Methods and systems for supporting the production of shipping labels

Patent 7624025 Issued on November 24, 2009. Estimated Expiration Date:

May 28, 2029. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Z-Firm, LLC

Application

No. 12474159 filed on 05/28/2009

US Classes:

705/1AUTOMATED ELECTRICAL FINANCIAL OR BUSINESS PRACTICE OR MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENT

Examiners

Primary: Hayes, John W
Assistant: Erb, Nathan

Attorney, Agent or Firm

BLACK LOWE & GRAHAM PLLC

International Class

G06Q 30/00

Abstract

Methods and systems for supporting the production of shipping labels are provided. Example embodiments provide a Shipment Management System (“SMS”), which facilitates the production of shipping labels. The SMS may be configured to generate a shipping uniform resource identifier (“URI”) that identifies a shipping protocol and includes shipment information and post-back information. The shipping URI may be provided to a shipping label module configured to produce a shipping label in accordance with the shipping protocol by outputting a shipping label based on the shipment information, and automatically posting information about the producing of the shipping label to a code module identified by the post-back information. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and it is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.

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