Patent ID: 8521658

Claim:
A method for processing items in an item delivery system, comprising: reading, by a scanning device, a tracking indicia on a unit load, the unit load comprising a plurality of items being transported together in a container, the plurality of items each including information specifying a unique final destination; updating a database with first data from the tracking indicia; based on a termination of the unit load, updating the database with information that the unit load has been terminated, the terminated state of the unit load being associated with a separation of the plurality of items from the unit load for further processing, the information that the unit load has been terminated comprising the time and location that the unit load was terminated and the quantity of items in the unit load; based on the updating of the database with information that the unit load has been terminated: providing a user access to the database; receiving, from the user, label request information corresponding to at least one of the plurality of items; and printing a label to be applied to the at least one of the plurality of items, the label comprising the label request information.