Patent ID: 7076449

Claim:
A network server, for effecting the return of a consumer product for recycling, the network server comprising: (a) hardware operating under the control of software that presents to a client located on the network one or more form pages adapted to elicit consumer information including an identification of the consumer product to be returned and an identification of the present location of the consumer product; (b) hardware operating under the control of software that receives the consumer information; and (c) hardware operating under the control of software that transmits to the client shipping label data which includes an identification of a destination recycling facility for the consumer product and of a carrier service, the destination recycling facility being automatically chosen from among plural possible recycling facilities based upon the received identity of the consumer product and the received present location of the consumer product and the carrier service being automatically chosen from among plural possible carrier services based upon the received present location of the consumer product and the location of the automatically chosen destination recycling facility, wherein both automatic choices are made without regard to where the consumer product was purchased.