ARRANGING FOR SHIPMENT OF A PACKAGE WITHOUT GENERATING A SHIPPING LABEL

摘要

Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for arranging for shipping a package without the customer needing to generate or apply a shipping label, or any other information, to the package. In one embodiment, a system may comprise a carrier server and a carrier device. The carrier server may receive and store a smart code and shipping information associated with the package, which it may link together. The carrier device may capture the smart code from the package and send a request, including the smart code, to the carrier server for related shipping information. The carrier server may receive the request from the carrier device, retrieve the shipping information based on the smart code, and send the shipping information to the carrier device. The carrier device may receive the shipping information and generate a shipping label for the package based on the shipping information.

主权项

1. A carrier server comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the carrier server to at least:
receive shipping information, comprising a destination address, and an indication of a smart code associated with a package from a user device; link the shipping information to the smart code; receive a request from a carrier device for shipping information associated with the package, wherein the request comprises an indication of the smart code; retrieve the shipping information associated with the package based at least in part on the smart code; and transmit the shipping information to the carrier device to enable the carrier device to generate a shipping label for the package, based at last in part on the shipping information associated with the smart code, for applying the shipping label to the package.