IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0923988
(2010-10-19)
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등록번호 |
US-8626674
(2014-01-07)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
16 인용 특허 :
8 |
초록
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The systems and methods described herein relate generally to the integration of a shipping label with a customs form to provide a single label having postage, addressing, customs and other information for international shipping. In one embodiment, a method for generating an international shipping a
The systems and methods described herein relate generally to the integration of a shipping label with a customs form to provide a single label having postage, addressing, customs and other information for international shipping. In one embodiment, a method for generating an international shipping a package comprises the steps of providing shipping information associated with the package, the information comprising address information of the origin, address information of the destination, postage information including a postage amount due to a post service and a customs form number unique within the post service; processing a shipping label having the shipping information displayed thereon; and affixing the shipping label to the package.
대표청구항
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1. A method for generating an integrated international shipping label and customs form, comprising: receiving, at a computer, shipping information associated with an international mail piece, wherein the shipping information includes one or more of an origin address and a destination address associa
1. A method for generating an integrated international shipping label and customs form, comprising: receiving, at a computer, shipping information associated with an international mail piece, wherein the shipping information includes one or more of an origin address and a destination address associated with the international mail piece;receiving, at the computer, customs information that includes a description associated with one or more items to be shipped in the international mail piece; andgenerating, by the computer, a postage payment indicium corresponding to the international mail piece, a customs form tracking number, and an international shipping label that integrates (1) the shipping information, (2) a plain text customs declaration form, (3) the postage payment indicium corresponding to the international mail piece, and (4) the customs form tracking number,wherein the plain text customs declaration form includes one or more fields populated with the description associated with the one or more items to be shipped in the international mail piece,wherein the customs form tracking number is logically linked to the postage payment indicium. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the plain text customs declaration form further includes the one or more fields populated with a quantity, a weight, a country of origin, and a value associated with the one or more items to be shipped in the international mail piece. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the plain text customs declaration form further includes the one or more fields populated with one or more Harmonized System Tariff Numbers that represent the one or more items to be shipped in the international mail piece. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the one or more Harmonized System Tariff Numbers include one or more six digit numbers that represent the one or more items in an international Harmonized Tariff Schedule. 5. The method of claim 3, wherein the description associated with the one or more items includes one or more Boolean search terms that the computer uses to identify the one or more Harmonized System Tariff Numbers that represent the one or more items to be shipped in the international mail piece. 6. The method of claim 1, further comprising: providing a warning message to a mailer associated with the international mail piece in response to determining that a destination country associated with the destination address has import restrictions that apply to the one or more items; andpreventing the mailer from printing the international shipping label in response to determining that the destination country has the import restrictions that apply to the one or more items. 7. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a warning message to a mailer associated with the international mail piece in response to determining that a destination country associated with the destination address has import restrictions that apply to the one or more items. 8. The method of claim 1, further comprising preventing a mailer associated with the international mail piece from printing the international shipping label in response to determining that a destination country associated with the destination address has import restrictions that apply to the one or more items. 9. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing, in a database, an electronic record that indexes the international shipping label with a unique identifier associated with the plain text customs declaration form. 10. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the international shipping label that integrates the shipping information, the plain text customs declaration form, and the postage area includes: processing funds associated with the international shipping label from an account that a customer has with a postage vendor, wherein the customer pre-pays the a postage payment indicium associated with the international mail piece with the funds processed from the account that the customer has with the postage vendor;applying a discount to the pre-paid postage payment indicium associated with the international mail piece in accordance with a post service discount program; andcrediting the discount applied to the pre-paid postage payment indicium associated with the international mail piece to the account that the customer has with the postage vendor. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein generating the international shipping label that integrates the shipping information, the plain text customs declaration form, and the postage area further includes: receiving a refund request associated with the international shipping label;querying a database to determine whether an induction scan associated with the international shipping label has been undertaken; andgranting the refund request in response to determining that the induction scan associated with the international shipping label has not been undertaken, wherein granting the refund request includes crediting the pre-paid postage payment indicium associated with the international shipping label to the account that the customer has with the postage vendor. 12. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing computer-executable instructions that, when executed on a processor, cause the processor to generate an integrated international shipping label and customs form comprising: a postage payment indicium corresponding to the international mail piece;an origin address associated with the international mail piece;a destination address associated with the international mail piece; anda plain text customs declaration form having one or more fields that a computer system automatically populates with a description associated with one or more items to be shipped in the international mail piece; anda customs form tracking number,wherein the customs form tracking number is logically linked to the postage payment indicium. 13. The computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the plain text customs declaration form further includes the one or more fields automatically populated with a quantity, a weight, an origin country, and a value associated with the one or more items to be shipped in the international mail piece. 14. The computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the plain text customs declaration form further includes the one or more fields automatically populated with one or more Harmonized System Tariff Numbers that represent the one or more items to be shipped in the international mail piece. 15. The computer readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the one or more Harmonized System Tariff Numbers include one or more numbers that represent the one or more items in an international Harmonized Tariff Schedule. 16. The computer readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the description associated with the one or more items includes one or more Boolean search terms that the computer system used to identify the one or more Harmonized System Tariff Numbers that represent the one or more items to be shipped in the international mail piece. 17. The computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed on the processor, further cause the processor to: provide a warning message to a mailer associated with the international mail piece if a destination country associated with the destination address has import restrictions that apply to the one or more items; andprevent the mailer from printing the international shipping label if the destination country has the import restrictions that apply to the one or more items. 18. The computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed on the processor, further cause the processor to provide a warning message to a mailer associated with the international mail piece if a destination country associated with the destination address has import restrictions that apply to the one or more items. 19. The computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed on the processor, further cause the processor to prevent a mailer associated with the international mail piece from printing the international shipping label if a destination country associated with the destination address has import restrictions that apply to the one or more items. 20. The computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed on the processor, further cause the processor to store, in a database, an electronic record that indexes the international shipping label with a unique identifier associated with the plain text customs declaration form. 21. The computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed on the processor, further cause the processor to: process funds associated with the international shipping label from an account that a customer has with a postage vendor, wherein the customer pre-pays the postage payment indicium associated with the international mail piece with the funds processed from the account that the customer has with the postage vendor;apply a discount to the pre-paid postage payment indicium associated with the international mail piece in accordance with a post service discount program; andcredit the discount applied to the pre-paid postage payment indicium associated with the international mail piece to the account that the customer has with the postage vendor. 22. The computer readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed on the processor, further cause the processor to: receive a refund request associated with the international shipping label;query a database to determine whether an induction operational scan associated with the international shipping label has been undertaken; andcredit the pre-paid postage payment indicium associated with the international shipping label to the account that the customer has with the postage vendor to grant the refund request if the operational scan associated with the international shipping label has not been undertaken.
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