Patent ID: 7783524

Claim:
A system for the delivery of goods being sold by a seller, delivered by a shipper, and purchased by a buyer, the system comprising: one or more shipper computers configured to: receive shipping instructions, from a seller computing device, to deliver goods to a buyer pursuant to a payment card transaction involving the buyer, a seller, and a shipper, the payment card transaction requiring at least two transaction segments including: (a) a first transaction segment occurring between the buyer and the seller, wherein the seller charges a payment card of the buyer prior to shipment of the goods from the seller to the buyer, and (b) a second transaction segment occurring between the shipper and the buyer, wherein the shipper performs, at the point of delivery, an in-person verification of the payment card used in the first transaction segment; receive, from the seller computing device, information relating to the first transaction segment at the one or more shipper computers; and store the shipping instructions and the information relating to the first transaction segment in association with a tracking identifier; and a portable shipper computing device configured to: receive the shipping instructions, the information relating to the first transaction segment, and the tracking identifier transmitted from the one or more shipper computers; scan the goods and retrieve the shipping instructions and the information relating to the first transaction segment; generate a notification that the goods are to be delivered pursuant to an in-person verification of the payment card used in the first transaction segment; complete the second transaction segment of the payment card transaction with information received by the shipper from the buyer at the point of delivery of the goods to the buyer, wherein completing the second transaction segment comprises communicating wirelessly with a remote computing entity to determine (a) whether the payment card is valid or (b) an amount of available credit associated with the payment card; and generate an indication of whether to relinquish the goods to the buyer in response to completing the second transaction segment of the payment card transaction.