Patent ID: 8051089

Claim:
A computing device for searching real estate properties, the computing device comprising: a data storage unit configured to store digital multimedia documents, each digital multimedia document comprising map information and information about a particular real estate property, including information identifying the location of the real estate property; a display unit configured to receive a search request from a user, wherein the search request from the user includes basic property information, communicate with the data storage unit, and provide search results to the user, including a map showing locations of real estate properties, in response to the search request, the display unit further including a user interface with which the user is able to associate personal information with the particular real estate property to create a digital multimedia document for the particular real estate property, wherein the personal information includes or text annotations related to the particular real estate property, wherein the text annotations are specific to the user and created by the user at the location of the real estate property, and wherein the personal information is different from the basic property information of the search request; and a data capture unit including at least a camera and a GPS unit, the data capture unit configured to capture the personal information created by the user, wherein the personal information is automatically assigned to the digital multimedia document for the particular real estate property concurrently with the creation of the personal information by the user by employing GPS information associated with the personal information and comparing it to a shown location, from the search results provided to the user, of the particular real estate property, and wherein different users can create different personal information associated with the same property to create different digital multimedia documents for the same property such that each digital multimedia document is stored at the data storage unit to allow the user to view each digital multimedia document with the personal information at a later time.