Patent ID: 8762290

Claim:
A method for generating by a computer an electronic representation of an intermediate processing label adapted for enabling generation of a shipping label for shipping a package, said method comprising: generating by a computer, a package-specific, machine-encoded package identifier that corresponds to data received from a user regarding the package; storing by a computer, said data regarding the package on a computer-accessible storage medium accessible according to said package-specific, machine-encoded package identifier, said data comprising: an indication of package information, destination information, origin information, and shipping parameters; generating by a computer, an electronic representation of said intermediate processing label, said electronic representation of said intermediate processing label comprising: an electronic representation of said indication of package information, an electronic representation of said destination information, an electronic representation of said origin information, an electronic representation of said shipping parameters, and an electronic representation of said package-specific, machine-encoded package identifier that corresponds to said data regarding the package.