Electronic shipping system for package pickup and anywhere to anywhere delivery
CA 2442136 A1 · Owner: United Parcel Service Of America, Inc. · Inventors: Donohue, Mike; Woods, Bruce
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
The present invention is an improved shipping system that provides for thirdparty billing and shipment of a package from a first location to a second location where neither the first or second location is the location of the third-party. An embodiment is disclosed in which a pre-existing call-tag system is modified to permit third-party billing and anywhere to anywhere functionality.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed March 29, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 29, 2022.
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