Patent ID: 8239278

Claim:
A system comprising: a) at least one computer processor configured to: i) automatically generate a first set of notifications for a first set of property managers based on a first set of vacancies identified by a consumer; 1) wherein the first set of notifications comprises a notification for each property manager, from the first set of property managers, associated with a vacancy from the first set of vacancies; and 2) wherein each notification from the first set of notifications indicates an interest of the consumer in becoming a tenant at a vacancy from the first set of vacancies and is associated with information on the consumer; ii) charge a first fee to the consumer for the first set of notifications; iii) after payment of the first fee by the consumer, send the first set of notifications to the first set of property managers; iv) determine, after sending the first set of notifications, that the consumer is in becoming a tenant at an additional vacancy not included in the first set of vacancies; v) determine whether any property manager from the first set of property managers viewed the information on the consumer; vi) if at least one property manager from the first set of property managers viewed the information on the consumer, then send a notification to a property manager associated with the additional vacancy of the interest of the consumer in becoming a tenant at the additional vacancy only after charging a second fee; and vii) if no property manager from the first set of property managers viewed the information on the consumer, then send a notification to the property manager associated with the additional vacancy of the interest of the consumer in becoming a tenant at the additional vacancy without charging the second fee.