Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Integration of disparate shipping aggregation, commerce, and locker platforms
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Application No.: US16821777Application Date: 2020-03-17
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Publication No.: US11715061B2Publication Date: 2023-08-01
- Inventor: Jeffrey Merle
- Applicant: ShipPromo, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MN Bloomington
- Assignee: ShipPromo, LLC
- Current Assignee: ShipPromo, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Bloomington
- Agency: Forsgren Fisher
- Agent Daniel A. Tysver; James M. Urzedowski
- Main IPC: G06Q10/08
- IPC: G06Q10/08 ; G06Q10/0836 ; G06Q10/0835 ; G06Q10/0833 ; G06Q10/0834 ; G07C9/00 ; G07C9/28

Abstract:
A system and method are presented that utilize an unaltered application programming interface (API) provided by a shipping aggregator to provide a customer-facing aggregation service. Standard shipping aggregator APIs are unable to accept customer-specified ship-from addresses and customer-specified package details. This is especially true when using standard e-commerce platforms. Custom integration programming operates between the e-commerce platform and the unaltered shipping aggregator API in order to provide customer-facing aggregation services. Locker locations also form part of the system, allowing customer-facing aggregation using carrier agnostic lockers for ship-from and ship-to locations.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200302388A1 Integration of Disparate Shipping Aggregation, Commerce, and Locker Platforms Public/Granted day:2020-09-24
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