Mark J Silva

US Patent:

20110145159, Jun 16, 2011

Filed:

Feb 14, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/027114

Inventors:

James Wilson - Lafayette CA, US
Jeffrey McNeill - Sunnyvale CA, US
Michael Davis - Pleasant Hill CA, US
Mark Silva - Berkeley CA, US
Genevieve C. Combes - Piedmont CA, US

Assignee:

ZipRealty, Inc. - Emeryville CA

International Classification:

G06Q 50/00

US Classification:

705313

Abstract:

Disclosed herein is a real estate management application with a “property check-in” feature that enables the agent to automatically check-in at each property location. Subsequent to entering a given property, the agent selects the check-in feature in a mobile real estate service application, allowing the real estate service to determine a present geographic location of the agent. Using this, the service identifies an MLS location of the client and uses corresponding MLS information to update a tracking entry associated with the agent. In embodiments, the tracking entry enables the real estate service to maintain accurate expertise history for each agent.

US Patent:

20110184873, Jul 28, 2011

Filed:

Feb 14, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/027127

Inventors:

James Wilson - Lafayette CA, US
Jeffrey McNeill - Sunnyvale CA, US
Michael Davis - Pleasant Hill CA, US
Mark Silva - Berkeley CA, US
Genevieve C. Combes - Piedmont CA, US

Assignee:

ZipRealty, Inc. - Emeryville CA

International Classification:

G06Q 50/00

US Classification:

705313

Abstract:

Disclosed herein is a “location alert” feature of a real estate management application automatically identifies one or more of a real estate agent's clients that may be interested in receiving information related to a property that the agent is currently visiting. When the agent activates the location alert feature, a real estate service automatically captures information about the agent's current location, identifies potential clients that may be interested in the current location, and blasts out personalized alerts to the identified clients.