Patent ID: 8626673

Claim:
A shipping management computer system, said computer system programmed to: receive from a user a user input requesting a United States Postal Service shipping label, said user input comprising: an identification of a type of United States Postal Service shipping service to be used to ship a parcel, wherein said type of United States Postal Service shipping service comprises a shipping service provided by the United States Postal Service other than First Class Mail, information about the parcel, a ship-to address, and an authorization for payment by the user for shipping the parcel using the type of United States Postal Service shipping service; generate for printing by the user in response to said user input, a United States Postal Service shipping label, said shipping label comprising: a representation of United States Postal Service information-based postage indicia comprising a machine-readable, information-based indicia of an amount of paid postage acceptable by the United States Postal Service for shipping the parcel using said type of United States Postal Service shipping service; a service indicator corresponding to said type of United States Postal Service shipping service, said service indicator comprising an identification of the type of United States Postal Service shipping service; the ship-to address; and a machine-readable barcode separate from said machine-readable, information-based indicia, said machine-readable barcode comprising content that corresponds with said type of United States Postal Service shipping service, said content comprising service type information subject to processing by the United States Postal Service.