Systems and methods for providing an express mail label
AssigneeUnited States Postal Service
InventorJohn F. GULLO
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for generating a mailing label. In one embodiment, a method includes requesting, through a communication channel, a tracking number for the mailing label, wherein the tracking number identifies that the mailing label is printable by a user on a single-sheet medium; receiving, through the communication channel, a response to said request, such that the response includes the tracking number provided by a source of one or more tracking numbers; and enabling the user to print the mailing label with the received tracking number.
Claims21
-90. (canceled)
A computer-implemented method for providing a mailing label to be affixed to a mail item, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a computer, a request for a tracking number from a user;
- transmitting, by the computer, a response to the request to the user, the response including the tracking number and a representation of a mailing label printable by the user for mailing a mail item;
- providing, by the computer, a receipt to the user, wherein the receipt serves as a proof of the mailing of the mail item;
- and
- providing, by the computer, the receipt and the tracking number to a financial database, the receipt being associated with the tracking number in the financial database.
The method of 94, wherein the receiving of the payment information further comprises receiving a credit card number corresponding to the user.
The method of 91, wherein the receiving of the request for comprises receiving a ZIP code for a destination of the mail item.
A computer-readable medium comprising instructions, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for providing a mailing label to be affixed to a mail item, the method comprising:
- receiving a request for a tracking number from a user;
- transmitting a response to the request to the user, the response including the tracking number and a representation of a mailing label printable by the user for mailing mail item;
- providing a receipt to the user, wherein the receipt serves s a proof of the mailing of the mail item;
- and
- providing the receipt and the tracking number to a financial database, the receipt being associated with the tracking number in the financial database.
A computer system for providing a mailing label to be affixed to a mail item, the system comprising:
- a memory for storing instructions;
- a processor for executing the instructions, which cause the processor to:
- receive a request for a tracking number from a user;
- transmit a response to the request to the user, the response including the tracking number and a representation of a mailing label printable by the user for mailing a mail item;
- provide a receipt to the user, wherein the receipt serves as a proof of the mailing of the mail item;
- and
- provide the receipt and the tracking number to a financial database, the receipt being associated with the tracking number in the financial database.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.