OPR/OSR - Online Product Registration / One Stop RMA --- NAME IS STILL TBD.
ACTUAL MVP will be only the OPR
For the user (needs to do):
- Option A - On first start-up of app, have user into profile information (ie: name, address, email, phone, etc for common registration information) which will be saved for future registrations later on down the road (one-time thing)... or continue on and see option B.
- Scan barcode to bring up the product (or manually enter UPC)
- Scan barcode for serial number, if unable (or no barcode for serial number), user will manually enter serial number, date of purchase, place of purchase
- Option B - user will manually enter client's name, address, email address, etc (common registration info)
- Press send. Which will send the info to our server, which will in turn, send to the manufacturer to register their product
For the owner (needs to do):
- Simple GUI of a one-button / one-click camera interface, if fails, revert to the manual input pages
- Find out how apps like "Shop Saavy", or similar uses the camera of a smart phone to pull data from 'xyz' server to get the product information, and implement that concept to our service
- Setup database server for all of the user's profiles/inputs/info to be sent and stored
- Using Amazon's Mechanical Turk 'price per registration' method (manual labor to re-input the data to each manufaturer)[for now], send the info to the respective manufaturer within 1 hour of gathering the data
- Send user a confirmation email that our server/service department has received their information and will hear from us shortly when the product was successfully registered.
Next Steps
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Find a source for UPC data...whether it be a dump that is imported, or an online service that can accept code and pass back product information.
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Online database to store client's info; Pictures of the scanned product's UPC/Serial number and possible receipt.
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Drink beer.