CA2422182A1 - Methods for automated access to shipping services - Google Patents

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CA2422182A1
CA2422182A1 CA002422182A CA2422182A CA2422182A1 CA 2422182 A1 CA2422182 A1 CA 2422182A1 CA 002422182 A CA002422182 A CA 002422182A CA 2422182 A CA2422182 A CA 2422182A CA 2422182 A1 CA2422182 A1 CA 2422182A1
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shipping
shipping services
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Stuart Willoughby
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06Q10/00—Administration; Management
    • G06Q10/08—Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00016—Relations between apparatus, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office, in a franking system
    • G07B17/0008—Communication details outside or between apparatus
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00572—Details of printed item
    • G07B2017/0058—Printing of code
    • G07B2017/00588—Barcode
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00612—Attaching item on mailpiece
    • G07B2017/0062—Label

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CA002422182A 2000-09-07 2001-09-06 Methods for automated access to shipping services Expired - Lifetime CA2422182A1 (en)

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US23087100P 2000-09-07 2000-09-07
US60/230,871 2000-09-07
PCT/US2001/027535 WO2002021388A1 (en) 2000-09-07 2001-09-06 Methods for automated access to shipping services

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EP (1) EP1325447A4 (es)
AU (1) AU2001290625A1 (es)
CA (1) CA2422182A1 (es)
MX (1) MXPA03002009A (es)
WO (1) WO2002021388A1 (es)

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WO2002049269A1 (en) 2000-12-15 2002-06-20 United States Postal Service Electronic postmarking without directly utilizing an electronic postmark server
US20030097306A1 (en) * 2001-11-19 2003-05-22 Pitney Bowes Incorporated Shipping system and method utilizing an application programming interface for faciltating transfer of information related to shipping of packages
JP2005537571A (ja) * 2002-08-29 2005-12-08 ユナイテッド ステイツ ポスタル サービス 処理中の郵便物の郵送料を再評価するシステム及び方法

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US5341505A (en) * 1990-10-30 1994-08-23 Whitehouse Harry T System and method for accessing remotely located ZIP+4 zipcode database
US6233568B1 (en) * 1994-01-03 2001-05-15 E-Stamp Corporation System and method for automatically providing shipping/transportation fees
US6061667A (en) * 1997-08-04 2000-05-09 Schneider National, Inc. Modular rating engine, rating system and method for processing rating requests in a computerized rating system
US6078889A (en) * 1997-09-30 2000-06-20 Pitney Bowes Inc. Method and system of implementing a carrier manager librarian
GB2332540B (en) * 1997-12-18 2002-12-04 Ibm An improved parcel trace system
US6047273A (en) * 1998-08-04 2000-04-04 Vaghi Family Intellectual Properties, Llc System and method for remotely providing mailing/shipping services to customers
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MXPA03002009A (es) 2004-12-13
AU2001290625A1 (en) 2002-03-22

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