US 7,574,366 B2
Electronic shipping label with updateable visual display
Robert F. Burman, Lawrenceville, Ga. (US); Robert V. Nonneman, Norcross, Ga. (US); Thomas Ramsager, Roswell, Ga. (US); and Albert L. Wright, Alpharetta, Ga. (US)
Assigned to United Parcel Service of America, Inc., Atlanta, Ga. (US)
Filed on Apr. 13, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/105,926.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/561958, filed on Apr. 13, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2005/0237204 A1, Oct. 27, 2005
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/00 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G08B 13/14 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 705—1  [235/462.01; 235/462.49; 340/572.8] 22 Claims
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1. A label interface device for updating a shipping label having an updateable visual display, comprising:
an electric field generator configured for updating an electronically updateable visual display of a shipping label;
a communication interface for receiving data from an external device for use by the electric field generator to update the visual display of the shipping label; and
a label interface device guide structure, wherein the label interface device guide structure (a) comprises a ridge or (b) is defined by a groove, and the label interface device guide structure is configured to (a) orient the label interface device relative to the electronically updateable visual display of the shipping label and (b) engage a complementary guide structure (i) comprising a complementary ridge or (ii) defined by a complementary groove on the shipping label.