Abstract: Methods and systems for coordinating shipping services for items. Generally, the methods and systems assist a user in determining the cost of shipping items where the user does not have all of the information typically required by a carrier. The method includes receiving an inquiry for a shipping cost with a generic description of the one or more items, where the generic description omits a value for at least one physical characteristic of an item. The method includes identifying, responsive to receiving the generic description, an estimate for the omitted value using a knowledge base, and generating a shipping cost. In some implementations, a server receives, from a second party, an improved description of the item including a more accurate value for the omitted characteristic of the item, and the server then updates the knowledge base, storing the second value for the characteristic of the item.

Abstract: Methods and systems for coordinating shipping services for items. Generally, the methods and systems assist a user in determining the cost of shipping items where the user does not have all of the information typically required by a carrier. The method includes receiving an inquiry for a shipping cost with a generic description of the one or more items, where the generic description omits a value for at least one physical characteristic of an item. The method includes identifying, responsive to receiving the generic description, an estimate for the omitted value using a knowledge base, and generating a shipping cost. In some implementations, a user supplies an image of the item. In some implementations, the generic description is automatically generated from the image. In some implementations, a user purchases shipping services based on an image of the item to be shipped.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems for coordinating shipping services for items. Generally, the methods and systems assist a user in determining the cost of shipping items where the user does not have all of the information generally necessary. The method includes receiving an inquiry for an estimated cost to ship one or more items and receiving a generic description of the one or more items, where the generic description omits a value for at least one characteristic required for generating a shipping cost estimate. The method includes identifying, responsive to receiving the generic description, an estimate for the omitted value for the at least one characteristic, generating a shipping cost estimate using the generic description and the identified estimated value for the at least one characteristic, and providing a quote of the shipping cost estimate. The method may be performed by a data processing system.