# US 10,121,135 B1 · Systems and methods for integrating an E-commerce platform with point-of-sale technology > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,121,135 B1 - Document ID: US10121135B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 15/208,058 - Filed: 2016-07-12 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2015-07-13 - Assignees: Relabld LLC - Applicants: Relabld LLC - Inventors: Sina Foroohar - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10121135B1 ## CPC - G06Q 20/202: {Interconnection or interaction of plural electronic cash registers [ECR] or to host computer, e.g. network details, transfer of information from host to ECR or from ECR to ECR} - G06Q 20/321: {using wearable devices} - G06Q 20/322: {Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]} - G06Q 30/0601: Electronic shopping [e-shopping] - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract Presently disclosed are systems and methods for integrating an e-commerce platform with point-of-sale technology. In an embodiment, an e-commerce platform receives fashion-article-registration messages that each include an article identifier and a set of article-characteristic data that correspond to the respective wearable fashion article. The e-commerce platform uses the article-characterization data to determine an appraised quantity of platform credit for the corresponding fashion article, and stores that appraised quantity of platform credit in association with the corresponding article identifier. The e-commerce platform receives consumer-query messages from consumer devices, and responsively uses article identifiers from the consumer-query messages to retrieve the respective stored appraised quantities of platform credit for the corresponding fashion articles, and transmits consumer-reply messages to the consumer devices, conveying the retrieved appraised quantities of platform credit for the fashion articles. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method carried out by an e-commerce platform executing stored program instructions, the method comprising: receiving fashion-article-registration messages, wherein each received fashion-article-registration message comprises (i) a respective article identifier that corresponds to a respective wearable fashion article and (ii) a respective set of article-characteristic data that also corresponds to the respective wearable fashion article; using the respective sets of article-characteristic data to determine respective appraised quantities of platform credit for the corresponding fashion articles; storing the respective appraised quantities of platform credit in association with the respective article identifiers; and receiving consumer-query messages from respective consumer devices, wherein the respective consumer-query messages comprise respective article identifiers, and responsively: using the respective article identifiers from the respective consumer-query messages to retrieve the respective stored appraised quantities of platform credit for the corresponding fashion articles; and transmitting respective consumer-reply messages to the respective consumer devices, wherein the respective consumer-reply messages comprise the respective retrieved appraised quantities of platform credit for the corresponding fashion articles. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the fashion-article-registration messages comprises receiving the fashion-article-registration messages from respective merchant systems. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the respective consumer devices is a merchant-provided consumer device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a consumer-article-acquisition message, wherein the received consumer-article-acquisition message comprises (i) a given user-account identifier associated with a given user account and (ii) a given article identifier associated with a given wearable fashion article for which a corresponding appraised quantity of platform credit has been determined and stored by the e-commerce platform, and responsively posting a listable article record associated with the given wearable fashion article to the given user account. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein receiving the consumer-article-acquisition message comprises receiving the consumer-article-acquisition message from a merchant retail location. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the given wearable fashion article was presented at the merchant retail location in association with both a monetary price and with the determined corresponding appraised quantity of platform credit. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the given wearable fashion article was further presented at the merchant retail location in association with a post-purchase time period for which the determined corresponding appraised quantity of platform credit is awarded for listing the corresponding fashion article in an online catalog. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein a corresponding depreciation schedule was further presented at the merchant retail location in association with the post-purchase time period. ### Claim 9 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein receiving the consumer-article-acquisition message comprises receiving the consumer-article-acquisition message from a merchant website. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the merchant website comprised a listing of the given wearable fashion article in association with both a monetary price and with the determined corresponding appraised quantity of platform credit. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the given wearable fashion article was further presented on the merchant website in association with a post-purchase time period for which the determined corresponding appraised quantity of platform credit is awarded for listing the corresponding fashion article in an online catalog. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein a corresponding depreciation scheduled was further presented on the merchant website in association with the post-purchase time period. ### Claim 13 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, further comprising receiving a list-article message associated with the listable article record, and responsively listing the given wearable fashion article in an online catalog as being acquirable for corresponding appraised quantity of platform credit. ### Claim 14 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein receiving the consumer-article-acquisition message comprises receiving the consumer-article-acquisition message as a result of a particular form of payment being used to acquire the given wearable fashion article. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving fashion-article-listing requests that are each associated with a respective user account and that each comprise a respective set of article-characteristic data that corresponds to a respective wearable fashion article; using the respective sets of article-characteristic data from the fashion-article-listing requests to determine respective appraised quantities of platform credit for the respective corresponding wearable fashion articles; transmitting fashion-article-listing replies corresponding respectively to the received fashion-article-listing requests, wherein each transmitted fashion-article-listing reply offers the respective determined appraised quantity of platform credit in exchange for listing the corresponding wearable fashion article in a browseable and searchable online catalog; and receiving fashion-article-listing acceptances corresponding to at least some of the transmitted fashion-article-listing replies and, for each received fashion-article-listing acceptance, responsively listing the corresponding fashion article in the online catalog as being acquirable for the corresponding appraised quantity of platform credit. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein, with respect to substantially identical fashion articles, respective appraised quantities of platform credit resulting from received fashion-article-registration messages exceed respective appraised quantities of platform credit resulting from received fashion-article-listing requests. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the respective consumer-reply messages further comprise respective indications of post-purchase time periods for which the respective retrieved appraised quantities of platform credit are awarded for listing the corresponding fashion articles in an online catalog. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the respective consumer-reply messages comprises a depreciation schedule corresponding to listing the corresponding fashion article in an online catalog. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the respective retrieved appraised quantity of platform credit for at least one fashion article corresponds according to a platform-credit-and-currency exchange rate with a predetermined percentage of a monetary retail price being charged for the corresponding fashion article. ### Claim 20 An e-commerce platform comprising: a communication interface; a processor; and data storage containing instructions executable by the processor for causing the e-commerce platform to carry out a set of functions, the set of functions comprising: receiving fashion-article-registration messages, wherein each received fashion-article-registration message comprises (i) a respective article identifier that corresponds to a respective wearable fashion article and (ii) a respective set of article-characteristic data that also corresponds to the respective wearable fashion article; using the respective sets of article-characteristic data to determine respective appraised quantities of platform credit for the corresponding fashion articles; storing the respective appraised quantities of platform credit in association with the respective article identifiers; and receiving consumer-query messages from respective consumer devices, wherein the respective consumer-query messages comprise respective article identifiers, and responsively: using the respective article identifiers from the respective consumer-query messages to retrieve the respective stored appraised quantities of platform credit for the corresponding fashion articles; and transmitting respective consumer-reply messages to the respective consumer devices, wherein the respective consumer-reply messages comprise the respective retrieved appraised quantities of platform credit for the corresponding fashion articles.