Patent ID: 7766230
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of shipping, tracking, and delivering a shipment of packages over an Internet-based shipping, tracking, and delivery network including (i) a digital image capture and processing device with memory storage provided a point of shipment pickup, (ii) at least a first scanning point capable of scanning packages in said shipment and routing said packages to a point of destination, (iii) sorting and routing hubs located along routes leading to said point of destination, and (iv) a central processing station having a network application server and a relational database management system (DBMS) operably connected to the infrastructure of the Internet, wherein said shipment of packages has an original shipping document assigned an original shipment tracking number, and each package in said shipment has an original shipping label containing said original shipment tracking number, said method comprising the steps: (A) at said point of shipment pickup, (B) while said shipment of packages is being transported from said point of shipment pickup to said first scanning point, (C) at said first scanning point, and at each said sorting and routing hub,