Shipping interface for a user interface
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- one or more browser plug-in stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium, the one or more browser plug-in providing a shipping application user interface with respect to a browser, the one or more browser plug-in being operable to interface with at least one shipping application and to provide postage indicia generation with respect to a plurality of applications executable with respect to said browser, at least a portion of said postage indicia generation facilitated through interaction between said one or more browser plug-in and said at least one shipping application, wherein said one or more browser plug-in is operable to recognize possible shipping events associated with operation of an application of said plurality of applications and display said shipping application user interface presenting postage indicia generation function selection to a user in response to recognizing a possible shipping event prior to said user having selected a shipping function within said application.
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Abstract
Systems and methods which provide a shipping interface within a user interface are shown. A shipping interface of embodiments is provided within a open architecture or multiple application user interface, such as a browser user interface. A user may be enabled to use a same shipping account with respect to any number of applications or functions. Moreover, a user may be enabled to select a shipping provider of preference, even where the underlying application or function does not support the selected shipping provider or any shipping functions. Embodiments provide comparison of various shipping providers to a user for selection. Embodiments comprise a browser plug-in operable to provide a shipping interface, such a by inserting one or more shipping buttons within a page displayed by the browser, within a popup window, within a frame along the main browser window, within a browser menu bar, tool tray, etcetera.
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54 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
one or more browser plug-in stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium, the one or more browser plug-in providing a shipping application user interface with respect to a browser, the one or more browser plug-in being operable to interface with at least one shipping application and to provide postage indicia generation with respect to a plurality of applications executable with respect to said browser, at least a portion of said postage indicia generation facilitated through interaction between said one or more browser plug-in and said at least one shipping application, wherein said one or more browser plug-in is operable to recognize possible shipping events associated with operation of an application of said plurality of applications and display said shipping application user interface presenting postage indicia generation function selection to a user in response to recognizing a possible shipping event prior to said user having selected a shipping function within said application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system comprising:
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a browser user interface operable to provide an interface with respect to a plurality of applications; and one or more shipping plug-in stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium, the one or more shipping plug-in operable to integrate with said browser user interface and provide shipping functions with respect to said plurality of applications, said one or more shipping plug-in including an algorithm operable to recognize a possible shipping event in a page displayed by a host browser in association with operation of a respective application of said plurality of applications and to display one or more shipping function selection in said host browser to a user in response to recognizing a possible shipping event and to control generation of shipping documentation for said shipping event in response to a user selecting one of said one or more shipping function selection to thereby enable said user to control, from within said browser user interface, generation of shipping documentation not otherwise available through operation of said respective application of said plurality of applications. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A method comprising:
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executing a browser plug-in upon a browser operating on a host computer system; analyzing, by the browser plug-in, operation of an application of a plurality of applications within the browser; identifying, by the browser plug-in, a possible shipping event from the analyzing; displaying, prior to a user having selected a shipping function within said application, at least one shipping button by the browser as a function of the identifying a possible shipping event to thereby provide a user an option to invoke alternative shipping functionality for the possible shipping event which is not otherwise available through said application; and providing alternative shipping functionality from at least one shipping application as a function of manipulation of the at least one shipping button, the shipping application being independent of the plurality of applications operable within the browser and the alternative shipping functionality being provided instead of shipping functionality of said application. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54)
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