Map-based search for real estate service providers

摘要

A computer system for locating real estate service providers by navigating an aerial image map of a geographic region. The system determines a search region corresponding to the geographic region by use of geospatial information associated with the geographic region. Once the search region is determined, the system searches a database for real estate service providers that are associated with the search region and that satisfy certain predetermined criteria.

主权项

1. A method, embodied in a computer system, of presenting real estate service provider information to a user, the method comprising:
displaying, in a viewing window of a web page on a client computer display, user-selectable aerial image of a geographic region; generating a search request, the search request being automatically generated in response to user selection of the aerial image and having geospatial information defining the geographic region; identifying, based on the geospatial information and without identifying a specific property, real estate service providers that have provided real estate services within the geographic region; transmitting information associated with the identified real estate service providers to the client computer; and presenting the real estate service providers, on the web page displayed on the client computer, according to at least one of: amount of real estate service activity in the geographic area, and time since most recent activity in the geographic area, wherein the preceding steps are performed by at least one processor.