System and method for providing and updating shipping information
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsMatthew Scrafford, Jason Tsongas
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Abstract
A system and method for providing and updating shipping information with respect to a supply order. A supply order with respect to a shipping package can be placed into a helpdesk unit via a client device. A tracking number with respect to the supply order can be entered into the client device in order to retrieve the current status of the supply order. The helpdesk unit can contact a shipping company via an application programming interface and provide an end customer with latest information regarding the current status of the supply order directly on a client device local user interface. Such information can be updated on a regular basis via an Internet connection back to the shipper's application programming interface.
Claims20
A method for providing shipping information, comprising:
- entering a tracking number with respect to a supply order into a client device in order to retrieve the current status with respect to said supply order;
- and
- retrieving latest information regarding said current status with respect to said supply order directly on a local user interface associated with said client device by contacting a shipping company via an application programming interface.
A system for providing shipping information, said system comprising:
- a processor;
- a data bus coupled to said processor;
- and
- a computer-usable medium embodying computer code, said computer-usable medium being coupled to said data bus, said computer program code comprising instructions executable by said processor and configured for:
- entering a tracking number with respect to a supply order into a client device in order to retrieve the current status with respect to said supply order;
- and
- retrieving latest information regarding said current status with respect to said supply order directly on a local user interface associated with said client device by contacting a shipping company via an application-programming interface.
A system for providing shipping information, said system comprising:
- a processor;
- a data bus coupled to said processor;
- and
- a computer-usable medium embodying computer code, said computer-usable medium being coupled to said data bus, said computer program code comprising instructions executable by said processor and configured for:
- entering a tracking number with respect to a supply order into a client device in order to retrieve the current status with respect to said supply order;
- retrieving latest information regarding said current status with respect to said supply order directly on a local user interface associated with said client device by contacting a shipping company via an application programming interface;
- and
- viewing said shipping information with respect to said supply order on said user interface associated with said client device
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.