Patent ID: 8219558
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of determining the rental value of real estate property, comprising: registering a user, using an inventory system; providing an inventory software program associated with an inventory system, to a mobile device associated with the user, wherein some or all of the inventory software program is at least in part: partly causing an image capture instruction to be presented to the user on the mobile device; receiving at the inventory system: storing in computer readable memory the image received from the user's mobile device, the camera lens direction associated with the image, and the geographic location associated with the image; determining an address of a property in the image based at least in part on the geographic location information, or the geographic location information and the camera lens direction; storing in computer readable memory the determined property address; accessing a first real estate data store using at least in part, the said property address to determine if a first property at the said property address is currently listed for rent; if the first property is currently listed for rent: providing a user interface via which the determined rental value of the first property can be viewed by the user.