Patent ID: 7647249

Claim:
A method of providing creating a shipping label via an intermediary's website including buyer shipping information received from a buyer's computer for use by a seller to ship goods to a buyer via a shipping service provider, said method comprising the steps of: (a) registering said buyer for a buyer's shipping account with said shipping service provider via said buyer's computer accessing said intermediary's website; (b) receiving buyer shipping information from said buyer's computer by said buyer accessing said buyer's shipping account via said buyer's computer and entering said buyer shipping information into a transaction management system accessible via said intermediary's website, said buyer shipping information being associated with a transaction with said seller and including information to facilitate, at least in part, the shipment of said goods to said buyer from said seller; (c) creating a shipping label via said transaction management system, wherein said shipping label includes the buyer's physical delivery address and preferred delivery time windows, wherein said delivery address is human readable, and said shipping label is being configured to facilitate said shipment of said goods to said buyer; and (d) transferring said shipping label to said seller via a link located on said intermediary's website such that said seller can access said shipping label by using said link and can use said shipping label including said buyer's physical delivery address and preferred delivery time windows to facilitate said shipment of said goods to said buyer via said shipping service provider.