Patent ID: 9367527
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q

Claim Text:
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, the lost item reporting link being presented on a display associated with another computing device and being associated with an entity having a plurality of different physical establishment locations; 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; 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 and including at least (i) a designation of one of the plurality of different physical establishment locations, (ii) description of lost item, (iii) contact information, and (iv) shipping information for the lost item; transmitting, via the one or more computing devices, the lost item recovery information to a third party online lost and found system, which operates to prepare a lost and found report based on the lost item recovery information; and initiate electronic transmission of the lost and found report to the designation of one of the plurality of different physical establishment locations; and initiate electronic transmission of a notification concerning the lost item to the customer based on the contact information, wherein the presenting of the lost item reporting link is at the website associated with the entity having the plurality of different physical establishments.