DISTRIBUTED-USER SHIPPING SYSTEM

摘要

A system and method is described for controlling user (15) access to a carrier's shipping services for delivery of a package. The system controls t he user (15') s access to the carrier's services by either limiting the selecti on of location from which a package can be shipped to fewer than those describe d by the carrier's service area, or by limiting the user (15') ability to sele ct shipping service levels to fewer than those provided by the carrier. Such limitation may be by way of displaying only a limited collection of ship fro m locations and service levels, or by pre-populating, and locking sip from information submission fields on a web page. The distributed-user shipping system may reside on a client service (20) or mobile computer (30) that is connected to the carrier's server (35) and transmits various shipping locati on information and service level selections to the carrier to facilitate shippi ng of package while controlling the scope of shipping of packages while controlling the scope of shipping services provided.