Patent ID: 8010463
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of shipping a package from any location that eliminates the need for a user to apply a shipping label to the package, said method comprising: receiving, by a carrier computer system comprising at least one processor, shipment data for shipping a package from a user device via a communications network, wherein the shipment data comprises an indication of a destination of the package to be shipped; generating, by the carrier computer system, a human readable easy identifier, wherein the easy identifier is distinct from the shipment data and postage data; linking the easy identifier with the shipment data received; transmitting the human readable easy identifier to the user device via the communications network, said easy identifier configured to be associated with the package, so that the user can read the human readable easy identifier and associate the easy identifier with the package without using a machine, and wherein the package does not otherwise include an indication of a destination; receiving a signal from a carrier device, said signal comprising the easy identifier associated with the package, said easy identifier having been captured from the package by the carrier device; retrieving the shipment data based on the easy identifier; and transmitting the shipment data to the carrier device for generating a shipping label based at least in part on the transmitted shipment data, wherein the shipping label is configured to be affixed to the package by a carrier at a pickup processing location upon receipt of the package associated with the easy identifier.