Patent ID: 8712923
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: B07C,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for generating a multi-carrier shipping label, the method comprising: identifying, via one or more processors, a first carrier-specific tracking number associated with a first carrier, wherein the first carrier-specific tracking number is to be used by the first carrier in transporting a parcel through the first carrier's delivery network; identifying, via the one or more processors, a second carrier-specific tracking number associated with a second carrier, wherein the second carrier-specific tracking number is to be used by the second carrier in transporting the parcel through the second carrier's delivery network; storing, via the one or more processors, the first carrier-specific tracking number in association with the second carrier-specific tracking number; and generating, via the one or more processors and in response to determining that the parcel is designated for a delivery destination in a rural area, a multi-carrier shipping label that is to be affixed to the exterior of the parcel and that comprises (a) at least one of visible human-readable indicia or visible machine-readable indicia of the first carrier-specific tracking number associated with the first carrier and (b) at least one of visible human-readable indicia or visible machine-readable indicia of the second carrier-specific tracking number associated with the second carrier.