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Method and system for preparing an electronic record for shipping a parcel

US6889194B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 1, 1995
Grant dateMay 3, 2005
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Expiry dateFeb 19, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q10/083
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a system and method for preparing an electronic shipping record of a parcel. The system utilizes an intelligent telephone to display a parcel shipping procedure as a menu of choices for selection, to store delivery information received via the parcel shipping procedure as a shipping record of a parcel, and to transmit the shipping record to update a parcel database.

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