Methods and systems for providing multi-carrier/multi-channel/multi-national shipping
US10579955B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 30, 2015 |
| Grant date | Mar 3, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 31, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06N5/047
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Systems and methods for performing various shipping related functionality are presented. The methods can automatically predict shipping attributes based on historical shipping data, and automatically purchase postage for a current shipment from a shared postage account while preventing the postage account shared among multiple users from having insufficient funds. Furthermore, predictions of shipping attributes for shipments may not be presented to a user, until the certainty of the predictions reaches or surpasses a confidence level or a threshold, where the confidence level or the threshold can be determined and changed by a user. Even when the certainty of the predictions reaches or surpasses a confidence level, and the predictions are presented to the user, the user can accept, reject, or change the predicted attributes.
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