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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2017
Stamps.com Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Michael J. Biswas, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Stamps.com Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods which provide a reusable shipping product comprised of a reusable shipping container and reusable shipping event code are shown. A shipper may use a user device to interact with a reusable shipping event code and/or corresponding shipping event management system for facilitating operation herein. The reusable shipping event codes of embodiments provide for shipping information used in processing an item during shipment in a configuration adapted for repeated use in shipping. A shipping event code database is preferably provided, such as at a shipping event management system, wherein shipping information associated with a corresponding shipping event code may be stored, such as for use in shipping services processing of a shipped item using a reusable shipping product of embodiments herein. The reusable shipping containers of embodiments of the invention provide shipping containers which are adapted for repeated use in shipping.