Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Data structure types
Reexamination Certificate
2005-08-16
2005-08-16
Channavajjala, Srirama (Department: 2164)
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Data structure types
C707S793000, C707S793000, C709S201000, C713S152000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06931388
ABSTRACT:
A novel tracking system is disclosed. In one embodiment, users obtain access to tracking information by entering a destination address in a query. In another embodiment, package shippers are given a “shipper password” and a “recipient password.” In this embodiment, the shipper may query the system with the shipper password to track all packages it has sent, and the recipient may query the system with the recipient password (and, optionally, one or more portions of the recipient's address information) to track all packages that the shipper has sent to that address. Different amounts of detail may be shown to shippers and recipients. In another embodiment, a service bureau may accept packages from shippers, collect information about the packages, process queries by shippers and recipients, and track packages that it handles using a separate “service bureau password.”
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Channavajjala Srirama
M.A.I.L., Inc.
Woodard Emhardt Moriarty McNett & Henry LLP
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