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DELIVERY TRACKING SYSTEM

  • US 20090292682A1
  • Filed: 07/16/2009
  • Published: 11/26/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An electronic method to access shipment tracking data, comprising:

  • accepting a tracking request at a server location over the Internet from a client location with the tracking request being authenticated by a password, in which the tracking request does not include a tracking number but includes one or more shipment identifiers, such as a recipient'"'"'s name, a shipper'"'"'s name, a recipient'"'"'s address, a shipper'"'"'s address, a date of shipment, a date of delivery or other identifiers that are not tracking numbers;

    first querying at said server location using the accepted tracking request to access a first database not controlled by the carrier, but containing both tracking numbers and at least one of shipper or recipient name or address, shipping time or date information related thereto, the first database providing a correlating response that correlates the tracking request to tracking numbers located by said first querying; and

    second querying using a tracking number from said correlating response to access a second database that is controlled by the carrier and which contains shipping status for the shipment that was associated with the correlated tracking number so that the shipping status results from said second query can be supplied over the internet to the client location.

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