METHOD FOR A SHIPPER-BASED ELECTRONIC/PHYSICAL MAIL ADDRESS DATABASE ARCHITECTURE

摘要

A method is provided for shipping goods (400). First, an electronic mail address is retrieved from a parcel (402). Such electronic mail address is capable of being used to transmit information over a network (402). Next, a database is queried using the retrieved electronic mail address (404). The database includes a plurality of electronic mail addresses and associated physical mail addresses (404). Thereafter, the physical mail address associated with the received electronic mail address is retrieved from the database in response to the query (406). The parcel is then shipped to the physical mail address (408).