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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024

Filed:

Jul. 24, 2023
Applicant:

Walmart Apollo, Llc, Bentonville, AR (US);

Inventors:

Maheer Manmohan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Douglas E. Humphrys, Bentonville, AR (US);

Sid Shake, Rogers, AR (US);

Charles Harry Lobo, Cave Springs, AR (US);

Tripuresh Pandey, Bengaluru, IN;

Zhijian Huang, San Diego, CA (US);

Nivea Mandavia, Sterling, VA (US);

Casey S. Hulliberger, Rogers, AR (US);

Darren W. Stanley, Falls Church, VA (US);

Assignee:

Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); G06Q 10/0837 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/407 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0837 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0639 (2013.01);
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.


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