United States Postal Service

Stuart Willoughby

John F Gullo

Daniel Lord

Joseph A Otten

Anna Vale

Charles Outman

Ronald F Smith

Systems and methods are disclosed for obtaining shipping services information over a network by a telephone call center receiving orders for merchandise. Instructions are received at the telephone call center, which permits the telephone call center to access the shipping information for shipment of the merchandise. The telephone call center sends the request over the network to the server for the shipping services information. Thereafter, the server sends the requested shipping services information to the telephone call center. The shipping service information may be in the format of a label, which may be attached to a package for shipment of the merchandise.

Methods for automated access to shipping services

Systems and methods provide shipping services information. In one implementation, a method is provided in which an e-commerce server receives a request for shipping information from an end-user. The e-commerce server generates an extensible markup language (XML) request based on the requested shipping information and sends the XML request to an application programming interface (API) server. The API server determines, based on the XML request, one of a plurality of API modules stored in the API server to process the XML request and generates an XML response based on data included in the XML request. The API server sends the XML response to the e-commerce server, which sends the XML response to the end-user.

Systems and methods for application programming interfaces for shipping services

A label and a method for providing a label to a user is described. The label may be a mailing label to be placed on letters or parcels. The label includes information such as postage, delivery address, return address, and a barcode for tracking delivery information. A user may request both a label and postage in what, to the user, appears to be a single computerized connection on a single internet web-page. A postage indicia is provided through a postage provider with whom the user has a deposit or credit. The label itself may be generated through a label-generating application hosted or generated by an entity separate from the postage provider.

Systems and methods for a label with postage API

Systems and methods are disclosed for obtaining shipping services information over a network () by a telephone call center () receiving orders for merchandise. Instructions are received at the telephone call center (), which permits the telephone call center () to access the shipping services information residing on a server (). The telephone call center () generates a request for the shipping services information for shipment of the merchandise. The telephone call center () sends the request over the network () to the server () for the shipping services information. Thereafter, the server () sends the requested shipping services information to the telephone call center (). The shipping service information may be in the format of a label, which may be attached to a package for shipment of the merchandise.

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Oakton, VA, United States of America

Stuart Willoughby