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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2019
Applicant:
Ebay Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Evan Patrick Thomas, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
eBay Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); G08B 13/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G08B 13/246 (2013.01); G08B 13/2462 (2013.01); G08B 13/2482 (2013.01);
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.