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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2012
Maridee Joy Maraz, Sammamish, WA (US);
Maridee Joy Maraz, Sammamish, WA (US);
Nintendo of America Inc., Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The exemplary embodiments described herein relate to the field of electronic registration (ER) of purchased products and, more particularly, to an improved electronic registration system that enables unique item-level tracking from an initial point-of-sale (POS) transaction involving a post-paid service/subscription and related device or product, to any cancellations in service and returns to the store or service provider. Certain exemplary embodiments thus advantageously 'close the gap' between retailers and service providers, e.g., in connection with subscriptions/post-paid service agreements and related devices or products. In certain exemplary embodiments, an 'interest' may be taken and charged in the event that the customer does not return the device when or after an associated service has been cancelled.