| 20090105994 | Electronic Floor Plan Server and Method - A new and useful concept in electronic presentation and operation with a floor plan is provided, that is designed to enhance the ability of a buyer/renter to view or otherwise understand many of the attributes of a building. In an interactive version of the present invention, a user (e.g. a building buyer/renter or prospective building buyer/renter) is enabled to access, and work with a floor plan that is electronically stored at a floor plan server, via interaction between the floor plan server and a client that can be placed in circuit communication with the floor plan server (e.g. over the internet via a web browser). The user is enabled to (a) electronically work with the selected floor plan to produce a modified floor plan, and (b) save an instance of the modified floor plan at the floor plan server so that the user (or someone to whom the user emails a link to the saved instance) can revisit the saved instance. In a photo version of the present invention, a user can select a floor plan that is configured such that a user is provided with a symbol of the orientation from which an image associated with a room of the selected floor plan can be accessed and viewed, and the user can maneuver the accessed image to any location over the entire screen of a client. Moreover, a user is enabled to format the floor plan to fit the entire screen of a client, and to enlarge or reduce a selected area of the floor plan, independently of the capability of the user to maneuver a selected image over the entire screen of the client. | 04-23-2009 |
