Automatic notification of a conclusion of real property showing based on user device detection

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9916742-B2
Application number	US-201615068934-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 14, 2016
Priority date	Mar 17, 2015
Publication date	Mar 13, 2018
Grant date	Mar 13, 2018

Abstract

A notification system, method, and/or computer program product that provides an automatic real-time notification to an owner of a property is provided. Further the notification system, method, and/or computer program determines a location with respect to an electronic lockbox associated with the property and generates a geo-fence environment with respect to the property based on the location. Then, the notification system, method, and/or computer program monitors movements of a user device with respect to the geo-fence environment to determine whether a breach of the geo-fence environment has occurred and outputs the automatic real-time notification to the property owner in response to a determination that the breach of the geo-fence environment has occurred.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method by a notification system for providing an automatic real-time notification to an owner of a property, comprising:
determining a location with respect to an electronic lockbox associated with the property;
generating a geo-fence environment with respect to the property based on the location,
wherein the geo-fence environment is a virtual radial geo-fence with the electronic lockbox as a center;
monitoring movements of a user device with respect to the geo-fence environment to determine whether a breach of the geo-fence environment has occurred,
wherein the determination that the breach of the geo-fence environment has occurred is a determination that a user of the user device has concluded a showing and left the property; and
outputting the automatic real-time notification to the property owner in response to a determination that the breach of the geo-fence environment has occurred.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating of the geo-fence environment based on the location further comprises:
generating the geo-fence environment based on data parameters.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the data parameters are read from at least one of the electronic lockbox, a database coupled to the notification system, and a web-based service in communication with the notification system.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the automatic real-time notification is a message to the owner that a user of the user device has concluded a showing and left the property.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the message includes a duration of the showing.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the message includes a real time status of the showing.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electronic lockbox is a real estate lockbox.

8. A notification system for providing an automatic real-time notification to an owner of a property, comprising a processor and a memory, the processor configured to perform:
determining a location with respect to an electronic lockbox associated with the property;
generating a geo-fence environment with respect to the property based on the location,
wherein the geo-fence environment is a virtual radial geo-fence with the electronic lockbox as a center;
monitoring movements of a user device with respect to the geo-fence environment to determine whether a breach of the geo-fence environment has occurred,
wherein the determination that the breach of the geo-fence environment has occurred is a determination that a user of the user device has concluded a showing and left the property; and
outputting the automatic real-time notification to the property owner in response to a determination that the breach of the geo-fence environment has occurred.

9. The notification system of claim 8 , wherein the generating of the geo-fence environment based on the location further comprises:
generating the geo-fence environment based on data parameters.

10. The notification system of claim 9 , wherein the data parameters are read from at least one of the electronic lockbox, a database coupled to the notification system, and a web-based service in communication with the notification system.

11. The notification system of claim 8 , wherein the automatic real-time notification is a message to the owner that a user of the user device has concluded a showing and left the property.

12. The notification system of claim 9 , wherein the message includes a duration of the showing.

13. The notification system of claim 9 , wherein the message includes a real time status of the showing.

14. The notification system of claim 8 , wherein the electronic lockbox is a real estate lockbox.

Assignees

• Carrier Corp

Inventors

• Kuenzi Adam

Classifications

• G08B13/02 Primary

  Mechanical actuation · CPC title

• G06Q50/16

  Real estate · CPC title

• G06Q10/06 Primary

  Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling · CPC title