Patent ID: 7308411

Claim:
A method of presenting information pertaining to a plurality of distinct spaces within a building, comprising: storing information for each of the plurality of distinct spaces for the building, wherein information for multiple buildings may be stored; prompting a user to select a building for display of stored information for the distinct spaces of the building; receiving input from the user selecting the building for display of stored information for the distinct spaces; and graphically displaying stored information for the distinct spaces of the selected building in response to the input selection received from the user, wherein the graphical display of the stored information is at least one selected from the group consisting of: a) a two-dimensional display of the stored information for the distinct spaces of the selected building, wherein the stored information for each distinct space includes a physical size of the distinct space and a relative location of the distinct space within the building, and wherein each distinct space is represented on the two-dimensional display by a corresponding space identifier having a size proportional to the stored physical size of the distinct space and a relative location within the two-dimensional display corresponding to the stored relative location of the distinct space within the building, and b) a display of the stored information for the distinct spaces of the selected building, wherein the stored information for at least some of the distinct spaces includes lease information for the distinct space, wherein a lease status for a distinct space is determined based on the stored lease information for the distinct space, and wherein each distinct space having lease information is represented on the display by a corresponding space identifier having a graphical representation of the lease status of the distinct space.