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Method and apparatus for enabling purchasers of products to obtain return information and to initiate product returns via an on-line network connection

  • US 8,635,168 B2
  • Filed: 03/13/2012
  • Issued: 01/21/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/02/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An electronic registration (ER) system comprising a processing system including at least one processor, the processing system being configured to:

  • receive a unique product identifier for a product previously purchased from an e-tailer presented for possible return;

    access a product return database storing product return information for a plurality of previously purchased products to determine, in connection with the unique product identifier, whether the product presented for possible return qualifies for return; and

    generate and transmit a return authorization number and return instructions if the product being returned qualifies for return to enable the product presented for return to be returned directly to a manufacturer thereof.

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