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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2005
Harry T. Whitehouse, Portolo Valley, CA (US);
Harry T. Whitehouse, Portolo Valley, CA (US);
PSI Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
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.