Patent ID: 6547136
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: G06Q,G07B

Abstract:
A method for a buyer to return goods to a seller, said method includes the steps of:A) packing buyer ordered goods in a container addressed to the buyer; B) affixing a metered indicia to the container, that identifies the container and its contents, which is charged to a seller's meter for delivery of the container; C) sending information in the indicia, the buyer's address and container contents to one or more data centers; D) delivering the container to the buyer; E) notifying a data center of the buyer's intention to return all or some of the goods in the container; F) forming at the data center a label having a metered indicia that has a unique number that information contained in the indicia that was affixed to the container in step B, wherein the indicia formed at the data center is charged to the seller's meter; G) delivering the label to the buyer; H) affixing the label to the container or affixing the label to a return container containing the goods the buyer is returning to the seller; and I) delivering the container having the returned goods to the seller.