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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10032239
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12813096

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Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for initiating shipment of and payment for shipping a parcel. For example, in one embodiment, a customer/user can receive a message on a user device from a carrier that includes an authorization code for shipping a parcel. After the customer/user ships the parcel, the carrier can charge a variety of accounts for the shipping charges, including a wireless services provider associated with the user device. In another embodiment, the customer/user can interact with a kiosk to ship the parcel. In this embodiment, the carrier can also charge a variety of accounts for the shipping charges, including a wireless services provider.

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  • UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Besserer, Bruce Old Tappan, US 5 20
Costides, Nicholas Alpharetta, US 5 20
Hilbush, Mark Roseland, US 6 26
Parameswaran, Sathiyan Morrisplains, US 7 22

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