Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Product tags, systems, and methods for crowdsourcing and electronic article surveillance in retail inventory management
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Application No.: US16273743Application Date: 2019-02-12
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Publication No.: US10977611B2Publication Date: 2021-04-13
- Inventor: Evan Patrick Thomas
- Applicant: eBay Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: eBay Inc.
- Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: G06Q10/08
- IPC: G06Q10/08 ; G08B13/24

Abstract:
Methods and systems for inventory management are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, from a first device, product information associated with an article, receiving, from the first device, location information of the first device; identifying a merchant based on the location information, generating an online listing for the article in an online marketplace of the identified merchant, the online listing including the product information; and making the online listing accessible to a plurality of consumers.
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