Patent ID: 7580845

Claim:
A package shipping system comprising: a computing device having one or more memory storage areas configured to store a shipping database; a package shipping label (a) having an electronically updateable visual display, (b) having at least one package identifier that is machine readable, (c) having a complementary guide structure (i) comprising a complementary, ridge or (ii) defined by a complementary groove, and (d) being affixed to a package; a processor with memory remote from the electronically updateable visual display and configured to form a database query based on the at least one package identifier and retrieve package data from the shipping database corresponding to the at least one package identifier; and a label interface device comprising a label interface device guide structure wherein the label interface device guide structure (a) comprises a ridge or (b) is defined by a groove, the label interface device guide structure is configured to (a) orient the label interface device relative to the electronically updateable visual display of the package shipping label and (b) engage the complementary guide structure on the package shipping label, and the label interface device is configured to update the electronically updateable visual display of the package shipping label with information based on the package data retrieved by the processor from the shipping database stored in the one or more memory storage areas of the computing device.