Courier Management
First Claim
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium embodying a program executable in a computing device, comprising:
- code that identifies at least a portion of a carrier infrastructure that is to be used to deliver each one of a plurality of shipments to a corresponding one of a plurality of destination locations, wherein the carrier infrastructure further comprises;
a plurality of geographical areas;
a plurality of materials handling facilities, each materials handling facility servicing at least one of the geographical areas; and
a plurality of delivery routes, wherein each of the delivery routes is calculated for the delivery of the shipments to the destination locations; and
code that generates a shipping label for each of the shipments, each shipping label expressing the one of the destination locations in terms of an address and a geocode location, and each shipping label expressing a recitation of the portion of the carrier infrastructure employed to deliver the respective shipment to aid a carrier in employing the carrier infrastructure to deliver each of the shipments.
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to the generation of shipping labels that aid in delivery of shipments. In one example, at least a portion of a carrier infrastructure is identified that is to be used to deliver each one of a plurality of shipments, where each of the shipments corresponds to one of a plurality of destination locations. A shipping label is generated for each of the shipments. Each shipping label expresses both a respective one of the destination locations and a recitation of the portion of the carrier infrastructure employed to deliver a corresponding one of the shipments to a respective one of the destination locations.
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22 Claims
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium embodying a program executable in a computing device, comprising:
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code that identifies at least a portion of a carrier infrastructure that is to be used to deliver each one of a plurality of shipments to a corresponding one of a plurality of destination locations, wherein the carrier infrastructure further comprises; a plurality of geographical areas; a plurality of materials handling facilities, each materials handling facility servicing at least one of the geographical areas; and a plurality of delivery routes, wherein each of the delivery routes is calculated for the delivery of the shipments to the destination locations; and code that generates a shipping label for each of the shipments, each shipping label expressing the one of the destination locations in terms of an address and a geocode location, and each shipping label expressing a recitation of the portion of the carrier infrastructure employed to deliver the respective shipment to aid a carrier in employing the carrier infrastructure to deliver each of the shipments. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A system, comprising:
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at least one computing system; an application executable in the at least one computing system, the application comprising; logic that identifies one of a plurality of destination locations for delivery of a shipment to a recipient; logic that identifies at least a portion of a carrier infrastructure that is to be used to deliver the shipment to the one of the destination locations; and logic that generates a shipping label that expresses both the one of the destination locations and a recitation of the portion of the carrier infrastructure. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method, comprising the steps of:
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identifying, in at least one computing device, at least a portion of a carrier infrastructure that is to be used to deliver each one of a plurality of shipments, each of the shipments corresponding to one of a plurality of destination locations; and generating, in the at least one computing device, a shipping label for each of the shipments, wherein each shipping label expresses both a respective one of the destination locations and a recitation of the portion of the carrier infrastructure employed to deliver a corresponding one of the shipments to a respective one of the destination locations. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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Specification