Abstract: A computer-based system and method for shipping and delivering a parcel, including reserving a terminal for a parcel; placing the parcel in the terminal, the parcel having a virtual delivery address of a recipient; picking up the parcel by a carrier; converting, through a central computer system, the virtual address into a postal address; delivering the parcel to a destination terminal drop-box corresponding to the postal address; notifying the recipient of the delivery of the parcel; and unlocking the drop-box only upon verifying the recipient's identity.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 5, 2007
Date of Patent:
January 31, 2012
Assignee:
Urbissimo, Inc.
Inventors:
Thomas Neal, Filippo Beretta, Jorge Calzada, Tito Costa