Arranging for shipment of a package without generating a shipping label
AssigneeUnited Parcel Service of America, Inc.
InventorsRobert J. Gillen, Mark S. Lewis
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AssigneeUnited Parcel Service of America, Inc.
InventorsRobert J. Gillen, Mark S. Lewis
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Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for arranging for shipping a package without the customer needing to generate or apply a shipping label, or any other information, to the package. In one embodiment, a system may comprise a carrier server and a carrier device. The carrier server may receive and store a smart code and shipping information associated with the package, which it may link together. The carrier device may capture the smart code from the package and send a request, including the smart code, to the carrier server for related shipping information. The carrier server may receive the request from the carrier device, retrieve the shipping information based on the smart code, and send the shipping information to the carrier device. The carrier device may receive the shipping information and generate a shipping label for the package based on the shipping information.
A system comprising one or more computing devices, the one or more computing devices comprising at least one processor and at least one memory that includes computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code is configured to, with the processor, cause the one or more computing devices to:
A user device comprising at least one processor and at least one memory that includes computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code is configured to, with the processor, cause the user device to:
A method comprising:
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