Patent Issued For Online Shipping Calculation Process
Written by Evan SchumanJanuary 17th, 2008
E-tailers trying to focus on distinctive value-add while using as much industry standard functionality as possible have another hurdle, courtesy of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.
The USPTO has issued a patent—to be effective Jan. 29—for a method for "real-time calculations of shipping costs for items purchased online using a zip code as a destination location indicator."
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January 18th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
It’s always bothered be when patents are issued for common tasks like this one. Some company would try to patent typing if they could get away with it.