US 11,836,649 B2
Lost item recovery with reporting and notifying system
Brian Colodny, Reno, NV (US); and Michael McLaughlin, Reno, NV (US)
Assigned to Chargerback, Inc., Carson City, NV (US)
Filed by Chargerback, Inc., Carson City, NV (US)
Filed on May 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/308,870.
Application 17/308,870 is a continuation of application No. 15/181,187, filed on Jun. 13, 2016, granted, now 11,004,086.
Application 15/181,187 is a continuation of application No. 13/842,768, filed on Mar. 15, 2013, granted, now 9,367,527, issued on Jun. 14, 2016.
Application 13/842,768 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/631,456, filed on Sep. 28, 2012, abandoned.
Application 13/631,456 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/224,247, filed on Sep. 1, 2011, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/379,687, filed on Sep. 2, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2021/0256535 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/00 (2023.01); G06Q 10/08 (2023.01); G06Q 50/12 (2012.01); G06F 40/134 (2020.01); G06F 40/174 (2020.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G06Q 30/016 (2023.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06Q 10/083 (2023.01); G06F 16/903 (2019.01)
CPC G06Q 30/016 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 40/134 (2020.01); G06F 40/174 (2020.01); G06Q 10/083 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06Q 50/12 (2013.01); G06F 16/90335 (2019.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for reporting lost items, comprising:
receiving, via one or more computing devices, a user selection of a lost item reporting link presented on a webpage, the webpage with the lost item reporting link being presented on a display associated with another computing device and being associated with an entity;
initiating, via the one or more computing devices, presentment on the display, in response to the user selection of the lost item reporting link, a graphical user interface to solicit lost item recovery information;
determining whether a transaction identifier is received at the one or more computing devices;
receiving, via the one or more computing devices, the lost item recovery information via the graphical user interface, the lost item recovery information concerning a lost item;
preparing a lost and found report based on the lost item recovery information;
initiating electronic transmission of the lost and found report to the entity based on contact information for the entity; and
initiating electronic transmission of a notification concerning the lost item to a customer based on customer contact information.