Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for processing third-party returns
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Application No.: US17235669Application Date: 2021-04-20
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Publication No.: US11748761B2Publication Date: 2023-09-05
- Inventor: Maheer Manmohan , Douglas E. Humphrys , Sid Shake , Charles Harry Lobo , Tripuresh Pandey , Zhijian Huang , Nivea Mandavia , Casey S. Hulliberger , Darren W. Stanley
- Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC
- Applicant Address: US AR Bentonville
- Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
- Current Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US AR Bentonville
- Agency: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery, LLP
- Priority: IN 2041016928 2020.04.20
- Main IPC: G06Q20/40
- IPC: G06Q20/40 ; G06Q10/0837 ; G06Q30/0601

Abstract:
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to processing product returns. In some embodiments, a system for processing returns comprises a POS terminal located in a retail facility and configured to receive an order identifier associated with an online order that includes a product purchased from a third-party seller via the retailer's website, wherein the retail facility is a brick-and-mortar facility associated with the retailer, and wherein the third-party seller is not the retailer, and transmit, to a control circuit, the order identifier, a database configured to store order information, and the control circuit configured to receive the order identifier, determine the product, determine a refund amount for the product, determine a location to which the product should be returned, generate a return label, create a return transaction for the product, and transmit the return label, wherein the POS terminal is configured to print the return label.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210326878A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING THIRD-PARTY RETURNS Public/Granted day:2021-10-21
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