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Systems and methods for facilitating shipping of parcels

  • US 10,410,164 B2
  • Filed: 11/16/2015
  • Issued: 09/10/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method of enabling a user to ship a parcel from an access point, the method comprising:

  • receiving, by one or more processors, from a computing device associated with a user, a request to ship a parcel, the request including shipping information;

    at least partially in response to receiving the request, generating, by, a first unique identifier and associating, by the one or more processors, the shipping information with the first unique identifier;

    receiving, by the one or more processors, confirmation of receipt of the parcel and presentation of the first unique identifier at an access point;

    at least partially in response to receiving the confirmation of the receipt of the parcel and the presentation of the first unique identifier, facilitating, by the one or more processors, placement of a label on the parcel, the label comprising a second unique identifier;

    associating, by the one or more processors, the second unique identifier with the shipping information in a data store;

    facilitating shipment, by the one or more processors, of the parcel from the access point to a parcel handling facility;

    reading, by the one or more processors, the second unique identifier and using, by the one or more processors, information from the second unique identifier to retrieve the shipping information from the data store;

    at least partially in response to retrieving the shipping information, facilitating, by the one or more processors, printing of a shipping label comprising the shipping information and placement of the shipping label on the parcel at the handling facility; and

    facilitating, by the one or more processors, delivery of the parcel from the handling facility to a final destination based at least in part on the shipping information.

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