Real Estate Data Gathering System and Method

摘要

A computerized system and method uses a central server to aggregate data from a plurality of data sources and presents such data to potential property purchasers. Users are assigned a dedicated e-mail address that is associated with their user account at the central server. Users can then review unaffiliated property search websites to discover information about a property. Using the sharing mechanism built into the property search website, an e-mail identifying the property is sent to the dedicated e-mail address. This e-mail may contain user comments or other useful data from the property search website A server receives the e-mail, identifies the property from the e-mail, extracts information from the e-mail, and stores this information in a central database. The property identifier can be used to extract additional information from other locations. Users can then view aggregated data through a user interface presented by the central server.

主权项

1. A server comprising:
a) a processor that processes programming instructions; b) non-transitory computer readable memory containing data in a database, the database comprising:
i) user data,ii) property data, andiii) user property comments data; and c) non-transitory computer readable memory containing programming for the processor causing the processor to:
i) receive a first e-mail concerning a property generated by a first property searching website,ii) recall first e-mail configuration data describing formatting for the first e-mail from the first property searching website,iii) extract a property identifier and first website property information from the first e-mail using the first e-mail configuration data,iv) store the first website property information in association with the property data for the property in the database,v) use the property identifier to query an external source of property information and to receive a response to the query, andvi) store data received in the response to the query in association with the property data for the property in the database.