Systems and/or methods for globally tracking items and generating active notifications regarding the same
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for identifying the movement of suspect items, the method comprising:
- receiving item-level data for a plurality of items at a centralized electronic registration (ER) database connected to a network;
updating the item-level data in the centralized ER database as items in said plurality of items progress through respective product lifecycles; and
notifying stakeholders upon each occurrence of an unexpected event being detected by the ER database and upon each time a particular item in the plurality of items is flagged as being lost or stolen.
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Abstract
Certain exemplary embodiments relate to techniques for fraud reduction and/or product recovery. For example, in certain exemplary embodiments, a central repository for item-level data related to stolen, missing, counterfeit, or other items may be provided. The item-level data may be stored as a function of EPC/RFID and/or serial number information in certain exemplary embodiments of this invention. According to certain exemplary embodiments, notification and/or subscription systems may be deployed to search for missing, stolen, or other items throughout the various “touchpoints” in the sales universe by consulting the centralized electronic registration (ER) database. This searching may be performed among and between, and/or on behalf of, interested parties including, for example, retailers, manufacturers, pawnshops, online auction houses, etc. These and/or other parties may be notified, as appropriate, with the notifications being based on subscriptions may by the entities and/or predefined rules.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for identifying the movement of suspect items, the method comprising:
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receiving item-level data for a plurality of items at a centralized electronic registration (ER) database connected to a network; updating the item-level data in the centralized ER database as items in said plurality of items progress through respective product lifecycles; and notifying stakeholders upon each occurrence of an unexpected event being detected by the ER database and upon each time a particular item in the plurality of items is flagged as being lost or stolen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10)
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8. The method of 7, further comprising performing said notifying in dependence on the received subscription requests.
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11. An electronic registration system, comprising:
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a centralized electronic registration (ER) database connected to a network, the ER database being configured to receive item-level data for a plurality of items from a plurality of touchpoints in a global sales system and being configured to update the item-level data as items in said plurality of items progress through respective product lifecycles; detection programmed logic circuitry configured to detect any (a) occurrences of unexpected events pertaining to the items in the ER database, and (b) flagging of items in the ER database as being lost or stolen; and notification programmed logic circuitry configured to notify stakeholders in dependence on output from the detection programmed logic circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20)
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18. The system of 17, wherein said notification programmed logic circuitry is configured to notify at least some of the stakeholders in dependence on the received subscription requests.
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