System and Method for Facilitating Real Estate Transactions

摘要

A system, method and software is described for the advertising of real estate. Information and images for a property are made available to prospective purchasers. Users' interactions are tracked, and points are assigned for each interaction. For each property listing, the system and software identify a segment of other relevant property listings. Each property listing is compared to the listings in its segment on the basis of points to determine its relative ranking. The relative ranking is used to determine the fee charged to the seller for use of the system and software. The system and software generate and provide reports and recommendations to users.

主权项

1. A computer system for communicating information over a network, comprising:
a memory; and a processor that:
stores information comprising property data in the memory;creates a listing comprising the information and stores the listing in the memory;receives, via a network, a search request from a user comprising search criteria;provides, via the network, the listing to the user;receives, via the network, a subsequent request from the user;records the subsequent request in the memory;records a point value in the memory in response to the subsequent request;compares the point value to one or more previously stored point values for one or more listings stored in the memory to calculate a rank;using the rank, calculates a fee for the listing; andstores the fee in the memory.