Patent ID: 7069236

Claim:
A computer, located on a network, for effecting the return of a consumer product for recycling, the computer comprising: (a) hardware operating under the control of software that receives from another computer located on the network consumer information which includes an identification of a consumer product to be returned for recycling and a present location of the consumer product; (b) hardware operating under the control of software that automatically determines a destination for the consumer product, based upon the received identity of the consumer product and the received present location of the consumer product; (c) hardware operating under the control of software that automatically determines a carrier service that will deliver the consumer product to the destination based upon the received present location of the consumer product and the location of the automatically determined destination; and (d) hardware operating under the control of software that transmits to the other computer shipping label data which includes an identification of the automatically determined destination and an identification of the automatically determined carrier service.