Granted Patent B2

US 10,580,099 · App. 16/353,757 · Granted Mar 3, 2020

Inventors: Bennett Hill Branscomb (Ingleside, TX); Benjamin T. Jones (Henderson, NV)

Assignee: GEOFRENZY, INC.

G06Q50/163G06Q10/00G06Q10/10G06Q50/167H04L9/088H04L63/107H04W4/021H04W12/04G06Q2220/10H04L2209/56

Abstract

Claims (38)

1. A system for managing real estate permissions, comprising:

a server platform comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium providing volatile or non-volatile storage in network communication with at least one processor-based device;

wherein the server platform includes at least one master key associated with at least one piece of real estate;

wherein an Internet Protocol (IP) address is associated with the at least one master key and at least one geographic designator which defines or is located within the at least one piece of real estate;

wherein the at least one master key is operable to be unlocked by at least one slave key, wherein unlocking the at least one master key provides at least one permission for the at least one processor-based device or implements at least one prohibition on the at least one processor-based device when the at least one processor-based device is located on or within a predetermined proximity of the at least one piece of real estate;

wherein at least one geofence is associated with the at least one piece of real estate, and wherein the at least one geofence is registered in a geofence database or a geofence registry;

wherein the geofence database or the geofence registry is operable to receive a query from the at least one processor-based device and is further operable to determine at least one available geofence for the at least one processor-based device to enter based on the query, wherein the at least one available geofence is selected from the at least one geofence; and

wherein the at least one slave key is operable to be transferred to another processor-based device.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one permission provides functionality for the at least one processor-based device or the at least one prohibition prohibits functionality for the at least one processor-based device.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one slave key is unique to the at least one permission or the at least one prohibition.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one geographic designator is a latitudinal point and a longitudinal point, a set of latitudinal points and longitudinal points, a region of interest (ROI), a county, a municipality, and/or a neighborhood.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one master key is associated with the at least one geofence for the at least one piece of real estate.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one permission includes a permission to receive content or a permission to access to content within the at least one geofence.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein network functionality is disabled on the at least one processor-based device based on the at least one prohibition.

8. A system for managing real estate permissions, comprising:

a server platform comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium providing volatile or non-volatile storage in network communication with at least one processor-based device;

wherein the server platform includes at least one master key associated with an Internet Protocol (IP) address, wherein the IP address is associated with at least one piece of real estate;

wherein the at least one master key is operable to be unlocked by at least one slave key, wherein unlocking the at least one master key provides at least one permission for the at least one processor-based device or implements at least one prohibition on the at least one processor-based device;

wherein the at least one IP address is unique to the at least one piece of real estate; and

wherein the at least one piece of real estate includes at least one geofence, wherein the at least one geofence is associated with the at least one IP address;

wherein a geofence database or a geofence registry is operable to receive a query from the at least one processor-based device and is further operable to determine at least one available geofence for the at least one processor-based device to enter based on the query, wherein the at least one available geofence is selected from the at least one geofence; and

wherein the at least one slave key is operable to be transferred to another processor-based device.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein unlocking the at least one master key provides at least one permission for the at least one processor-based device or implements at least one prohibition on the at least one processor-based device when the at least one processor-based device is located on or within a predetermined proximity of the at least one piece of real estate.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the at least one geofence, the at least one IP address, and at least one geographic designator associated with the at least one geofence are registered in the geofence database or the geofence registry.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the at least one geographic designator is a latitudinal point and a longitudinal point, a set of latitudinal points and longitudinal points, a region of interest (ROI), a county, a municipality, and/or a neighborhood.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the at least one slave key is operable to be duplicated.

13. A method for managing real estate permissions, comprising:

providing a server platform in network communication with at least one processor-based device;

at least one slave key unlocking at least one master key associated with at least one piece of real estate, wherein unlocking the at least one master key provides at least one permission for the at least one processor-based device or implements at least one prohibition on the at least one processor-based device when the at least one processor-based device is located on or within a predetermined proximity of the at least one piece of real estate;

providing the at least one permission to the at least one processor-based device or implementing the at least one prohibition on the at least one processor-based device when the at least one processor-based device is located on or within a predetermined proximity of the at least one piece of real estate;

a geofence database or a geofence registry receiving a query from the at least one processor-based device and determining at least one available geofence for the at least one processor-based device to enter based on the query; and

transferring the at least one slave key to another processor-based device,

wherein the at least one master key is associated with an Internet Protocol (IP) address, wherein the IP address is associated with the at least one piece of real estate;

wherein the IP address is unique to the at least one piece of real estate; and

wherein the at least one piece of real estate includes at least one geofence, wherein the at least one geofence includes the at least one available geofence, wherein the at least one geofence is defined by at least one geographic designator, wherein the at least one geographic designator is associated with the at least one IP address.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the at least one slave key is unique to the at least one permission or the at least one prohibition.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the at least one geographic designator is a latitudinal point and a longitudinal point, a set of latitudinal points and longitudinal points, a region of interest (ROI), a county, a municipality, and/or a neighborhood.

16. The method of claim 13 , further comprising duplicating the at least one slave key.

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