Lost item recovery with reporting and notifying system
AssigneeChargerback, Inc.
InventorsBrian Colodny, Michael McLaughlin
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a system and method for reporting lost items includes presenting a lost item reporting link associated with an entity having a plurality of different physical establishment locations; receiving a user selection of the lost item reporting link; presenting at a website, in response to the user selection of the lost item reporting link, a graphical user interface configured to solicit lost item recovery information, the website being associated with the entity having the plurality of different physical establishments; receiving the lost item recovery information via the graphical user interface; and transmitting the lost item recovery information to a third party online lost and found system.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for reporting lost items, comprising:
- receiving a first user selection of a lost item reporting link presented to a user, the lost item reporting link being associated with a broker, the broker supporting a plurality of different entities;
- initiating presentment to the user, in response to the first user selection of the lost item reporting link, a first graphical user interface to facilitate lost item recovery, wherein the first graphical user interface is configured to present past reservations associated with the user, the past reservations pertaining to at least a plurality of different entities;
- receiving a second user selection that designates at least one of the plurality of different entities pertaining to the past reservations;
- initiating presentment to the user, in response to the second user selection, a second graphical user interface to receive lost item recovery information via the second graphical user interface or a third graphical user interface, the lost item recovery information concerning a lost item and including at least (i) identifying information for the lost item, and (ii) return information for the lost item;
- preparing a lost and found report based on the lost item recovery information;
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- initiating electronic transmission of the lost and found report to the designated entity based on contact information for the entity.
A non-transitory computer readable medium including at least computer program code stored thereon for reporting lost items, comprising:
- computer program code for receiving a first user selection of a lost item reporting link presented on a display, the display of the lost item reporting link being associated with a broker, the broker supporting a plurality of different entities;
- computer program code for initiating presentment on the display, in response to the first user selection of the lost item reporting link, a first graphical user interface to facilitate lost item recovery, wherein the first graphical user interface is configured to present past reservations associated with a user, the past reservations pertaining to at least a plurality of different entities;
- computer program code for receiving a second user selection that designates at least one of the plurality of different entities pertaining to the past reservations;
- computer program code for initiating presentment on the display, in response to the second user selection, a second graphical user interface to receive lost item recovery information via the second graphical user interface or a third graphical user interface, the lost item recovery information concerning a lost item and including at least (i) identifying information for the lost item, and (ii) return information for the lost item;
- computer program code for preparing a lost and found report based on the lost item recovery information;
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- computer program code for initiating electronic transmission of the lost and found report to the designated entity based on contact information for the entity.
A system for reporting lost items, comprising:
- a recovery computing device configured to:
- support a lost item reporting link, the lost item reporting link being associated with a broker supporting a plurality of entities;
- receive a first user selection of a lost item reporting link associated with a broker, the broker supporting a plurality of different entities;
- initiate presentment, in response to the first user selection of the lost item reporting link, a first graphical user interface to facilitate lost item recovery, wherein the first graphical user interface is configured to present past reservations associated with a user, the past reservations pertaining to at least a plurality of different entities;
- receive a second user selection that designates at least one of the plurality of different entities pertaining to the past reservations;
- initiate presentment, in response to the second user selection, a second graphical user interface to receive lost item recovery information via the second graphical user interface or a third graphical user interface;
- prepare a lost and found report based on the lost item recovery information;
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- initiate electronic transmission of the lost and found report to the designated entity based on contact information for the entity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.