Photocopying – Projection printing and copying cameras – Identifying – composing – or selecting
Reexamination Certificate
2005-09-13
2005-09-13
Mathews, Alan (Department: 2851)
Photocopying
Projection printing and copying cameras
Identifying, composing, or selecting
C355S018000, C355S077000, C396S429000, C705S026640, C705S407000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06943867
ABSTRACT:
A system and method for automatically determining the shipping weight and cost of a plurality of photofinishing items from a service provider without physically weighing the photofinishing order. A computer system receives photofinishing orders from the customers and associates an order ID with respect to each of the photofinishing orders. The orders are filled and sent to a packing station for assembling the photofinishing order. Each order is placed in a shipping package having the order ID thereon in a machine readable format. A reading device reads order ID and obtains information for determining the associated estimated weight for each package. A printer produces a manifest to be used in shipping the plurality of photofinishing orders wherein the manifest provides the estimated weight and cost for each of the orders that is given to the shipping agent for shipment to customers.
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Hill David W.
Litwin Joshua J.
Lu David
Mathews Alan
Pincelli Frank
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