Patent ID: 8380641

Claim:
A server-based shipping management computer system, said server-based shipping management computer system comprising at least one server computer device, wherein said server-based shipping management computer system is programmed to: receive from a particular user client computer device of a plurality of user client computer devices, a request input by a user for an electronic mail delivery notification service by a carrier system for shipping a particular parcel and an input by the user of parcel specifications for the particular parcel; for each respective carrier of a plurality of carriers, determine whether the respective carrier would provide electronic mail delivery notification for shipping the particular parcel according to the request; and for each respective carrier of the plurality of carriers that would provide electronic mail delivery notification for shipping the particular parcel according to the request, display to a display device configured for communication with the particular user client computer device of the user, as to the particular parcel, a simultaneous interactive graphic identification of a corresponding shipping charge for each delivery service offered by the respective carrier to ship the particular parcel according to the parcel shipping specifications, said simultaneous interactive graphic identification displayable on a single display screen, said simultaneous interactive graphic identification adapted for receiving a user-interactive selection of a particular carrier and a particular delivery service offered by the particular carrier, such that said receiving the user-interactive selection causes a generation of a shipping label for shipping the particular parcel according to the parcel shipping specifications using the particular delivery service offered by the particular carrier for said corresponding shipping charge.