Apparatus and method for finding and reporting lost items
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1. An Internet-based system for reporting items that were lost during travel and finding such items, the system comprising:
- a venue data repository having a plurality of venue records, each venue record identifying other venue records of venues through which users travel to or from the respective venue;
a computer system comprising a server and operative to perform operations comprising;
receiving from a remote user a request for a lost-item input form to report lost items in association with a venue identified in the request, wherein the lost-item input form corresponds to a route operated by an entity having venue pages, and wherein the route corresponds to a flight route operated by an airline;
in response to the request, send the lost-item input form to a remote user device, the lost-item input form including pre-populated selectable references to other venues identified in the venue data repository as venues through which users travel to or from the venue identified in the request;
receive lost item form data describing aspects of the lost item and circumstances under which the lost item was lost, wherein the circumstances identify a plurality of user-selected venues through which the user traveled; and
store the lost item form data in a lost item data repository.
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Provided is a system, having: a lost-and-found system, implemented with one or more processors, the lost-and-found system having a server and a data repository, the data repository storing venue records; and a plurality of mobile devices each having a lost-and-found mobile application, the lost-and-found mobile application being operative to report a found or a lost item and associate the found item or the lost item with one of the venue records.
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1. An Internet-based system for reporting items that were lost during travel and finding such items, the system comprising:
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a venue data repository having a plurality of venue records, each venue record identifying other venue records of venues through which users travel to or from the respective venue; a computer system comprising a server and operative to perform operations comprising; receiving from a remote user a request for a lost-item input form to report lost items in association with a venue identified in the request, wherein the lost-item input form corresponds to a route operated by an entity having venue pages, and wherein the route corresponds to a flight route operated by an airline; in response to the request, send the lost-item input form to a remote user device, the lost-item input form including pre-populated selectable references to other venues identified in the venue data repository as venues through which users travel to or from the venue identified in the request; receive lost item form data describing aspects of the lost item and circumstances under which the lost item was lost, wherein the circumstances identify a plurality of user-selected venues through which the user traveled; and store the lost item form data in a lost item data repository. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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