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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 7798400 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010

Filed:

Oct. 30, 2007

Method of and apparatus for shipping, tracking, and delivering a shipment of packages employing the capture of shipping document images and recognition-processing thereof initiated from the point of pickup and completed while shipment is being transported to its first scanning point so as to facilitate early billing processing for shipment delivery

Applicants:

Ole-petter Skaaksrud, Lakeland, TN (US);

Cameron Dee Dryden, West Roxbury, MA (US);

Jeffrey Robert Smith, Westwood, MA (US);

Robert Russell Rhodes, Jr., Hingham, MA (US);

Wayne Luke Gordon, Boston, MA (US);

Xiaoxun Zhu, Marlton, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Ole-Petter Skaaksrud, Lakeland, TN (US);

Cameron Dee Dryden, West Roxbury, MA (US);

Jeffrey Robert Smith, Westwood, MA (US);

Robert Russell Rhodes, Jr., Hingham, MA (US);

Wayne Luke Gordon, Boston, MA (US);

Xiaoxun Zhu, Marlton, NJ (US);

Assignees:

Metrologic Instruments, Inc., Blackwood, NJ (US);

Fedex Corporate Services, Inc., Collierville, TN (US);

Attorney:

Thomas J. Perkowski, Esq., P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Ahshik Kim

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07B 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Method of and Apparatus for an Internet-based network for shipping, tracking and delivering a shipment of packages from a point of shipment pickup to point of destination. At the point of shipment pickup a digital image of the shipping documents are captured and processed to extract the original shipment tracking number and optional shipping information. This information is automatically encoded into digital image files prior to transmission to an application server, and stored in a shipping information DBMS. While the shipment of packages is in transit, from the point of shipment pickup to the first scanning point in the Internet-based network, early billing processing of the shipment is initiated and facilitated to speed up time of payment.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Skaaksrud, Ole-Petter. (2010). Method of and apparatus for shipping, tracking, and delivering a shipment of packages employing the capture of shipping document images and recognition-processing thereof initiated from the point of pickup and completed while shipment is being transported to its first scanning point so as to facilitate early billing processing for shipment delivery (U.S. Patent No. 7798400). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7798400

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