Patent ID: 7865408

Claim:
A package tracking system for providing package tracking information to a user, comprising: a network entity configured to store a tracking history file comprising a listing of one or more tracking numbers previously tracked by a user, the tracking history file not containing any tracking number that has not been previously tracked in association with the user; and a communication device operated by the user and configured to access said network entity in order to track a package corresponding to a tracking number in the tracking history file, wherein said network entity is further configured to: verify the user's identity upon the user accessing a tracking system by matching a communication device used by the user to access the tracking system with a list of communication devices associated with the user; access the tracking history file associated with the user, and transmit the list of one or more tracking numbers of the tracking history file to the communication device; receive a selection of one of the tracking numbers of the tracking history file from the communication device; and, transmit tracking information associated with the selected tracking number to the communication device.