Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Arranging for shipment of a package without generating a shipping label
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Application No.: US15294131Application Date: 2016-10-14
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Publication No.: US09665846B2Publication Date: 2017-05-30
- Inventor: Robert J. Gillen , Mark S. Lewis
- Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
- Current Assignee: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Alston & Bird LLP
- Main IPC: G06Q10/08
- IPC: G06Q10/08 ; G06Q10/10 ; G06F17/00

Abstract:
Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for arranging for shipping a package without the customer needing to generate or apply a shipping label, or any other information, to the package. In one embodiment, a system may comprise a carrier server and a carrier device. The carrier server may receive and store a smart code and shipping information associated with the package, which it may link together. The carrier device may capture the smart code from the package and send a request, including the smart code, to the carrier server for related shipping information. The carrier server may receive the request from the carrier device, retrieve the shipping information based on the smart code, and send the shipping information to the carrier device. The carrier device may receive the shipping information and generate a shipping label for the package based on the shipping information.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170032309A1 ARRANGING FOR SHIPMENT OF A PACKAGE WITHOUT GENERATING A SHIPPING LABEL Public/Granted day:2017-02-02
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