Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – For cost/price – Postage meter system
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-30
2011-08-30
Borissov, Igor (Department: 3628)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
For cost/price
Postage meter system
C705S405000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08010463
ABSTRACT:
A method, carrier server and system are provided for shipping a package wherein a shipper can arrange for shipment of a package, simply through an interactive contact with the carrier, without the need for the shipper to use official carrier documentation or forms. In particular a shipper may contact a carrier using any communication device, such as a cellular telephone, standard landline telephone, personal digital assistant (PDA), personal computer (PC), laptop, or other wired, wireless or optically-based device, in order to communicate shipping information to the carrier and, in response, receive a unique easy identifier. Thereafter, the shipper need only associate the easy identifier with the package, for example by simply hand writing the identifier on the package, and either deposit the package at the closest drop off box or carrier facility, or leave the package to be picked up by a carrier vehicle that has been, or will shortly thereafter be, dispatched fort the purpose of picking up the package.
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Alston & Bird LLP
Borissov Igor
United Parcel Services of America, Inc.
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