US 12,093,887 B2
Return of items separated from owners
Richard L. Cacciato, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to Flippit Corp., New York, NY (US)
Filed by Flippit Corp., New York, NY (US)
Filed on Jan. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/576,571.
Application 17/576,571 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/382,274, filed on Jul. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/706,005, filed on Jul. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0138682 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 50/26 (2024.01); G06Q 10/083 (2023.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 10/0838 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/3276 (2013.01); G06Q 50/265 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising the steps of:
in a computer with a processor and nontransitory memory, generating a plurality of accessor codes, and storing individual generated accessor codes in corresponding records of a database;
in the computer, instructing an output device to generate corresponding media each to bear one of the stored accessor codes, the generated media comprising two components frangibly joined, one component designed for permanent affixation to shipping packaging, the other component designed to be torn away and to be carried away from the shipping packaging, the generating instructions programmed to direct the output device to generate the accessor code in computer-readable form on the component designed to be torn away;
in the computer, receiving one or more internet messages to initiate a parcel shipment, the media with its accessor code having been prepositioned at a location where articles of property are separated from their owners, the shipment initiation messages having been triggered by a smartphone based at least in part on the accessor code of the carried-away tear-off component after a person initiating the shipment has placed an article into shipping packaging not bearing a delivery address and is not in possession of the article or shipping packaging, the initiation messages' network addressing and/or content based at least in part on the accessor code of the carried-away tear-off component;
in response to receipt of the initiation message(s), and after the initiating person is no longer in possession of the article or shipping packaging, via the computer, exchanging messages with the smartphone to obtain payment information and delivery address information;
in response to receipt of the payment information and delivery address information, and after the initiating person is no longer in possession of the article or shipping packaging, sending internet messages with content instructing retrieval of the shipping packaging from the location where the shipping packaging was tendered by the initiating person; and
in response to receipt of the payment information and delivery address information, sending internet messages to arrange shipment and delivery, content of the messages arranging payment, shipment and delivery of the shipping packaging and article to an address specified by the delivery address information.