) 102 may be a geographically localized community associated with the real property in a geospatial environment. The neighborhood(s) 102A-N may contain registered and unregistered users of the global neighborhood environment associated with the real property of the global neighborhood environment 100. The network 104 may facilitate the global neighborhood environment to communicate the information associated with the neighborhood(s) 102. The lodging module 106 may enable the registered users of a wiki social network to geo-spatially mark properties which the user has claimed (e.g., the registered user may geo-spatially mark properties as available in an open market to potentially interested parties.).
The search module 108 may enable a search (e.g., a people search, a business search, a category search, etc.) of any data in the lodging module 106 and/or may enable embedding of any content (e.g., in search engines, blogs, social networks, professional networks, professional networks, etc.) in the global neighborhood environment.
The wiki module 110 may enable the registered users to create and/or update their information associated with the real property in the geo-spatial environment. A ‘wiki’ (e.g., may be enabled through the wiki module 110) can be defined as a perpetual collective work of many authors. Similar to a blog in a structure and/or a logic, a wiki may allow anyone to edit, delete and/or modify content that has been placed on the Web site using a browser interface, including the work of previous authors. In contrast, a blog (e.g., or a social network page), typically authored by an individual, may not allow visitors to change a original posted material, only add comments to an original content. The term wiki may refer to either the web site or the software used to create the site. The term ‘wiki’ also implies fast creation, ease of creation, and community approval in many software contexts.
The for-sale-by-owner module 112 may provide an advertisement system to the business that may enable the users to purchase the real property in the neighborhood(s) 102. The for-sale-by-owner module 112 may also modify an availability status to a for-sale-by-owner status. The for-sale-by-owner module 112 may apply a metadata (e.g., indicating a price, a duration, etc.) and/or a condition of the real property being marketed to the real property. The rent module 114 may modify the availability status to a for rent status. In addition, the rent module 114 may apply the metadata (e.g., indicating the price, the physical characteristic, etc.) and/or the condition of the real property to the real property. The user 116 may be the registered and/or unregistered users who may be interested to buy, sell, list and/or bid the real property in the geo-spatial environment. The residence 118 may be a real estate existing in the neighborhood(s) 102.
The business 122 may be a customer service, finance, sales, production, communications/public relations and/or marketing organization that may be located in the neighborhood(s) 102. The advertiser(s) 124 may be the individual and/or a firm who may be involved in encouraging the user's attention to the real property in the geo-spatial environment through a variety of media.
The global map data 126 may contain details/maps of any area, region and/or neighborhood (e.g., the neighborhood 102A-N of
The pushpin module 132 may automatically set a new latitude and longitude location when the user relocates a pointer in the geo-spatial environment indicating the physical location of the real property in the geo-spatial environment. The pushpin module 132 may set the latitude and longitude location based on a relocation of a pushpin indicator of the real property in the geo-spatial environment.
The retained agent module 134 may modify the availability status to a retained status based on the request of the user. Also, the retained agent module 134 may apply the agent profile of the retained agent to enable the user of the global neighborhood environment to view the agent profile concomitantly in the real property surrounded by the wiki profiles in the map. The paying guest module 136 may enable the user (e.g., buyer, bidder, real estate agent, etc.) to book the real property in the global neighborhood environment on selecting the social networking profile of the another user (e.g., owner, real estate agent, etc.) who may have requested the real property as rental.
The paying guest module 136 may enable another user (e.g., owner, real estate agent, etc.) to process a payment on confirmation of a booking of the real property by another user on a particular time. The bidding module 138 may enable prospective buyer(s) to bid on any of a tenancy and/or ownership interest in the real property in the global neighborhood environment. The bidding module 138 may pre-qualify the prospective buyer (e.g., who may have the interest to buy the real property) and/or may facilitate the user to invite an other prospective buyers to transact the real property with the user of the global neighborhood environment.
The syndication module 140 may publish the real property across a realtor multiple listing service database when requested by the user. The multiple listing module 142 may update the listing in a multiple listing services in the geo-spatial environment concurrently with the wiki pages and/or the real property claimed by the user. The escrow module 144 may carryout verifications and/or audit reporting (e.g., a home inspection reporting, a termite inspection reporting, a title report auditing, a disclosure check-off procedure, etc.) associated with transactions of the real property in the global neighborhood environment.
The recommendation module 146 may create a community of a real estate transaction, verification, and inspection parties to facilitate the escrow process. The recommendation module 146 may provide recommendations through a recommendation interface in the geo-spatial environment to the selected neighbors of the users in the global neighborhood environment.
The home for sale 148 may be any real property in the neighborhood(s) 102 of the global neighborhood environment offered for sale by the user (e.g., an owner, a real estate agent, an occupant, etc.) of the global neighborhood environment. The community center 150 may be public locations in a surrounding area of real property in the neighborhood(s) 102 where members of the community may gather for group activities, social support, public information, and other purposes.
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For example, the user (e.g., the prospective buyer, the prospective bidder, etc.) may be associated with the real property (e.g., immovable property such as homes, offices, commercial places, etc.) in the geo-spatial environment when the user claims the real property. A profile of the user and the real property may be concurrently displayed in the geo-spatial environment in a map. Furthermore, wiki profiles associated with different real properties (e.g., generated through the wiki module 110 of
In addition, the availability status may be modified to the for-sale-by-owner status (e.g., through the for-sale-by owner module 112 of
In addition, the buyer/tenant tools 500 may also allow the user of the global neighborhood environment who wishes to acquire any one of the tenancy interest and ownership interest to bid and/or buy a home through online real property marketplace (e.g., Fatdoor.com). Furthermore, the availability status may be retained to a retained agent status based on a request of the user (e.g., using the retained agent module 0.134 of
Also, the availability status may be modified to the for rent status (e.g., the rent status may be modified through rent module 114 of
The prospective buyers who may wish to acquire any one of the tenancy and an ownership interest in the real property may be pre-qualified (e.g., using the bidding module 138 of
In addition, a representation of properties listed in the multiple listing services may be concurrently generated directly in the geo-spatial environment along with the wiki pages and the real property claimed by the user. Furthermore, the escrow process may be conducted directly in the geo-spatial environment (e.g., through the escrow module 144 of
Moreover, the community (e.g., the community center 150 of
Furthermore, a system includes any number of neighborhoods 102 having the registered users and/or unregistered users of a global neighborhood environment 100. The system also includes a lodging module 106 of the global neighborhood environment 100 to enable the registered users of a wiki-based social network overlying a global mapping infrastructure to geo-spatially mark properties that they have claimed as being available in the open market to the potentially interested parties (e.g., the prospective buyers, the prospective sellers, etc.).
In addition, the system includes the wiki module 110 of the global neighborhood environment 100 to enable the registered users to create the social network page of themselves, and/or to edit information associated with the unregistered users identifiable through a viewing of the physical properties in which the unregistered users reside when the registered users have knowledge of characteristics associated with the unregistered users so that the potentially interested parties have an ability to view a consensus social characteristic of neighbors (e.g., the neighbor 120 of
The system may further include a search module 108 of the global neighborhood environment 100 to enable the people search, the business search, and/or the category search of any data in the lodging module 106 and/or to enable embedding of any content in the global neighborhood environment 100 in other search engines, blogs, social networks, professional networks and/or static websites. Also, the system may include the for-sale-by-owner module 112 of the global neighborhood environment 100 to modify the availability status to the for-sale-by-owner status (e.g., the FSBO 212 of
Furthermore, the system may include the delivery module 130 of the global neighborhood environment 100 to geo-spatially determine which of the set of providers have the availability to deliver and/or install the physical marker in a physical location (e.g., when the user orders the lawn sign through get lawn sign link 504 of
The system may include the retained agent module 134 of the global neighborhood environment 100 to transform the availability status to the retained agent status based on a request of the user, and/or to geo-spatially apply an agency profile of the retained agent to the real property such that the agency profile appears concurrently with the real property and is surrounded by the wiki profiles in the map.
Also, the system may include the syndication module 140 of the global neighborhood environment 100 to publish the real property across the realtor multiple listing service database upon request of the user (e.g., the lister, the seller, the owner, etc.). In addition, the system may include the rent module 114 of the global neighborhood environment 100 to modify the availability status to the for rent status and/or to apply the meta-data indicating the price, the term, the duration, the physical characteristic, and/or the condition of the real property to the real property.
The system may further include a paying guest module 136 of the global neighborhood environment 100 to book the prospective resident (e.g., the residence 118 of
The system may include the bidding module 138 of the global neighborhood environment 100 to pre-qualify prospective buyers (e.g., the potential interested parties) who wish to acquire the tenancy and/or the ownership interest in the real property, to enable the prospective buyers to bid on any one of the tenancy interest and the ownership interest in the real property, and/or to invite an optimal one of the prospective buyers to transact the real property with the user.
Furthermore, the system may include the multiple listing module 142 of the global neighborhood environment 100 to incorporate a representation of properties listed in the multiple listing service directly in the geo-spatial environment along with wiki pages and a real property claimed by the user (e.g., the user willing to buy/sell the real property).
Also, the system may include the escrow module 144 of the global neighborhood environment 100 to perform verifications and/or audit reporting associated with the real property transaction including the home inspection reporting, the termite inspection reporting, the flood inspection reporting, the title report auditing, and/or the disclosure check-off procedure.
Moreover, the system may include the recommendation module 146 of the global neighborhood environment 100 to build the community of real estate transaction, verification, and/or inspection parties to facilitate the escrow process, and/or to provide the recommendation to the chosen few of the real estate transaction (e.g., the selected users of the global neighborhood environment 100 may be recommended), verification, and/or inspection parties to neighbors (e.g., the neighbor 120 of
A global neighborhood environment 100 includes a first instruction set to visualize real property tenancy and/or for sale availability and/or to reside above the map data, in which the social network underlies the visualization network in that each prospective lister and/or bidder of the real property may be expressible to one and other in the geo-spatial environment. Furthermore, the global neighborhood environment 100 includes a second instruction set integrated with the first instruction set to enable users of the social network to mark owned ones of their properties as being available as rental properties and/or for sale and which provides a positive and negative user generated content of neighbors surrounding the owned ones of the properties being available as the rental properties and/or for sale (e.g., the availability status of the real property may be displayed through the profile view as illustrated in
In addition, the global neighborhood environment 100 includes a third instruction set to provide a free form of expression of the users sharing information about any entities and/or people residing in any geographical location identifiable in the satellite map data, and/or to provide a technique of each of the users to claim the geographic location to control content in their respective claimed geographic locations. Also, the global neighborhood environment 100 includes a fourth instruction set integrated with the first instruction set and the second instruction set to enable global exploration of properties being marketed in the geo-spatial environment by indexing each of the data shared by the users of any of the people and/or entities residing in any geographic location.
Moreover, the global neighborhood environment 100 may include a fifth instruction set to schedule delivery of physical goods and/or services to listers and/or bidders in the geo-spatial environment based on user generated requests in the geo-spatial environment at a pre, during, and/or post transaction event.
The for-sale profile 200 may be the profile of the real property of the global neighborhood environment 100 of
The guest house property 204 may display location of the guest house property in the aerial map that may facilitate the user to book the prospective resident of the real property in the global neighborhood environment 100. The for-rent property 206 may display the real property requested by the user of the global neighborhood environment as rental on the aerial map. The neighbor property 208 may display the location and/or the information associated with the neighbor's property of the user who may wish to acquire any one of the tenancy interest and ownership interest in the real property in the surrounding area of the neighbor's property. The summary view 210 may display the information associated with the registered user and/or unregistered user of the global neighborhood environment in the map and/or may allow to edit the profile of the user associated with the real property in the geo-spatial environment. The summary view 210 may enable the potentially interested parties to view the consensus social characteristic of neighbors surrounding the real property marked as transact able through the pushpin indicator.
The FSBO 212 may display the availability status of the real property as for-sale-by owner and/or may also enable the user (e.g., the buyer, the bidder, the tenant, etc.) to access the information associated with the real property which the user (e.g., the buyer, the bidder, the tenant, etc.) wishes to acquire any one of the tenancy interest and ownership interest. The FSBO 212 may offer information that may contain the price, the physical characteristic, condition of the real property, etc. The move pin link 214 may enable the user (e.g., the buyer, the bidder, the tenant, etc.) to view the new latitude and longitude location (e.g., the physical location of the real property) through relocation of pushpin indicator of the real property.
In example embodiment illustrated in
The user interface view as illustrated in example embodiment of
For example, the user, resident and/or business profiles associated with the different real properties surrounding the real property may be previewed in response to a mouse having both positive and/or negative wiki-compiled data. Furthermore, the new latitude and longitude location may be automatically set based on the relocation of the pushpin indicator of the real property when the user relocates the pointer in the geo-spatial environment indicating the physical location of the real property.
It should be noted that physical mailers may be distributed to users based on any interest of a registered user. For example, the geospatial environment may be pre-seeded with postal address data. Even when an address is not associated with a registered user, any user (e.g., such as a user selling and/or renting their home) may be able to communicate with any neighbor and/or person having a physical address in the geo-spatial environment. For example, any registered user can send a message to an entire neighborhood. Those who are registered users may receive an email, while those who are not registered users may receive a physical postcard or mailer (e.g., such as a coupon book).
Users may be able to customize a look and feel of the physical mailer. In addition, users may be able to pre-purchase electronic ‘postage stamps’, and/or create a debit/credit account that they can use to pay for physical mail pieces. A service fee may be assessed (e.g., 20% of postage amount) on the physical mail pieces sent through the geospatial environment. Likewise, each mail piece (e.g., a postcard, a home for rent/sale, an envelope, a coupon book, a greeting card, a holiday card, a wedding announcement, a block party invite) may include a logo of the geospatial provider (e.g., a Fatdoor.com logo), to increase brand awareness. Users may receive a rebate for their mailing costs if they allow one or more targeted text or display ads to be put on the cover or envelope of the mail piece. As such, users in the geospatial environment can communicate with each other through both physical (e.g., postal) and through electronic (e.g., email, instant message, SMS, etc.) means simultaneously.
The geo-spatial environment 300 may provide and/or display virtual map of the geographical location in the neighborhood 102A-N of the real property. The neighbor user generated content 302 may be the content (e.g., the content generated may be positive and/or negative) associated with the user located in the geographical localized community. The neighbor user generated content 302 may be generated through the set of instructions contained in the global neighborhood environment 100. The home page 304 may be start page, front page and/or main web page of the website of the entity associated with real property transaction (e.g., the website of the real estate agency).
In addition, the home page 304 may usually include hyperlinks to other web pages of the website of the real property transactions in the geo-spatial environment. The buyer demo 306 may enable the prospective buyer to buy and/or bid the real property associated with neighborhood 102A-N through a demo (e.g., a video clip, a power point presentation, etc.). The buyer demo 306 may allow information displaying the price, the duration, the physical characteristic and/or the condition of the real property on the request of the user (e.g., the prospective buyer). The buyer/tenant get started 308 may facilitate the prospective buyer/tenant (e.g., who may have a wish to acquire any one of the tenant interest and ownership interest in the real property of the neighborhood) to bid on and/or buy online the real property in the geo-spatial environment.
The buyer benefits 310 may offer the benefits associated with the transaction (e.g., bidding, buying, etc.) of the real property in the geo-spatial environment through the real property online marketplace (e.g., Fatdoor.com). The client log on 312 may permit access to privileges and/or facilities to the registered user of the global neighborhood environment for bidding, buying, listing, etc. The agent interface 314 may display the retained agent status based on the request of the user and/or may support the creation and/or retrieval of the agent listed. The marketing banners 316 may enable the registered user of the global neighborhood environment 100 to generate automatically the marketing flyer having details (e.g., details may be in print form and/or web form) of the real property.
The bid on/view homes 318 may enable the user (e.g., the prospective buyer, the prospective bidder, etc.) to bid on the real property in the geo-spatial environment and/or facilitate the user to preview the details (e.g., the image of the real property, the information associated with the real property, etc.) the real property in the geo-spatial environment.
The lister get started 320 may allow the user (e.g., the owner, the real estate agent, etc.) to list the real property for sale, for rent, etc. in the web page. The lister benefits 322 may allow the user of the global neighborhood environment (e.g., interested in listing the real property) to know the benefits of listing, selling and/or renting the real property (e.g., no commission, no delays, etc.) through the online real property marketplace (e.g., Fatdoor.com). The lister demo 324 may enable the prospective lister to list and/or sell the real property associated with the neighborhood 102A-N through a demo presentation (e.g., a video clip, a power point presentation, etc.). The lister demo 324 may guide a user (e.g., the lister, the seller, the owner, etc.) to list the real property on the website (e.g., Fatdoor.com).
The online broker support 326 may offer help information to the user (e.g., the prospective buyer, the lister, the seller, the agent, etc.) of the global neighborhood environment 100 to solve the problems related to transaction of the real property (e.g., listing, selling, renting, buying, bidding, etc.) in the geo-spatial environment. The about us 328 may provide information associated with the entity (e.g., a company, a firm, a real estate agency, etc.).
The renter tools 330 may offer the information associated with renting a real property and/or may facilitate the potentially interested parties to book the prospective resident of the real property in the geo-spatial environment. The renter tools 330 may also allow the prospective renter to make payment after confirmation of booking of the real property on the particular time. The reservation tools 332 may facilitate the prospective buyer reserve transaction associated with the real estate property for the particular period of time.
In example embodiment
A in service area? link 400 may enable the user to verify whether the real property belonging to the seller is in the service area of the website associated with real property transaction in geo-spatial environment or not. If the real property associated with the lister/seller is not in the service area then the seller may be provided access to the selected virtual/referral service after clicking the link virtual/referral services 402 (e.g., a service provided through the listing agents).
On the other hand, if the seller's real property is in the service area the seller may be prompted to enter the personal information for the purpose of starting the process through the link (step 1 input info 404). Rules/disclaimers 406 may provide the seller with the information regarding the rules and procedures governing bidding on a real property in the geo-spatial environment through the website (e.g., Fatdoor.com) as well as any appropriate legal action notifications and disclaimers. A step 2 choose agent link 408 may enable the user to select a agent associated with the transaction of real property in geo-spatial environment and/or may also provide more information associated with the real estate agent.
The seller may be prompted to register with the website of real property transaction after submitting the necessary information associated with the real property in the geo-spatial environment through step 3-5 listing, other 410. Once the seller becomes the registered user of the global neighborhood environment the website enables the seller to submit documents and required information (e.g., the photograph of the real property, scheduled time of open houses, inspection reports, etc.) (Step 6-7 preparation 412). Furthermore the seller may also submit an asking price of the real property in the geo-spatial environment requested by the seller for sale. Furthermore, a personalized transaction manager 416 may be generated by which the seller will interact with the site going forward. The website of real property transaction in geo-spatial environment may conduct the marketing of the real property (step 9 marketing 418) that may include generating the profile of the houses containing the availability status, address, asking price and other information associated with the real property in geo-spatial environment for sale (home profile 428).
The seller may host an open house visit (step 10 open house visits 420) on a particular day notified to the potential interest parties through the internet. Then the seller may receive the offers (step 11 accept offer 422) through the website and seller negotiates and/or accepts the offers from the potential interested parties. The seller may further negotiate any contingencies and/or other matter to facilitate closing of escrow (step 12-15 negotiate closing 424) and transfer of properties. Selling of the real property may also put the seller in a position of buying (buy home? 426) a new real property.
In example embodiment illustrated in
In addition, the buyer/tenant tools 500 may also allow the user of the global neighborhood environment who wishes to acquire any one of the tenancy interest and ownership interest to bid and/or buy a home through online real property marketplace (e.g., Fatdoor.com). Also, the buyer/tenant tools 500 may enable user (e.g., bidder, buyer, tenant, etc.) to express their views associated with real property (e.g., views associated with the real property user planning to own/rent.)
In addition, the lister tools 502 may allow the user of the global neighborhood environment 100 to list a home on online real property marketplace (e.g., Fatdoor.com) through a link get started. The lister tools 502 may enable the user to access other information such as charge rent, commissions, renters information, etc. The get lawn sign link 504 may enable the user (e.g., the seller, the lister, etc.) to order and/or install the lawn sign to a physical location of the real property through the lister tools 502.
The global neighborhood environment 600 may include any number of neighborhoods having registered users and/or unregistered users. The neighborhood(s) 602 may be a geographically localized community in a larger city, town, and/or suburb. The network 604 may be search engines, blogs, social networks, professional networks and static website that may unite individuals, groups and/or community. The social community module 606 may generate a building creator in which the registered users may create and/or modify empty wiki profiles (e.g., a wiki profile 1706 of
The wiki module 610 may enable the registered users to create and/or update their information. A ‘wiki’ (e.g., may be enabled through the wiki module 610) can be defined as a perpetual collective work of many authors. Similar to a blog in structure and logic, a wiki allows anyone to edit, delete or modify content that has been placed on the Web site using a browser interface, including the work of previous authors. In contrast, a blog (e.g., or a social network page), typically authored by an individual, may not allow visitors to change the original posted material, only add comments to the original content. The term wiki refers to either the web site or the software used to create the site. The term ‘wiki’ also implies fast creation, ease of creation, and community approval in many software contexts (e.g., wiki means “quick” in Hawaiian).
The commerce module 612 may provide an advertisement system to a business that may enable the users to purchase location in the neighborhood(s) 602. The map module 614 may be indulged in study, practice, representing and/or generating maps, or globes. The user 616 may be an individuals and/or households that may purchase and/or use goods and services and/or be an active member of any group or community and/or resident and/or a part of any neighborhood(s) 602. The residence 618 may be a house, a place to live and/or like a nursing home in a neighborhood(s) 602.
The community center 630 may be public locations where members of a community may gather for group activities, social support, public information, and other purposes. The business 622 may be a customer service, finance, sales, production, communications/public relations and/or marketing organization that may be located in the neighborhood(s) 602. The advertiser(s) 624 may be an individual and/or a firm drawing public who may be responsible in encouraging the people attention to goods and/or services by promoting businesses, and/or may perform through a variety of media. The global map data 626 may contain the details/maps of any area, region and/or neighborhood.
In example embodiment illustrated in
For example, the neighborhoods 602A-N may have registered users and/or unregistered users of a global neighborhood environment 600. Also, the social community module 606 of the global neighborhood environment 600 may generate a building creator (e.g., building builder 2102 of
In addition, the wiki module 610 of the global neighborhood environment 600 may enable the registered users to create a social network page of themselves, and/or may edit information associated with the unregistered users identifiable through a viewing of physical properties in which, the unregistered users reside when the registered users have knowledge of characteristics associated with the unregistered users.
Furthermore, the search module 608 of the global neighborhood environment 600 may enable a people search (e.g., the people search widget 800 of
The commerce module 612 of the global neighborhood environment 600 may provide an advertisement system to a business who purchase their location in the global neighborhood environment 600 in which the advertisement may be viewable concurrently with a map indicating a location of the business, and/or in which revenue may be attributed to the global neighborhood environment 600 when the registered users and/or the unregistered users click-in on a simultaneously displayed data of the advertisement along with the map indicating a location of the business.
Moreover, a map module 614 of the global neighborhood environment 600 may include a map data associated with a satellite data (e.g., generated by the satellite data module 1100 of
In addition, a first instruction set may enable a social network to reside above a map data, in which the social network may be associated with specific geographical locations identifiable in the map data. Also, a second instruction set integrated with the first instruction set may enable users of the social network to create profiles of other people through a forum which provides a free form of expression of the users sharing information about any entities and/or people residing in any geographical location identifiable in the satellite map data, and/or to provide a technique of each of the users to claim a geographic location (e.g., a geographic location 1704 of
Furthermore, a third instruction set integrated with the first instruction set and the second instruction set may enable searching of people in the global neighborhood environment 600 by indexing each of the data shared by the user 616 of any of the people and/or the entities residing in any geographic location (e.g., a geographic location 1704 of
Also, a fifth instruction set may enable an insertion of any content generated in the global neighborhood environment 600 in other search engines through a syndication and/or advertising relationship between the global neighborhood environment 600 and/or other internet commerce and search portals.
Moreover, a sixth instruction set may grow the social network through neighborhood groups, local politicians, block watch communities, issue activism groups, and neighbor(s) 620 who invite other known parties and/or members to share profiles of themselves and/or learn characteristics and information about other supporters and/or residents in a geographic area of interest through the global neighborhood environment 600.
Also, a seventh instruction set may determine quantify an effect on at least one of a desirability of a location, a popularity of a location, and a market value of a location based on an algorithm that considers a number of demographic and social characteristics of a region surrounding the location through a reviews module.
The Nth degree module 702 may enable the particular registered user to communicate with an unknown registered user through a common registered user who may be a friend and/or a member of a common community. The tagging module 704 may enable the user 616 to leave brief comments on each of the wiki profiles (e.g., the wiki profile 1706 of
The verify module 706 may validate the data, profiles and/or email addresses received from various registered user(s) before any changes may be included. The groups generator module 708 may enable the registered users to form groups may be depending on common interest, culture, style, hobbies and/or caste. The pushpin module 710 may generate customized indicators of different types of users, locations, and interests directly in the map. The profile module 712 may enable the user to create a set of profiles of the registered users and to submit media content of themselves, identifiable through a map.
The announce module 714 may distribute a message in a specified range of distance away from the registered users when a registered user purchases a message to communicate to certain ones of the registered users surrounding a geographic vicinity adjacent to the particular registered user originating the message. The people database 716 may keep records of the visitor/users (e.g., a user 616 of
For example, the verify module 706 of the social community module 606 of
In addition, the tagging module 704 of the social community module (e.g., the social community module 606 of
Further, the announce module 714 of the social community module 606 of
In addition, the Nth degree module 702 of the social community module 606 of
Moreover, the profile module 712 of the social community module 606 of
The people search widget 800 may help in getting the information like the address, phone number and/or e-mail id of the people of particular interest from a group and/or community. The business search module 802 may help the users (e.g., the user 616 of
The category search widget 804 may narrow down searches from a broader scope (e.g., if one is interested in information from a particular center, one can go to the category under the center and enter one's query there and it will return results from that particular category only). The communicate module 806 may provide/facilitate multiple by which one can communicate, people to communicate with, and subjects to communicate about among different members of the global neighborhood environment (e.g., the global neighborhood environment 600 of
The directory assistance module 808 may provide voice response assistance to users (e.g., the user 616 of
The no-match module 812 may request additional information from a verified registered user (e.g., a verified registered user 1810 of
The chat widget 816 may provide people to chat online, which is a way of communicating by broadcasting messages to people on the same site in real time. The group announcement widget 818 may communicate with a group and/or community may be by Usenet, Mailing list, calling and/or E-mail message sent to notify subscribers. The Voice over IP widget 820 may help in routing of voice conversations over the Internet and/or through any other IP-based network. The communicate module 806 may communicate directly with the people search widget 800, the business search module 802, the category search widget 804, the directory assistance module 808, the embedding module 810 may communicate with the no-match module 812 through the range selector module 814.
For example, a search module 608 of the global neighborhood environment (e.g., the global neighborhood environment 600 of
In addition, the communicate module 806 of the search module 608 may enable voice over internet, live chat, and/or group announcement functionality in the global neighborhood environment (e.g., the global neighborhood environment 600 of
Also, the directory assistance module 808 of the search module 608 may provide voice response assistance to users (e.g., the user 616 of
The embedding module 810 of the search module 608 may automatically extract address and/or contact info from other social networks, search engines, and content providers, and/or to enable automatic extraction of group lists from contact databases of instant messaging platforms.
Furthermore, the no-match module 812 of the search module 608 to request additional information from the verified registered user (e.g., the verified registered user 1810 of
The user-place wiki module 900 may manage the information of the user (e.g., the user 616 of
The wiki-social network conversion module 912 of the wiki module 610 of
The claim module 914 may enable the unregistered users to claim the physical properties associated with their residence (e.g., the residence 618 of
The media manage module 920 may communicate with the user-place wiki module 900, user-user wiki module 902, the user-neighbor wiki module 904 and the reviews module 908 through user-business wiki module 906. The user-place wiki module 900 may communicate with the dispute resolution module 918 through the claim module 914. The user-user wiki module 902 may communicate with the data segment module 916 through the wiki-social network conversion module 912. The user-neighbor wiki module 904 may communicate with the defamation prevention module 910. The user-business wiki module 906 may communicate with the reviews module 908. The wiki-social network conversion module 912 may communicate with the claim module 914.
For example, the wiki module 610 of the global neighborhood environment (e.g., the global neighborhood environment 600 of
Furthermore, the dispute resolution module 918 of the wiki module 610 may determine a legitimate user of different unregistered users who claim a same physical property. The defamation prevention module 910 of the wiki module 610 may enable the registered users to modify the information associated with the unregistered users identifiable through the viewing of the physical properties, and/or to enable registered user voting of an accuracy of the information associated with the unregistered users.
Moreover, the reviews module of the wiki module 610 may provide comments, local reviews and/or ratings of various businesses as contributed by the registered users and/or unregistered users of the global network environment (e.g., the global neighborhood environment 600 of
The community marketplace module 1010 may contain garage sales 1016, a free stuff 1018, a block party 1020 and services 1022, according to one embodiment. The geo-position advertisement ranking module 1004 may determine an order of the advertisement in a series of other advertisements provided in the global neighborhood environment (e.g., the global neighborhood environment 600 of
A click-in tracking module 1012 may determine a number of user (e.g., the user 616 of
The business display advertisement module 1002 may impart advertisements related to business (e.g., the business 622 of
The block party 1020 may be a large public celebration in which many members of a single neighborhood (e.g., the neighborhood 602A-N of
The geo position advertisement ranking module 1004 may communicate with the resident announce payment module 1000, the business display advertisement module 1002, the content syndication module 1006, the text advertisement module 1008, the community marketplace module 1010, the click-in tracking module 1012 and the click-through tracking module 1014.
For example, the commerce module 608 of the global neighborhood environment (e.g., the global neighborhood environment 600 of
Also, the geo-position advertisement ranking module 1004 of the commerce module 612 may determine an order of the advertisement in a series of other advertisements provided in the global neighborhood environment (e.g., the global neighborhood environment 600 of
Moreover, the click-through tracking module 1014 of the commerce module 612 of
The community marketplace module 1010 of the commerce module 612 of
The simplified map generator module 1102 may receive the data (e.g., maps) from the satellite data module 1100 and/or may convert this complex map into a simplified map with fewer colors. The cartoon map converter module 1104 may apply a filter to the satellite data (e.g., data generated by the satellite data module 1100 of
The parcel module 1108 may identify some residence, civic, and business locations in the satellite data (e.g., the satellite data module 1100 of
For example, a map module 614 of the global neighborhood environment (e.g., the global neighborhood environment 600 of
Also, the cartoon map converter module 1104 in the map module 614 may apply a filter to the satellite data (e.g., data generated by the satellite data module 1100 of
The verified? field 1202 may indicate the status whether the data, profiles and/or email address received from various registered user are validated or not. The range field 1204 may correspond to the distance of a particular registered user geographical location in the global neighborhood environment (e.g., the global neighborhood environment 600 of
The principal address field 1206 may display primary address of the registered user in the global neighborhood environment (e.g., the global neighborhood environment 600 of
The user field 1200 displays “Joe” in the first row and “Jane” in the second row of the user field 1200 column of the table 1250 illustrated in
The contributed? field 1210 displays “858 Bette, 10954, Farallone” in the first row and “500 Hamilton, 1905E University” in the second row of the contributed field 1210 column of the table 1250 illustrated in
In addition, the user interface view 1350 may provide a building creator (e.g., the building builder 2102 of
The diagrammatic system view 1600 may indicate a personal computer and/or a data processing system in which one or more operations disclosed herein are performed. The processor 1602 may be microprocessor, a state machine, an application specific integrated circuit, a field programmable gate array, etc. (e.g., Intel® Pentium® processor). The main memory 1604 may be a dynamic random access memory and/or a primary memory of a computer system.
The static memory 1606 may be a hard drive, a flash drive, and/or other memory information associated with the data processing system. The bus 1608 may be an interconnection between various circuits and/or structures of the data processing system. The video display 1610 may provide graphical representation of information on the data processing system. The alpha-numeric input device 1612 may be a keypad, keyboard and/or any other input device of text (e.g., a special device to aid the physically handicapped). The cursor control device 1614 may be a pointing device such as a mouse.
The drive unit 1616 may be a hard drive, a storage system, and/or other longer term storage subsystem. The signal generation device 1618 may be a bios and/or a functional operating system of the data processing system. The machine readable medium 1622 may provide instructions on which any of the methods disclosed herein may be performed. The instructions 1624 may provide source code and/or data code to the processor 1602 to enable any one/or more operations disclosed herein.
The map 1702 may indicate the global neighborhood environment (e.g., the global neighborhood environment 600 of
For example, a verified registered user (e.g., a verified registered user 1810 of
Similarly, a tag data (e.g., the tags 1710 of
For example, a particular wiki profile (e.g., the particular wiki profile may be associated with a neighboring property to the specific property in the neighborhood) of the wiki profiles (e.g., the wiki profile 1802 of
In addition, a certain wiki profile of the wiki profiles may be de-listed when a private registered user claims a certain geographic location (e.g., the geographical location 1704 of
Furthermore, a tag data (e.g., the tags 1710 of
Moreover, the verified registered user (e.g., the verified registered user 1810 of
For example, the commercial user 1800 may be permitted to purchase a customizable business profile 1804 associated with a commercial geographic location. Also, the verified registered user 1810 may be enabled to communicate a message to the global neighborhood environment (e.g., the global neighborhood environment 600 of
A text advertisement 1806 may display the information associated with the offers and/or events of the customizable business. The display advertisement 1808 may display ads of the products of the customizable business that may be displayed to urge the verified registered user 1810 to buy the products of the customizable business. The verified registered user 1810 may be user associated with the global neighborhood environment (e.g., the global neighborhood environment 600 of
In the example embodiment illustrated in
The verified registered user 1810 may be verified registered user of the global neighborhood environment (e.g., the global neighborhood environment 600 of
For example, a social community module (e.g., a social community module 606 of
In operation 2200 the search for the user profile (e.g., the user profile 1700 of
For example, a no-match module (e.g., a no-match module 812 of
The GUI display 2302 and GUI display 2304 may display particular case of user interface for interacting with a device capable of representing data (e.g., computer, cellular telephones, television sets etc) which employs graphical images and widgets in addition to text to represent the information and actions available to the user (e.g., the user 616 of
The router 2312 may forward packets between networks and/or information packets between the global neighborhood environment (e.g., the global neighborhood environment 600 of
The application server 2322 may be server computer on a computer network dedicated to running certain software applications of the global neighborhood environment (e.g., the global neighborhood environment 600 of
The image server 2332 may store and provide digital images of the registered user of the global neighborhood environment (e.g., the global neighborhood environment 600 of
The database 2400 be may include descriptive data, preference data, relationship data, and/or other data items regarding the registered user of the global neighborhood environment (e.g., the global neighborhood environment 600 of
The user data 2402 may be a descriptive data referring to information that may describe a user (e.g., the user 616 of
The locations data 2404 may clarify the location details in formatted approach. For example Zip code may be formatted as integer, City may be in text and/or State may be in text. The zip codes data 2406 may provide information of a user location in formatted manner. For example Zip code may be formatted as text, Latitude may be in integer and/or Longitude may be in integer. The profile data 2408 may clutch personnel descriptive data that may be formatted.
For examples ID may be formatted as integer, Interests may be in text, Favoritemusic may be in text, Favaoritebooks may be in text, Favoritetv may be in text, Favoritemovies may be in text, Aboutme may be in text, Wanttomeet may be in text, Ethnicity may be in integer, Hair may be in integer, Eyes may be in integer, Height may be in integer, Body may be in integer, Education may be in integer, Income may be in integer, Religion may be in integer, Politics may be in integer Smoking may be in integer, Drinking may be in integer and/or Kids may be in integer.
The photos data 2410 may represent a digital image and/or a photograph of the user formatted in certain approach. For example Id may be formatted as integer, User may be in integer, Fileid may be in integer and/or Moderation may be in integer. The testimonials data 2412 may allow users to write “testimonials” 2412, or comments, about each other and in these testimonials, users may describe their relationship to an individual and their comments about that individual. For example the user might write a testimonial that states “Rohan has been a friend of mine since graduation days. He is smart, intelligent, and a talented person.” The elements of testimonials data 2412 may be formatted as Id may be in integer, User may be in integer, Sender may be integer, Approved may be in y/n, Date may be in date and/or Body may be formatted in text.
The search parameters data 2414 may be preference data referring to the data that may describe preferences one user has with respect to another (For example, the user may indicate that he is looking for a female who is seeking a male for a serious relationship). The elements of the search parameters data 2414 may be formatted as User 2402 may be in integer, Photosonly may be in y/n, Justphotos may be in y/n, Male may be in y/n, Female may be in y/n, Men may be in y/n, Women may be in y/n, Helptohelp may be in y/n, Friends may be in y/n, Dating may be in y/n, Serious may be in y/n, Activity may be in y/n, Minage may be in integer, Maxage may be in integer, Distance may be in integer, Single may be in y/n, Relationship may be in y/n, Married may be in y/n and/or Openmarriage may be in y/n.
The neighbor's data 2416 may generally refer to relationships among registered users of the global neighborhood environment (e.g., the global neighborhood environment 600 of
The elements of the invites data 2420 may be formatted as Id may be in integer, Key may be in integer, Sender may be in integer, Email may be in text, Date may be in date format, Clicked may be in y/n, Joined may be in y/n and/or Joineduser may be in integer. The bookmarks data 2422 may provide the data for a process allowed wherein a registered user of the global neighborhood environment (e.g., the global neighborhood environment 600 of
The message data 2424 may be formatted as Id may be in integer, (e.g., User may be in integer, Sender may be in integer, New may be in y/n, Folder may be in text, Date may be in date format, Subject may be in text and/or Body may be in text format) The bulletin board data 2426 may support the function of a bulletin board that users may use to conduct online discussions, conversation and/or debate. The wiki data 2428 may share the user profiles (e.g., the user profile 1700 of
The “From” section may include the senders email id (e.g., user@domain.com). The “To” section may be provided to add the email id of the person whom the sender may want to join the neighborhood (e.g., the neighborhood 602A-N of
In operation 2810, response from the user (e.g., the user 616 of
In operation 2816, if the invitee accepts the invitation sent by the registered user then system may notify the registered user that the invitee has accepted the invitation. In operation 2818, the input from the present invitee(s) that may contain the descriptive data about the friend (e.g., registered user) may be processed and stored in the database.
For example, each registered user associated e-mail addresses of individuals who are not registered users may be stored and identified by each registered user as neighbors. An invitation to become a new user (e.g., the user 616 of
The neighbor (e.g., the neighbor 620 of
If it is determined that depth is more than maximum allowable degrees of separation then it may repeat the operation 2908. In operation 2914, it may be determined that the depth of the geographical location (e.g., the geographical location 1704 of
In operation 2918, if all the neighbors (e.g., the neighbor 620 of
If it is determined that the neighbor (e.g., the neighbor 620 of
For example, a first user ID with the verified registered user (e.g., the verified registered user 1810 of
Furthermore, the user ID of the different registered user may be searched (e.g., the method limits the searching of the different registered user in the sets of user IDs that may be stored as registered users who are less than Nmax degrees of separation away from the verified registered user (e.g., the verified registered user 1810 of
Moreover, the sets of user IDs that may be stored of registered users may be searched initially who are directly connected to the verified registered user (e.g., the verified registered user 1810 of
In addition, the connection path between the verified registered user (e.g., the verified registered user 1810 of
For example, the brief profiles of registered users, including a brief profile of the different registered user, to the verified registered user (e.g., the verified registered user 1810 of
Furthermore, the hyperlink selection from the verified registered user (e.g., the verified registered user 1810 of
In operation 3306, a map (e.g., a map 1702 of
In operation 3310, a query of at least one of the user profile (e.g., the user profile 1700 of
In operation 3314, a certain wiki profile (e.g., the wiki profile 1706 of
In operation 3316, the certain wiki profile (e.g., the wiki profile 1706 of
In operation 3322, a commercial user (e.g., a commercial user 1800 of
In operation 3326, a payment of the commercial user (e.g., the commercial user 1800 of
In operation 3330, a claimant of any wiki profile (e.g., the wiki profile 1706 of
In operation 3338, a maximum degree of separation (Nmax) of at least two may be set that is allowed for connecting any two registered users, wherein two registered users who are directly connected may be deemed to be separated by one degree of separation and two registered users who are connected through no less than one other registered user may be deemed to be separated by two degrees of separation and two registered users who may be connected through no less than N other registered users are deemed to be separated by N+1 degrees of separation. In operation 3340, the user ID of the different registered user may be searched in a set of user IDs that are stored of registered users who are less than Nmax degrees of separation away from the verified registered user (e.g., the verified registered user 1810 of
In operation 3342, the verified registered user (e.g., the verified registered user 1810 of
In operation 3348, a connection path between the verified registered user (e.g., the verified registered user 1810 of
In operation 3350, the connection path between the verified registered user (e.g., the verified registered user 1810 of
In operation 3352, a hyperlink in the connection path of each of the at least one registered users may be embedded through whom the connection path between the verified registered user (e.g., the verified registered user 1810 of
In operation 3356, an invitation may be communicated to become a new user (e.g., a user 616 of
In operation 3364, inputs from the neighbor (e.g., the neighbor 620 of
In operation 3368, the hyperlink selection from the verified registered user (e.g., the verified registered user 1810 of
In operation 3370, brief profiles of those registered users who may be more than Nmax degrees of separation away from the verified registered user (e.g., the verified registered user 1810 of
In operation 3408, the status of the real property claimed by the user in the geo-spatial environment as being available may be marked through an indicator expressing an availability status of the real property (e.g., the status may be modified by the for-sale-by owner module 112, the retained agent module 134, the rent module 114 of
In operation 3420, an agency profile of the retained agent may be geo-spatially applied to the real property such that the agency profile appears concurrently with the real property and is surrounded by wiki profiles in the map. In operation 3422, the real property may be syndicated (e.g., through the syndication module 140 of
In operation 3432, prospective buyers who wish to acquire at least one of a tenancy and an ownership interest in the real property may be pre-qualified (e.g., through bidding module 138 of
In operation 3444, an escrow process may be conducted (e.g., using the escrow module 144 of
For example, a For-sale-by owner (e.g., FSBO 212 of
Many sellers who may prefer to sell the real property through FSBO (For-Sale-By Owner) may avoid paying commission to the broker (e.g., Commissions may range from 5% to 7%).
Many listing services (e.g., Multiple Listing Service (MLS) (e.g., the multiple listing module 142 of
The listing services may enable the efficient distribution of information (e.g., the contact information, commission of the agent, etc) that may facilitate the potential buyer of the real property to search the listing service database (e.g., the multiple listing module 142 of
The listing services (e.g., the multiple listing module 142 of
A person (e.g., the user 116 of the global neighborhood environment 100 of
A Bed and Breakfast may be a type of boarding house typically operating out of a large single family residence (e.g., the residence 118 of
Bathrooms may be private, shared (e.g. sharing with other guests, sharing with the family in smaller establishments) and/or en-suite (e.g. where the ablutions are directly accessed from the guest's bedroom). The Bed and Breakfast may be operated either as a primary occupation or as a secondary source of income. Staff may often consist of the house's owners and/or members of their family who may live there.
Guests may usually be expected to pay for their stay upon arrival and/or leave before noon or earlier on the day of departure. A big advantage of this type of hosted accommodation may be the local knowledge of the host(s).
Guests may stay more than one night, in some smaller Bed and Breakfasts they may be expected to be away from the Bed and Breakfast during the main part of the day. This arrangement, however, may not be inconvenient since many popular Bed and Breakfasts may be located in beach and mountain areas, (e.g., Hawaii, New England, Colorado) where daytime recreation and/or tourism activities may be popular. One advantage of staying at a Bed and Breakfast may be readier access to popular locations “off the beaten path” which may not be convenient to the city center.
Most Bed and Breakfasts may be small, rarely with room (e.g., the room may have the capacity to accommodate 2-12 guests). It may be advisable for anyone wanting to stay at a bed and breakfast to make reservations well in advance of their travel date. Consultation with a qualified travel agent knowledgeable in this type of accommodation may be helpful. However, many Bed and Breakfasts may belong to associations and/or may have an electronic interface (e.g., may have website of their own). Prices and tariffs may be described in various books and/or travel guides that may often be obsolete by the time they are published.
The Bed and Breakfast arrangement may actually be very old one. Before the modern times, it might have been quite normal for country travelers to spend the night at a private house rather than an inn, and the custom may have persisted in many parts of the world. However, prior to the 19th century, this might have been strictly an informal arrangement constrained by acquaintance and social rank (e.g., a doctor might stay with a doctor or pharmacist, while a nobleman would only stay with the local gentry). The abbreviation of ‘B&B’ on roadside signs first became popular in the British Isles.
Breakfast may usually be cooked on demand for the guest and may usually feature bacon, eggs, sausages, tomatoes, mushrooms, baked beans. But increasingly, because of either a desire of owners to economize or guests to minimize their calorie intake, a ‘continental breakfast’ might have become more common. Hotel prices may often be outrageous, Bed and Breakfast's may be a budget option and this tradition may continue in many parts of the world.
However, Bed and Breakfasts in many countries may often be consciously seek to recall earlier days. They may frequently be established in attractive older houses that may have been renovated and/or filled with antique furniture. In some cases, an existing inn may re-label itself as a Bed and Breakfast to improve business and/or move itself ‘up-market’. Also in some countries, the Bed and Breakfasts may serve a traditional breakfast as a point of pride. Furthermore, a form of Bed and Breakfast called casa particular (e.g. “private home”) became the main form of accommodation outside the tourist resorts. As they may often be run by amateurs, with little lodge management experience, strict laws might govern the operation of Bed and Breakfasts. However, regulations may vary in each jurisdiction in content, extent and in enforcement.
The most common regulations Bed and Breakfasts may have to follow pertain to safety. They may be required to have fire resistance, a sufficient fire escape plan in place, and smoke detectors in each guest room. Kitchens and equipment used to serve meals may also be monitored for sanitation. Most Bed and Breakfasts may generally be compliant with their jurisdiction's laws. However, guests may mostly be unfamiliar with these guidelines and/or may tend to overlook any violations.
While various local governments may have regulations, membership in a state/provincial/national bed and breakfast association may often indicate a higher standard of hospitality. Associations may often review their members and may tend to have additional standards of care. While the associations may also facilitate marketing of the individual bed and breakfasts. They may also provide a stamp of approval that the business in question is reputable.
Guest house (e.g., the guest house property 204 of
Traditionally, a neighborhood (e.g., the neighborhood 102A-N of
A leasehold estate may be an ownership interest in land in which any one of a lessee and the tenant may hold real property by some form of title from the landlord. A fixed-term tenancy may last for some fixed period of time. Despite the name tenancy for years, such a tenancy may last for any period of time even a tenancy for one week may be called a tenancy for years. The duration may need not be certain, but may be conditioned upon the happening of some event, (e.g. until the crops are ready for harvest, until the war is over), such that the lease may expire automatically upon the running of the specified time, and/or the occurrence of the specified event. A lease may be purported to be a tenancy for years of more than one year, and it may not be put in writing, then it may automatically become a periodic tenancy, with a rental period equal to the period between lease payments, but of no more than a year.
Although the present embodiments have been described with reference to specific example embodiments, it will be evident that various modifications and changes may be made to these embodiments without departing from the broader spirit and scope of the various embodiments. For example, the various devices, modules, analyzers, generators, etc. described herein may be enabled and operated using hardware circuitry (e.g., CMOS based logic circuitry), firmware, software and/or any combination of hardware, firmware, and/or software (e.g., embodied in a machine readable medium). For example, the various electrical structure and methods may be embodied using transistors, logic gates, and electrical circuits (e.g., application specific integrated ASIC circuitry and/or in Digital Signal; Processor DSP circuitry).
For example, the lodging module 106, the search module 108, the wiki module 110, the for-sale-by owner module 112, the rent module 114, the delivery module 130, the pushpin module 132, the retained agent module 134, the paying guest module 136, the bidding module 138, the syndication module 140, the multiple listing module 142, the escrow module 144, the recommendation module 146, the social community module 606, the search module 608, the wiki module 610, the commerce module 612, the map module 614, the building builder module 700, the Nth degree module 702, the tagging module 704, the verify module 706, the groups generator module 708, the pushpin module 710, the profile module 712, the announce module 714, the friend finder module 722, the neighbor-neighbor help module 724, the business search module 802, the communicate module 806, the directory assistance module 808, the embedding module 810, the no-match module 812, the range selector module 814, the user-place wiki module 900, the user-user wiki module 902, the user-neighbor wiki module 904, the user-business wiki module 906, the reviews module 908, the defamation prevention module 910, the wiki social network conversion module 912, the claim module 914, the data segment module 916, the dispute resolution module 918, the resident announce payment module 1000, the business display advertisement module 1002, the geo-position advertisement ranking module 1004, the content syndication module 1006, the text advertisement module 1008, the community market place module 1010, the click-in tracking module 1012, the satellite data module 1100, the cartoon map converter module 1104, the profile pointer module 1106, the parcel module 1108 and the occupant module 1110 of
In addition, it will be appreciated that the various operations, processes, and methods disclosed herein may be embodied in a machine-readable medium and/or a machine accessible medium compatible with a data processing system (e.g., a computer system), and may be performed in any order. Accordingly, the specification and drawings are to be regarded in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense.
Claims
1. A method, comprising:
- associating a user with a real property in a geo-spatial environment when the user claims the real property;
- concurrently displaying a profile of the user and the real property in the geo-spatial environment in a map;
- simultaneously generating in the map, wiki profiles associated with different real properties surrounding the real property claimed by the user; and
- marking a status of the real property claimed by the user in the geo-spatial environment as being available through an indicator expressing an availability status of the real property.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
- modifying the availability status to a for-sale-by-owner status;
- applying a meta-data to the real property indicating at least one of a price, a duration, a physical characteristic, and a condition of the real property;
- geo-spatially determining which of a set of providers have an availability to deliver and install a lawn sign to a physical location of the real property based on a confirmation request of the user;
- automatically generating a marketing flyer having details of the real property in a print and web form; and
- generating a customized postcard mailer to be distributed through physical mail of the marketing flyer to neighbors surrounding the real property with for those addresses which are not associated with users currently having electronic communication information in the geo-spatial environment.
3. The method of claim 2 further comprising:
- transforming the availability status to a retained agent status based on a request of the user;
- geo-spatially applying an agency profile of the retained agent to the real property such that the agency profile appears concurrently with the real property and is surrounded by wiki profiles in the map; and
- syndicating the real property across a realtor multiple listing service database upon request of the user.
4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
- modifying the availability status to a for rent status; and
- applying a meta-data indicating at least one of a price, a term, a duration, a physical characteristic, and a condition of the real property to the real property.
5. The method of claim 4 further comprising:
- booking a prospective resident of the real property in a particular window of time in the geo-spatial environment when the user selects a social networking profile of another user who has requested the real property as a rental; and
- processing a payment of the another user when the another user confirms a booking of the real property on a particular day.
6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
- pre-qualifying prospective buyers who wish to acquire at least one of a tenancy and an ownership interest in the real property;
- enabling the prospective buyers to bid on at least one of the tenancy interest and the ownership interest in the real property; and
- inviting an optimal one of the prospective buyers to transact the real property with the user.
7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
- previewing, in response to a mouse over of the user, resident and business profiles associated with the different real properties surrounding the real property having both positive and negative wiki-compiled data; and
- automatically setting a new latitude and longitude location based on a relocation of a pushpin indicator of the real property when the user relocates a pointer in the geo-spatial environment indicating a physical location of the real property.
8. The method of claim 1 further comprising concurrently generating a representation of properties listed in a multiple listing service directly in the geo-spatial environment along with wiki pages and the real property claimed by the user.
9. The method of claim 8 further comprising conducting an escrow process directly in the geo-spatial environment including any verifications and audit reporting associated with the real property transaction including at least one of a home inspection reporting, a termite inspection reporting, a flood inspection reporting, a title report auditing, and a disclosure check-off procedure.
10. The method of claim 9 further comprising building a community of real estate transaction, verification, and inspection parties to facilitate the escrow process, and providing a recommendation to a chosen few of the real estate transaction, verification, and inspection parties to neighbors of the user through a recommendation interface in the geo-spatial environment.
11. The method claim 1 in a form of a machine-readable medium embodying a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, causes the machine to perform the method of claim 1.
12. A system, comprising:
- a plurality of neighborhoods having registered users and unregistered users of a global neighborhood environment;
- a lodging module of the global neighborhood environment to enable the registered users of a wiki-based social network overlying a global mapping infrastructure to geo-spatially mark properties that they have claimed as being available in an open market to potentially interested parties; and
- a wiki module of the global neighborhood environment to enable the registered users to create a social network page of themselves, and to edit information associated with the unregistered users identifiable through a viewing of physical properties in which the unregistered users reside when the registered users have knowledge of characteristics associated with the unregistered users so that the potentially interested parties have an ability to view a consensus social characteristic of neighbors surrounding a property marked as transactable.
13. The system of claim 12 further comprising:
- a search module of the global neighborhood environment to enable a people search, a business search, and a category search of any data in a lodging module and to enable embedding of any content in the global neighborhood environment in other search engines, blogs, social networks, professional networks and static websites.
14. The system of claim 12 further comprising:
- a for-sale-by-owner module of the global neighborhood environment to modify an availability status to a for-sale-by-owner status, to apply a meta-data indicating at least one of a price, a duration, a physical characteristic, and a condition of a real property being marketed to the real property;
- a delivery module of the global neighborhood environment to geo-spatially determine which of a set of providers have an availability to deliver, and install a physical marker in a physical location of the real property based on a confirmation request of a user, and to automatically generate a marketing flyer having details of the real property in a print and web form; and
- a pushpin module to automatically set a new latitude and longitude location based on a relocation of a pushpin indicator of the real property when the user relocates a pointer in a geo-spatial environment indicating the physical location of the real property.
15. The system of claim 14 further comprising:
- a retained agent module of the global neighborhood environment to transform the availability status to a retained agent status based on a request of the user, and to geo-spatially apply an agency profile of the retained agent to the real property such that the agency profile appears concurrently with the real property and is surrounded by wiki profiles in a map; and
- a syndication module of the global neighborhood environment to publish the real property across a realtor multiple listing service database upon request of the user.
16. The system of claim 12 further comprising:
- a rent module of the global neighborhood environment to modify the availability status to a for rent status and to apply a meta-data indicating at least one of a price, a term, a duration, a physical characteristic, and a condition of a real property to the real property; and
- a paying guest module of the global neighborhood environment to book a prospective resident of the real property in the global neighborhood environment in a particular window of time when the user selects a social networking profile of another user who has requested the real property as a rental, and to process a payment of the another user when the another user confirms a booking of the real property on a particular day.
17. The system of claim 16 further comprising:
- a bidding module of the global neighborhood environment to pre-qualify prospective buyers who wish to acquire at least one of a tenancy and an ownership interest in the real property, to enable the prospective buyers to bid on at least one of the tenancy interest and the ownership interest in the real property, and to invite an optimal one of the prospective buyers to transact the real property with the user.
18. The system of claim 12 further comprising:
- a multiple listing module of the global neighborhood environment to incorporate a representation of properties listed in a multiple listing service directly in a geo-spatial environment along with wiki pages and a real property claimed by a user;
- an escrow module of the global neighborhood environment to perform verifications and audit reporting associated with a real property transaction including at least one of a home inspection reporting, a termite inspection reporting, a flood inspection reporting, a title report auditing, and a disclosure check-off procedure; and
- a recommendation module of the global neighborhood environment to build a community of real estate transaction, verification, and inspection parties to facilitate an escrow process, and to provide a recommendation to a chosen few of a real estate transaction, verification, and inspection parties to neighbors of the user through a recommendation interface in the geo-spatial environment.
19. A global neighborhood environment, comprising:
- a first instruction set to visualize real property tenancy and for sale availability and to reside above a map data, in which a social network underlies a visualization network in that each prospective lister and bidder of a real property is expressible to one and other in a geo-spatial environment;
- a second instruction set integrated with the first instruction set to enable users of the social network to mark owned ones of their properties as being available as rental properties and for sale and which provides a positive and negative user generated content of neighbors surrounding the owned ones of the properties being available as the rental properties and for sale;
- a third instruction set to provide a free form of expression of the users sharing information about any entities and people residing in any geographical location identifiable in a satellite map data, and to provide a technique of each of the users to claim the geographic location to control content in their respective claimed geographic locations; and
- a fourth instruction set integrated with the first instruction set and the second instruction set to enable global exploration of properties being marketed in the geo-spatial environment by indexing each of the data shared by the users of any of the people and entities residing in any geographic location.
20. The method of claim 19 further comprising a fifth instruction set to schedule delivery of physical goods and services to listers and bidders in the geo-spatial environment based on user generated requests in the geo-spatial environment at a pre, during, and post transaction event.
Type: Application
Filed: Jan 12, 2007
Publication Date: Sep 20, 2007
Inventor: Raj Vasant Abhyanker (Cupertino, CA)
Application Number: 11/653,194
International Classification: G01C 21/32 (20060101);