Shipping information acquisition device and usage
OwnerBrian Scharinventor
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Abstract
A shipping information acquisition device may include a system that positively identifies the receiver of a package, a system that acquires information associated with delivery of a package, a system that acquires information associated with the receipt of a package from a sender, and/or other information. Information associated with the package, its receiver and/or sender may be stored in a composite data record. The composite data record may be stored and later retrieved to facilitate tracking data associated with packages.
Claims21
An apparatus utilized with a package transported from a sender to a receiver, comprising:
- a shipping information acquisition device including an information handling system;
- a data storage system operationally connected to said information handling system;
- a package identification scanner operationally connected to said information handling system;
- and
- an identity verification system operationally connected to said information handling system, said identity verification system configured to positively identify the receiver.
A composite data record associated with a package transported from a sender to a recipient, comprising:
- a package identifier;
- and
- at least one package recipient identity information record, wherein at least one said package recipient identity information record is associated with said package identifier.
A method for tracking data associated with packages handled by a shipper, comprising:
- assigning an identifier to each of a plurality of packages;
- creating a composite data record corresponding to each said identifier;
- and
- storing said composite data records.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.