Computer system and method for bulk auditing, archiving, and selling personal property of a customer

US8239293B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Alexander G. Gounares · Kirkland, US
• David M. Chickering · Bellevue, US
• Eric J. Horvitz · Kirkland, US
• Michael Connolly · Royal Oak, US
• Lili Cheng · Bellevue, US
• Kamal Jain · Bellevue, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 19, 2007
• Grant date: Aug 7, 2012
• Expiry date: Sep 13, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/10
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can facilitate auditing of a customer's possessions in a comprehensive manner. The architecture can facilitate the creation of a media archive of a customer's property, as well as an associated property list extracted based upon, e.g., examination of the archive. The property list can include an entry associated with an item of property and can be transmitted to subsidizing entities to offset the expenses associated with the creation of the archive and the property list.