Patent ID: 11961037
Assignee: GLOBAL STICKS EXPRESS, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 15:
16. A system comprising:
an electronic shipping label device comprising:
an enclosure defining an opening;
an attachment mechanism configured to attach the enclosure to an item to be shipped;
a battery positioned within the enclosure;
an electronic paper display positioned at least partially within the opening and configured to display a custom shipping label image corresponding to a shipment;
a processing unit positioned within the enclosure and configured to control a graphical output of the electronic paper display; and
a wireless network communication interface operably coupled to the processing unit; and

a host device operably coupled to the electronic shipping label device and comprising a graphical user interface configured to receive shipping parameters corresponding to the shipment;
a system server operably coupled to the host device and configured to:
receive, from the host device, the shipping parameters and an initiation request regarding the shipment;
transmit a shipping request and the shipping parameters to a third-party system;
receive a third-party shipping label image for the shipment from the third-party system;
analyze the third-party shipping label image to identify a set of third-party label elements;
perform a first transformation on a first third-party label element of the set of third-party label elements to generate a first custom label element of the custom shipping label image;
perform a second transformation on a second third-party label element of the set of third-party label elements to generate a second custom label element of the custom shipping label image;
generate the custom shipping label image using the first custom label element and the second custom label element; and
transmit the custom shipping label image to the host device; wherein:

the host device is configured to transmit the custom shipping label image to the electronic shipping label device;
the electronic shipping label device is configured to:
receive the custom shipping label image; and
display the custom shipping label image using the electronic paper display.