Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Reexamination Certificate
2008-05-20
2008-05-20
Ouellette, Jonathan (Department: 3629)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Reexamination Certificate
active
10750705
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a method and system for processing returns at a return center. The return center accesses return rules of a merchant associated with an item of merchandise that has been returned by a customer. The item is then processed according to one or more of the return rules. The processing may include determining the eligibility of the return, notification to a merchant associated with the return, crediting of an account associated with the customer, and/or subsequent disposition of the return.
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