Patent ID: 7752143
Filing Date: 2010-07-06
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system for obtaining shipping information associated with a parcel, comprising: a distribution server adapted for distributing add-in modules via a communications network to a plurality of customer devices connected to the network, each customer device adapted to receive and execute a respective one of the add-in modules, the add-in module is adapted for recognizing predefined or user-selected text strings located in a file or document for which one or more predefined actions can be invoked to transmit one of the predefined or user-selected text strings via the network by analyzing a plurality of text strings in the file or document, wherein at least some of the text strings in the file or document are unrelated to shipping information for a parcel; and a database server connected to the network and adapted for receiving the text string, querying a database to retrieve shipping information corresponding to the text string, and transmitting the shipping information corresponding to the text string to one of the customer devices via the network.