US2008288463A1PendingUtilityA1

Shipping Information Transfer

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: May 16, 2007Filed: May 16, 2008Published: Nov 20, 2008
Est. expiryMay 16, 2027(~0.8 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Peter MarksRyan T. Emery
G06Q 10/08G06Q 30/0635G06Q 30/0623G06Q 10/08345G06Q 30/0641G06Q 10/083
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Claims

Abstract

Systems and methods of the present invention for transfer of shipping information are provided. A set of data is selected by a user. The set of data may be a set of contact information, which may be associated with one or multiple contacts. Alternatively, the set of data may need to be searched to find the contact information present. A contact manager is searched based on the contact information from the selected data set. The shipping information associated with the contact information is provided to a shipping vendor or plurality of vendors designated by the user

Claims

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1 . A method for transfer of shipping information comprising:
 receiving a selection from a user concerning a set of data;   reviewing the selected set of data to determine contact information;   determining what shipping information is associated with the contact information; and   generating a request for a vendor indicated by the user, the request concerning the determined shipping information.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the set of data comprises a plurality of contacts from a contact manager. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein generating a request further comprises generating a plurality of requests, each of the plurality of requests directed to one of a plurality of vendors. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the contact information comprises an email address. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein reviewing the selected set of data comprises searching an email field. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the contact information comprises a name associated with a contact person. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the contact information comprises a plurality of names associated with a plurality of contact people. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein providing the determined shipping information comprises providing a unique resource identifier of the shipping information. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein providing the determined shipping information to the shipping vendor comprises organizing the shipping information in a format specific to the shipping vendor. 
     
     
         10 . A system for using an integrated database for tracking shipping information comprising:
 a search module configured to search a selected set of data for contact information;   a processor configured to determine shipping information associated with the contact information in a contact manager; and   a shipping request generation module configured to generate a request including the shipping information associated with the contact information from the selected set of data.   
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 10 , further comprising an input module configured to receive a selection from a user concerning the set of data. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the selected set of data comprises one or more fields of data and the search module is further configured to search the one or more fields. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the selected set of data comprises an email. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the selected set of data comprises an email attachment. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the search module is configured to search a field of the email for contact information. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the contact information comprises a name associated with a contact person. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the contact information comprises a plurality of names associated with a plurality of contact people. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the shipping request generation is further configured to provide a unique resource identifier of the shipping information. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the shipping request generation is further configured to provide the shipping information in a format specific to the shipping vendor. 
     
     
         20 . A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereupon executable computing instructions for performing a method, the method comprising:
 receiving a selection from a user concerning a set of data;   reviewing the selected set of data to determine contact information;   determining what shipping information is associated with the contact information; and   generating a request for a vendor indicated by the user, the request concerning the determined shipping information.

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