Patent ID: 6321202
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A method for managing real estate transactions over a distributed computing network comprising the steps of:(a) receiving and storing data relating to a plurality of contacts including buyers and sellers of real estate in a contact database, wherein each contact is associated with a real estate agent;(b) receiving and storing data relating to a plurality of vendors of real estate related services in a vendor database, wherein each vendor is associated with at least one phase of a real estate transaction;(c) accessing data in the vendor database relating to at least one vendor based upon an occurrence of a particular phase of a real estate transaction involving a contact;(d) communicating said data relating to said at least one vendor to the contact upon the occurrence of the particular phase of the real estate transaction so as to market real estate related services provided by a vendor to the contact;(e) receiving and storing data relating to the services provided by a vendor to the contact in the contact database; and(f) providing the real estate agent associated with the contact with access to the contact database over a distributed computing network, so as to enable the real estate agent to monitor the services provided to the contact by a vendor.