Patent Document ID: 9679268
Application ID: 13274461
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A system for processing a package for shipping with a common carrier, the system comprising a wireless computing device configured to: (a) capture an image, via a media capturing device, of a shipping form for use with the package; (b) verify the image is suitable for analysis and transmission; (c) extract a tracking number from the image; (d) determine whether the extracted tracking number is a valid tracking number for shipping the package, the tracking number is utilized for subsequent tracking of the package during subsequent shipment of the package by the common carrier; (e) detect a location of the wireless computing device of a user and provide the detected location to a communication device of the common carrier; (f) transmit the image and the tracking number, in response to determining that the tracking number is valid, to the communication device of the common carrier prior to the common carrier taking possession of the package and indicating a pickup of the package is requested, at a collection point location, of the common carrier, in which the user drops off the package for pickup, the collection point determined based in part on the detected location, to enable one or more systems of the common carrier to process information extracted from the image and the tracking number to facilitate shipping the package with the common carrier.