PLATFORM FOR DELIVERY OF POST ITEMS GENERATED FROM DIGITAL ITEMS

摘要

A system and a related method for managing mappings between user handles and physical addresses are disclosed. In some embodiments, the system allows a user to provide a user handle and a physical address. The system maps user handles to physical addresses for users. Furthermore, the system offers standard digital templates for short items. A user can prepare digital items based on one of the templates and request delivery to a recipient identified by a user handle. In response, the system generates a physical item according to the filled-out template and mails the item to the recipient at the physical address according to the mapping. The system also allows a user to request delivery of a physical item to a recipient identified by a user handle and rely on a party involved in packaging or delivering the physical item to resolve the user handle into a physical address according to the mapping.

主权项

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium whose contents are capable of causing a processor to perform a method that allows users to send physical items through digital user handles, the method comprising:
receiving a delivery request from a sender device of a sender to deliver a physical item to a recipient, wherein the delivery request includes a sender user ID of the sender, a recipient user ID of the recipient, and information regarding an item; translating the recipient user ID to a recipient physical address of the recipient based on a mapping, wherein the mapping regarding the sender is kept confidential unless certain access is allowed by the sender; identifying the physical item from the information regarding the item; and generating packaging information for delivering the physical item to the recipient physical address.