Shipping Information Transfer

• US 20080288463A1
• Filed: 05/16/2008
• Published: 11/20/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lynch Marks LLC
• Original Assignee: Lynch Marks LLC
• Inventors: Emery, Ryan T., Marks, Peter R.
• Application Number:
  US12/122,658
• Publication Number:
  US 20080288463A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/083 Shipping
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08345 Pricing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0623 Item investigation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0635 Processing of requisition or of purchase orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces

Abstract

Systems and methods of the present invention for transfer of shipping information are provided. A set of data is selected by a user. The set of data may be a set of contact information, which may be associated with one or multiple contacts. Alternatively, the set of data may need to be searched to find the contact information present. A contact manager is searched based on the contact information from the selected data set. The shipping information associated with the contact information is provided to a shipping vendor or plurality of vendors designated by the user

Claims

1. A method for transfer of shipping information comprising:

receiving a selection from a user concerning a set of data;

reviewing the selected set of data to determine contact information;

determining what shipping information is associated with the contact information; and

generating a request for a vendor indicated by the user, the request concerning the determined shipping information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of data comprises a plurality of contacts from a contact manager.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein generating a request further comprises generating a plurality of requests, each of the plurality of requests directed to one of a plurality of vendors.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the contact information comprises an email address.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein reviewing the selected set of data comprises searching an email field.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the contact information comprises a name associated with a contact person.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the contact information comprises a plurality of names associated with a plurality of contact people.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the determined shipping information comprises providing a unique resource identifier of the shipping information.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the determined shipping information to the shipping vendor comprises organizing the shipping information in a format specific to the shipping vendor.

10. A system for using an integrated database for tracking shipping information comprising:

a search module configured to search a selected set of data for contact information;

a processor configured to determine shipping information associated with the contact information in a contact manager; and

a shipping request generation module configured to generate a request including the shipping information associated with the contact information from the selected set of data.

11. The system of claim 10, further comprising an input module configured to receive a selection from a user concerning the set of data.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the selected set of data comprises one or more fields of data and the search module is further configured to search the one or more fields.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the selected set of data comprises an email.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the selected set of data comprises an email attachment.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the search module is configured to search a field of the email for contact information.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the contact information comprises a name associated with a contact person.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the contact information comprises a plurality of names associated with a plurality of contact people.

18. The system of claim 10, wherein the shipping request generation is further configured to provide a unique resource identifier of the shipping information.

19. The system of claim 10, wherein the shipping request generation is further configured to provide the shipping information in a format specific to the shipping vendor.

20. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereupon executable computing instructions for performing a method, the method comprising:

receiving a selection from a user concerning a set of data;

reviewing the selected set of data to determine contact information;

determining what shipping information is associated with the contact information; and

generating a request for a vendor indicated by the user, the request concerning the determined shipping information.