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Shipment preparation using network resource identifiers in packing lists

  • US 10,373,095 B2
  • Filed: 08/02/2013
  • Issued: 08/06/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method in a shipment preparation computing system for facilitating preparation of a shipment of an order, comprising:

  • under control of the shipment preparation computing system,receiving shipment preparation information from a bar code in a packing list, the shipment preparation information including a network resource identifier that identifies a remote code module that is remote and separate from the shipment preparation computing system;

    communicating, using the network resource identifier from the received shipment preparation information from the bar code, with the remote code module to obtain information for the preparation of the shipment of the order; and

    communicating, using the network resource identifier from the received shipment preparation information from the bar code, with the remote code module to cause the remote code module to persistently store in a data repository status information about the preparation of the shipment of the order; and

    initiating the shipment of the order based on the shipment preparation information received from the bar code in the packing list;

    wherein the received shipment preparation information from the bar code in the packing list includes a uniform resource identifier that identifies shipment information and post-back information, and wherein the method further comprises;

    posting information about the preparation of the shipment of the order to the remote code module, based at least in part on the post-back information.

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