Patent ID: 8667014

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for maintaining information about reusable packaging, the method comprising: generating, by a computing device, a unique tracking code, the tracking code to be associated with a reusable package; storing, by the computing device, information about the reusable package, the information associated with the tracking code; receiving, by the computing device, information about the reusable package from a recipient of the reusable package, the information associated with the tracking code and including a location where the recipient received the reusable package; and in response to receipt of the information, returning to the recipient who provided the information, by the computing device, a web page displaying a location history for the reusable package, the location history including one or more locations at which the reusable package has been delivered to previous recipients of the reusable package, as well as the location where the recipient who provided the information received the reusable package.