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E-Locator
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INNOVATION
PATENT
E-LOCATOR
The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the best method of performing it known to me: Date Printed Status Scope Contract 31/07/01 Issued Legal IP Australia Document No LG-00-02 Revision Page 3 1/31 E-Locator Table of Contents 1 7 1.1 The Invention 7 1.2 Forms of the 7 1.3 Current Technology 7 1.4 New 7 2 PURPOSE DESCRIPTION 9 2.1 9 2.2 Filling the 9 3 DESIGN 3.1 External 3.2 External 11 3.3 External telecommunication 11 3.4 External audio 11 Business computers 11 3.6 Remote computer 11 3.7 Internal 12 3.8 Core E-Locator database 12 3.9 Core E-Locator synchronise software 12 3.10 Core E-Locator server software 13 3.11 Core E-Locator graphical user interface software 13 3.12 Core E-Locator client 14 3.13 Core E-Locator remote 14 4 4.1 External Touch-screen 4.2 External Facial Surround 16 4.3 External Telecommunication Audio System 17 4.4 Internal Cabinet 18 Date Printed status Scope Contract Docuroert No Revision Page 3 1/07/01 Issued Legal IP Australia LG-00-02 3 2/31 E-Locator E-Locator System 19 4.6 E-Locator Retail Branch 4.7 E-Locator View and Update Data 21 4.8 E-Locator Customer Usage Concept 22 4.9 E-Locator Customer Rental Payment 23 4.10 E-Locator Customer Fax E-mail 24 4.11 E-Locator Database Schema 4.12 E-Locator Database Data Manipulation 26 4.13 E-Locator /Touch-screen GUI Data 27 APPENDIX CD 28 5.1 This Document 28 5.2 User Manual 28 5.3 Internet Site 28 5.4 28 Source Code 28 6 CLAIMS 29 7 Date Printed Status Scope Contract Docuunat No Revision Page 3 1/07/01 Issued Legal IP Australia LG-00-02 3 3/31 E-Locator List of Figures Figure 1 Mounted ThruGlass Figure 2 Facial Surround Front View 16 Figure 3 Facial Surround Side 16 Figure 4 External Telecommunication Audio System within a Facial Surround 17 Internal Cabinet Side 18 Figure 6 E-Locator System 19 Figure 7 E-Locator Connection between Date Primted Status Scope Contract 31/07/01 Issued Legal IP Australia Docurocat No LG-00-02 Revision Page 3 4/31
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SE-Locator GUI SE-Locator Remote E-Locator Client jla E-Locator Server E-Locator Database -7 The Internet or Corporate Network E-Locator Figure 13 E-Locator Database Data Manipulation sketch 26 Figure 14 E-Locator Touch-screen GUI sketch 27 Date Printed Status Scope Contract 31/07/01 Issued Legal IP Australia Document No LG-00-02 Revision Page 3 6/31 E-Locator E-Locator 1 DESCRIPTION 1.1 The Invention This invention relates to the developing of an automated kiosk for retail outlets such as real estate agents.
1.2 Forms of the Invention In one form of the invention real estate outlets will be used as an example to describe this invention. In another form of this invention travel outlets, property development outlets and other retail sites may be used.
1.3 Current Technology Searching for properties is usually done through the traditional avenues of newspaper advertisements and bricks-and-mortar agencies' in-house listings. Internet technology has recently given rise to a number of on-line property search sites, enabling potential buyers to quickly refine their search at their leisure from their home or office.
1.4 New Technology The E-Locator represents a unique, niche-filling method of searching for properties with specific criteria (eg. property type, price, suburb, square footage, number of bedrooms, etc.) directly from agency shopfront window using touch-screen technology. Touch-screen monitor and computer units are placed inside the agency, fixed to the window facing the footpath so that searches can be done through the glass from the outside. This enables property seekers to engage specific agency listings and refine their search during and after trading hours at the agency itself. A telephone unit controlled via the touch-screen is mounted outside to allow users to contact an agent directly or leave messages with their contact details so that an agent can call them later regarding specific properties. Additional touch-screen units can also be installed at the sales staff desk inside agency for extra use during business hours.
E-Locator allows potential buyers to submit their personal contact details via the touchscreen, so as to have information on properties fitting their criteria sent automatically to their e-mail address or fax machine. Tenants may also access bpay services for paying rent and other functions.
Date Printed Status Scope Contract Document No Revision Page 31/07/01 Issued Legal IP Australia LG-00-02 3 7/31 E-Locator Among other features, E-Property down-loads new or updated data from the main corporate database or Internet site to the E-Locator database and up-loads new or updated data from the E-Locator database to the main corporate database or Internet site.
The E-Locator's main advantage is its niche-filling role, which has combined interactive touch-screen search technology, telecommunication technology and Internet technology with in-house retail outlet searches. The e-Property permits retail outlets the opportunity to increase accessibility and sales, reduces the initial administrative costs of showing properties, and generates steady revenue streams in the process through selling a wide variety of advertising options and permission-based demographic profile database information.
Date Printed Status Scope 31/07/01 Issued Legal Contract IP Australia Docunrten No LG-00-02 Revision Page 3 8/31 E-Locator 2 PURPOSE DESCRIPTION 2.1 Advantage The E-Locator is a touch-screen unit placed inside real estate agency office windows and facing out towards the street. A product called ThruGlass, allows users to activate the touch-screen through the window of the real estate agency. The E-Locator touch-screen application features still images, video, audio, virtual tours, and textual media. When users select the property search option background software will give the user access to the agency's local database, as well as the main corporate database if the agent has selected the global search option. After users have refined their search they may then opt to use the external telephone unit to speak with an agent or leave their contact details with the agency so that they can be contacted regarding their property search. Metropolitan road atlas references for the property location are also available (eg. Melway and Sydway).
The e- Locator allows branch agencies to interact with and modify it by updating their own listings at will. Each branch agency's system then automatically sends all updated (new and deleted) property details to the main corporate database, where they are organised according to branch agencies' specifications.
2.2 Filling the Gap E-Locator's primary function for agencies is making property listings more visible, accessible, and interactive, thus giving them a competitive advantage in attracting customers, diminishing initial showing costs, and gaining sales and market share. It provides visible listings and search refinement on each house after hours and when no agent is at hand. The touch-screen unit software automatically collects records on search data, supplying the agency with a clear demographic profile of potential clients and the sorts of properties they are looking for, thus allowing for improvements in target marketing.
Revenue is generated through selling advertising space. This space is available on the sides of the physical unit, as well as on the E-Locator's touch-screen. Touch-screen advertising options include screensavers, search buttons and other key operating buttons, and banners.
Date Printed Status Scope Contract Docunment No Revision Page 31/07/01 Issued Legal IP Australia LG-00-02 3 9/31 E-Locator 3 DESIGN DESCRIPTION The E-Locator is a combination of the following components.
Hardware External touch-screen.
External surround.
External telecommunication system.
External audio system Business computer.
Remote computer.
Internal cabinet.
Software See Figure 6 E-Locator System Schema.
Core E-Locator database, (installed on the server computer).
Core E-Locator synchronise software, (installed on the server computer).
Core E-Locator server software, (installed on the server computer).
Core E-Locator graphical user interface software, (installed on all client touchscreen computers).
Core E-Locator client software, (installed on all client computers).
Core E-Locator remote software, (installed on all the remote/laptop client computers).
Core E-Locator telecommunication software, (installed on the server computer).
The E-Locator may constitute all of the above components or with a reduced number of components. However, the removal of either one of the above components will limit the available functionality. For example, the real estate agent may not desire a telecommunication access or audio access; in this case these components will be removed without affecting the main functionality of the E-Locator system.
The E-Locator may be combined into one stand-alone system by installing the software, (E-Locator Database, E-Locator synchronise, E-Locator server, E-Locator telecommunication), and all of the above hardware to the same computer.
3.1 External touch-screen The E-Locator consists of a touch-screen unit placed inside real estate agency office windows facing out towards the street. A product called ThruGlass, (see Figure 1 Mounted ThruGlass Touch-Screen), allows users to activate the touch-screen through the window of the retail outlets. As noted in Figure 1 Mounted ThruGlass Touch-Screen, the ThruGlass is mounted inside the agency between the computer monitor and the shop front window facing the footpath.
Date Printed Status Scope Contract Document No Revision Page 31/07/01 Issued Legal IP Australia LG-00-02 3 1 n/1 'v~J E-Locator 3.2 External surround The E-Locator consists of an external facial surround that is used for the following: Block out the sunlight from touch-screen activated monitor.
Hold and position amplified load speaker.
Hold and position the external hands free telephone unit components.
See Figure 2 Facial Surround Front View and Figure 3 Facial Surround Side View.
The external facial surround may be replaced with an external steel box, (or any other suitable external storage medium), used for the following: Hold and position amplified load speaker.
Hold and position the external hands free telephone unit components.
See Figure 4 External Telecommunication Audio System within a Facial Surround.
3.3 External telecommunication system The E-Locator consists of an external hands free telephone system that is placed either within the external facial surround, or within the external component holder, See Figure 4 External Telecommunication Audio System within a Facial Surround. This unit gives the user the ability to engage in a two conversation with the real estate agent. The external telephone system consists of the following main components: Amplified load speaking telephone speaker.
Telephone microphone.
Telephone button/switch activation.
Telephone hands free circuit.
See Figure 4 External Telecommunication Audio System.
3.4 External audio system The E-Locator consists of an external amplified audio system that is placed either within the external facial surround or within the external component holder, See Figure 4 External Telecommunication Audio System within a Facial Surround. This unit gives the user the ability to listen to pre-programmed audio messages. The external audio system consists of the following main components: Audio Amplifier.
Load audio speaker.
Business computers Standard multimedia equipped business computer. The E-Locator may consist of a server computer and client computers. All computers within the E-Locator system must be installed with the suitable E-Locator software component as specified in section 3.
3.6 Remote computer Standard multimedia equipped remote/laptop computer. The E-Locator may consist of laptop/remote computers acting as clients connected to the server computer. All computers within the E-Locator system must be installed with the suitable E-Locator software component as specified in section 3.
Date Printed Status Scope Contract Docurent No Revision Page 31/07/01 Issued Legal IP Australia LG-00-02 3 11/31 E-Locator 3.7 Internal cabinet The E-Locator consists of an internal cabinet that is used to hold and position the business computer and its monitor. The cabinet is placed hard against the shopfront window and positioned to attract the by-passers. The cabinet is made up of wood or any other suitable material. The internal cabinet consists of the following main components: Slot to position and hold the computer monitor.
Slot to position and hold the computer.
See Figure 5 Internal Cabinet.
3.8 Core E-Locator database The E-Locator consists of an internal database that is used to store the data contents of the real estate agent, (stored on the server or stand-alone computer). The data consists of the following, audio files, video files, image files, virtual tour files and textual information.
The data within the database is manipulated and controlled using the following software components: Core E-Locator synchronise software, (updates the database via the E-Locator server software).
Core E-Locator server software, (receives and updates data as requested from the E- Locator synchronise software, E-Locator client software and the E-Locator remote software).
Core E-Locator graphical user interface software, (reads the database only).
Core E-Locator client software, (sends requests to update the database to the E- Locator server software).
Core E-Locator remote software, (sends requests to update the database to the E- Locator server software).
The software components listed above are described in the sections outlined below.
See Figure 12 E-Locator Database Schema for a summary of the database schema, note this is a summary only, produced to describe one form of the E-Locator database.
3.9 Core E-Locator synchronise software.
The E-Locator synchronise software is an internal component of the E-Locator, (stored on the server or stand-alone computer). This component is used to synchronise the E- Locator database with the main corporate database situated at the corporation's main server, See Figure 7 E-Locator Connection between Branches and Figure 8 E-Locator View and Update Data Schema.
This component runs automatically at a specified configurable time, (ie at 11:00 p.m. every day), and synchronises the E-Locator database with the agents Internet site or main corporate database. The synchronise process works in the following manner: Down-loads new or updated data from the main corporate database or Internet site to the E-Locator database.
Up-loads new or updated data from the E-Locator database to the main corporate database or Internet site.
This process is repeated for every E-Locator database within the same corporation.
Using this process all real estate agents within the same corporation, (that have the E- Locator system installed within their offices), have up-to-date data of all real estate agents within their corporation.
Date Printed Status Scope Contract Document No Revision Page 31/07/01 Issued Legal IP Australia LG-00-02 3 12/31 E-Locator 3.10 Core E-Locator server software.
The E-Locator server software is the central internal component of the E-Locator, (stored on the server or stand-alone computer). This component constitutes the E-Locator database and the E-Locator synchronise software. All E-Locator database manipulations go via this component. The E-Locator has the ability to update E-Locator database data.
See Figure 13 E-Locator Database Data Manipulation for a sketch of the GUI used to update the database data. The E-Locator server software maintains a connection with the following software components: Core E-Locator graphical user interface software.
Core E-Locator client software.
Core E-Locator remote software.
See Figure 8 E-Locator View and Update Data Schema.
3.11 Core E-Locator graphical user interface software.
The E-Locator graphical user interface software is displayed on the touch-screen computer and gives the user the ability to manipulate the data within the E-Locator database, (stored on the client or stand-alone computer). The user has option of searching for a property and viewing its audio files, video files, image files, virtual tour files and textual information.
The videos, images, virtual tours and textual information are viewed using the touchscreen computer monitor, See Figure 14 E-Locator Touch-screen GUI. The audio information is played using the external audio system. The user also has the option of calling the real estate agent using the external telephone system. This software controls the following components: External touch-screen.
External telecommunication system.
External audio system.
The user may use the following process when searching for a property: Walk up to the real estate agents window 24-hours a day.
Touch the touch-screen to select an option.
Select the property type, (ie Residential Commercial Rural).
Select the property sale type, (ie Sales Rentals Auctions).
Select the property characteristics, (ie bedroom, area, suburb, price, type).
Select a property from the properties matching your search criteria.
Listen to the audio messages for the selected property.
View the images for the selected property.
View the virtual tours for the selected property.
View the videos for the selected property.
View the textual information for the selected property.
Fax and/or E-mail the property search results.
Press the phone button and call the real estate agent responsible for selling the selected property.
Pay their rent.
See Figure 9 E-Locator Customer Usage Concept and Figure 10 E-Locator Customer Rental Payment and Figure 11 E-Locator Fax E-mail.
Date Printed Status Scope Contract Doc t No R so Pa 31/07/01 Issued Legal IP Australia LG-00-02 3 13/31 E-Locator 3.12 Core E-Locator client software.
The E-Locator client software resides on every sale agent's desktop business computer within the real estate office. The E-Locator client software gives the real estate agent the ability to manipulate the E-Locator database by adding data, See Figure 13 E-Locator Database Data Manipulation and viewing the E-Locator graphical software, See Figure 14 E-Locator Touch-screen GUI. This component is connected to the E-Locator software at all times.
3.13 Core E-Locator remote software.
The E-Locator remote software resides on every sale agent's remote business computer, (ie laptop). The E-Locator remote software gives the real estate agent the ability to downloads or up-loads the E-Locator database to or from the E-Locator server. As a result the E-Locator remote software may run stand-alone without being connected to the E-Locator server, (ie the real estate agent may take the laptop to a potential client). The E-Locator client software gives the real estate agent the ability to manipulate the E-Locator database by adding data, See Figure 13 E-Locator Database Data Manipulation and viewing the E- Locator graphical software, See Figure 14 E-Locator Touch-screen GUI, without being connected to the E-Locator server. Using this component the real estate agent may use the following process to add a property details to the E-Locator database.
Connect the remote computer, (laptop), to the E-Locator server.
Down-loads the E-Locator database to the laptop.
Remove the laptop from the E-Locator server.
Update the E-Locator database using the E-Locator remote system.
Connect the remote computer, (laptop), to the E-Locator server.
Up-loads the E-Locator database to the server.
Date Printed Status Scope 31/07/01 Issued Legal Contract IP Australia Document No LG-00-02 Revision Page 14/31
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1. The E-Locator represents a method of searching for retail product listings with specific criteria, directly from agency shopfront window using touch-screen technology, full product listings, consisting of still images, videos, audios, virtual tours, advertisements and textual information, (See Figure 9).
2. The E- Locator has a has a built-in external telephone system, used to contact the agent responsible for the sale of a particular product and allows the customer to leave either a textual message or an audio message, (See Figure 9).
3. The E- Locator has a built-in external payment system, used to receive product payments from their customer, or the customer may choose to send product details to their fax machine and E-mail account, (See Figure 10 and Figure 11).
4. Many E-Locator systems, (retail branches), may be integrated together to combine their data into a corporate database, (or the Internet), used to enable customers to search all products within a retail chain, from any E-Locator system regardless of its location, data is automatically synchronised to all E-Locator systems, (retail branches) and the Internet, (See Figure 6, Figure 7 and Figure 8). E-Locator through the window product sales device substantially as herein described with reference to the accompanying figures and their descriptions, all components described may vary in design and functionally however, they must be within the boundaries of the overall concept. Wael Khudruj (Name of Applicant) 29 July 2001 (Date) Date Printed Status Scope Contract 31/07/01 Issued Legal IP Australia Docunnnt No LG-00-02 Revision Page 3 29/31
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