Product tags, systems, and methods for crowdsourcing and electronic article surveillance in retail inventory management
First Claim
1. An inventory management system comprising:
- at least one hardware processor configured to perform operations comprising; and
receiving, from a mobile computing device of a consumer, product information associated with an article offered for sale in a retail establishment of a merchant, a product tag is attached to the article, the product tag including a tag identifier (ID), the tag ID being a unique identifier assigned to the product tag;
receiving the tag ID from the mobile computing device of the consumer, the tag ID being read from the product tag;
generating an online listing for the article in an online marketplace, the online listing including the product information;
associating the tag ID with the online listing;
determining that the merchant is associated with the article; and
placing the online listing for sale in the online marketplace on behalf of the merchant based on receiving the product information and the tag ID from the mobile computing device of the consumer, the placing of the online listing making the online listing accessible to a plurality of consumers.
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Abstract
An inventory management system includes at least one hardware processor and an inventory management engine executing on the at least one hardware processor. The inventory management engine is configured to receive, from a mobile computing device of a consumer, product information associated with an article offered for sale in a retail establishment of a merchant, a product tag is attached to the article and includes a tag ID, the tag ID being a unique identifier assigned to the product tag. The inventory management engine also receives the tag ID from the mobile computing device, generates an online listing for the article in an online marketplace, the online listing including the product information, associates the tag ID with the online listing, determines that the merchant is associated with the article, and places the online listing for sale in the online marketplace on behalf of the merchant.
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20 Claims
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1. An inventory management system comprising:
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at least one hardware processor configured to perform operations comprising; and receiving, from a mobile computing device of a consumer, product information associated with an article offered for sale in a retail establishment of a merchant, a product tag is attached to the article, the product tag including a tag identifier (ID), the tag ID being a unique identifier assigned to the product tag; receiving the tag ID from the mobile computing device of the consumer, the tag ID being read from the product tag; generating an online listing for the article in an online marketplace, the online listing including the product information; associating the tag ID with the online listing; determining that the merchant is associated with the article; and placing the online listing for sale in the online marketplace on behalf of the merchant based on receiving the product information and the tag ID from the mobile computing device of the consumer, the placing of the online listing making the online listing accessible to a plurality of consumers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-implemented method of inventory management comprising:
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receiving, from a mobile computing device of a consumer, product information associated with an article offered for sale in a retail establishment of a merchant, a product tag is attached to the article, the product tag including a tag identifier (ID), the tag ID being a unique identifier assigned to the product tag; receiving the tag ID from the mobile computing device, the tag ID being read from the product tag; generating an online listing for the article in an online marketplace, the online listing including the product information; associating the tag ID with the online listing; determining that the merchant is associated with the article; and placing the online listing for sale in the online marketplace on behalf of the merchant, based on receiving the product information and the tag ID from the mobile computing device of the consumer, the placing of the online listing making the online listing accessible to a plurality of consumers. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing processor-executable instructions which, when executed by one or more hardware processors of a machine, cause the one or more hardware processors to perform operations comprising:
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receiving, from a mobile computing device of a consumer, product information associated with an article offered for sale in a retail establishment of a merchant, a product tag is attached to the article, the product tag including a tag identifier (ID), the tag ID being a unique identifier assigned to the product tag; receiving the tag ID from the mobile computing device, the tag ID being read from the product tag; generating an online listing for the article in an online marketplace, the online listing including the product information; associating the tag ID with the online listing; determining that the merchant is associated with the article; and placing the online listing for sale in the online marketplace on behalf of the merchant, based on receiving the product information and the tag ID from the mobile computing device of the consumer, the placing of the online listing making the online listing accessible to a plurality of consumers. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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