Processing returned rental items
US7848968B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 30, 2008 |
| Grant date | Dec 7, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 30, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0645
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In an embodiment, a method of processing returned rental inventory items comprises receiving, at a rental item provider and from a set of first customers of the rental item provider, a set of returned rental items that the first customers have returned to the rental item provider after renting the items; predicting a subset of the returned rental items that the rental item provider will need to provide in the future to a set of second customers; creating and storing a record in a computer of the subset of the returned rental items; providing the subset of the returned rental items to the set of second customers without first returning the returned rental items to an inventory of rental items.
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