Appeal 2007-1715 Page 6
Application 10/033,224
from the routine to the database for a weight associated with the
article/packing/container (step (c)), returning the weight to the routine (step (d)),
and displaying the cost to ship the article/packing/container (step (e)).
2. We find in agreement with the Examiner, and not disputed by Appellant,
that Nicholls discloses a method comprising the steps of
(a) initiating a cost determining routine in a shipping system
application at a first node; [and,]
(b) entering a description of said corresponding article, said packing
material, and said container into a first data field of said rate determining
routine.
3. Nicholls discloses a system for automating the shipping of goods
comprising an order processing station (Fig. 1, 22), a packaging station (Fig. 1,
24), and a shipping station (Fig. 1, 26). The system includes a logistics system
application that can be run on a computer at any of the stations (col. 5, ll. 5-10).
The application has an interface with fields that accept a user’s inputs (Figs. 4A-4L
and col. 7, ll. 22-33), one of which is a description of a package to be shipped (Fig.
4A and col. 7, ll. 52-55). The description may also include its weight. See Fig. 4.
Input may be accomplished by either the operator typing or scanning the
information into the system or “the system may be set to look up the associated
information from one or more local and remote sources such as databases …,” col.
7, ll. 62-66. Another field that may be included in the application’s interface is an
adjustment to a shipper’s rates where adjustments may be qualified by weight
range (col. 8, ll. 42-55). Finally, Nicholls discloses a weigh scale (col. 9, ll. 46-63;
Fig. 4G-4I).
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