Method and apparatus for enchancing open house video tours for real estate properties

摘要

A method and a system to provide real estate agents across the United States the ability to support and enhance open house video tours for residential and commercial properties using the Internet.

主权项

1. A method of conducting an interactive open house video tour provided by a website when said website is in communication with a plurality of computing devices, said method comprising:
uploading to said website from a first computing device at least one user created video stream wherein said user created video stream contains a video image of a property; uploading to said website from said first computing device a plurality of user provided identification data wherein said plurality of user provided identification data corresponds to said user created video stream; transforming said video image of said property into a digital data set wherein said digital data set is a transformed image of said property; inserting within said transformed image at least one transition decision point wherein said transition decision point contains a coordinate that correlates to a transformed image direction of motion; storing said transformed image of said property on said website; tagging said transformed image of said property with said plurality of user provided identification data wherein said user provided identification data are used to locate said transformed image of said property stored on said website; establishing an interactive session between a second computing device and said website; accepting a user query from said second computing device wherein said user query is accepted by a user interface provided by said website, wherein said user query includes identification data that would allow the system to provide a specific listing with agent-specific details and provide the listing in an agent-specific format/order; comparing said user query to said plurality of user provided identification data stored on said website wherein a result of a comparison produces a match result; retrieving said transformed image of said property from said website based upon said match result; downloading said transformed image from said website to said second computing device at download rate wherein said transformed image is displayed on an interactive display device controlled by said second computing device; responding to a path command initiated by a second user making a selection of said transition decision point displayed on said interactive display device wherein said path command directs a playback sequence of said transformed image of said property for display on said interactive display device, said playback sequence having a direction of motion correlated to said selection of said transition decision point; identification means to direct a said interactive display route that follows a default path through said property; and terminating said interactive session upon receiving a terminate command initiated from said interactive display device.