Method and apparatus for data unification in an automated real property merchandising system

Abstract

A method for presenting properties includes accessing data sources for listings, where the data sources include on-market sources and off-market sources, the accessing including: retrieving the listings from the sources; converting the listings to a common format; detecting deficiencies in the listings; requesting and receiving additional data to resolve the deficiencies, where the additional data is obtained from one or more public data sources; and storing the listings in the common format in a parcel database; and monitoring actions of a buyer when searching for and viewing initial property listings from the parcel database that meet initial requirements of the buyer, calculating analytics of the actions, generating revised property listings from the parcel database that meet revised requirements of the buyer based on the analytics, and presenting the revised property listings to both the buyer and an agent.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit of the following U.S. Provisional Application, which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.SERIALFILINGNUMBERDATETITLE62884803Aug. 9, 2019METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR (ZL.0101)AUTOMATED REAL PROPERTY AGGREGATION, UNIFICATION,AND COLLABORATION[0002]This application is related to the following co-pending U.S. Patent Applications, each of which has a common assignee and common inventors, the entireties of which are herein incorporated by reference.SERIALFILINGNUMBERDATETITLE——METHOD AND APPARATUS (ZL.0102)FOR AUTOMATEDREAL PROPERTY AGGREGATION, UNIFICATION, AND COLLABORATION——METHOD AND APPARATUS (ZL.0103)FOR AUTOMATEDCOLLABORATION IN A REAL PROPERTYMERCHANDISING SYSTEM——METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA(ZL.0104)AUGMENTATION IN AN AUTOMATED REALPROPERTY MERCHANDISING SYSTEMBACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONField of the Invention[0003]This invention relates in general to the field of automated, large-scale r...

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Benefits of technology

[0010]The present invention, among other applications, is directed to solving the above-noted problems and addresses other problems, disadvantages, and limitations of the prior art. The present invention provides a superior technique for effectively storing real properties, searching the properties, and enhancing collaboration between buyers and agents. In one embodiment, and automated method for obtaining, storing, searching, and presenting real estate properties is provided, the method including: periodically accessing a plurality of data sources for property listings, where the plurality of data sources includes on-market property sources and off-market property sources, the periodically accessing including: retrieving the property listings fro

Problems solved by technology

The present inventors have observed that the above two techniques for finding and purchasing properties are problematic for several reasons.

First, listing agents generally only have access to listing services, such as the ubiquitous Multiple Listing Service (MLS), to which they subscribe.

They may subscribe to other services or in-house services to obtain pre-market and off-market listings, but data for these listings are generally sparse and in a different format that MLS data.

Consequently, agents must be skilled in operating two or more different search engines because there is not consistent serv

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