Computer technologies for enabling smart shipping using QR codes
US11182735B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 17, 2019 |
| Grant date | Nov 23, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 27, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K7/1417
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Provided herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for using innovative computer technologies to enable smart shipping of items sold from sellers to buyers. An embodiment performs operations that include: predicting shipping information for shipping an item associated with a first user to a destination designated by a second user, including determining a category of the item to identify similar items from a historical database; storing at least some of the shipping information in databases of an Internet site; and generating a machine readable code associated with the item or the shipping information, wherein a shipper uses information from scanning the code to access and retrieve the shipping information from the databases of the site using an application programming interface (API) of the site, and wherein the shipper uses the retrieved shipping information to ship the item to the destination.
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