Devices for processing shipping documentation sent from a vehicle

A device capable of scanning and transmitting images from a vehicle to a remote processor, the device comprising:nat least one processor;a memory;an image input device configured to acquire image data representing a shipping document;a transmission device, wherein the at least one processor, the memory, the transmission device, and the image input device are onboard the vehicle and for mobile use by a driver of the vehicle associated with the device; andexecutable instructions stored on the memory, the executable instructions executable by the at least one processor and configured to:nscan a shipping document comprising shipping information for at least one package utilizing the onboard image input device;access image data representing the shipping document received from the image input device;break the image data representing the shipping document into a plurality of packets, wherein the plurality of packets represent the image data;assign a number to individual packets of the plurality of packets;convert each individual packet and corresponding number into one or more wireless signals; andcause the one or more wireless signals representing the plurality of packets to be sequentially transmitted from a vehicle's mobile location using the transmission device to the remote processor for further processing of the shipping document, wherein the remote processor extracts and generates billing information in advance of arrival of the at least one package at an arrival destination; andreceive wireless communications from the remote processor.

A device capable of transmitting electronic shipping data from a vehicle to a remote processor, the device comprising:nat least one processor;a memory;a user display device;a transmission device, wherein the at least one processor, the memory, the transmission device, and the user display device are onboard the vehicle and for mobile use by a driver of the vehicle associated with the device; andexecutable instructions stored on the memory, the executable instructions executable by the at least one processor and configured to:ncause the user display device to display an electronic shipping form comprising shipping information for at least one package;receive user-inputted information corresponding to the electronic shipping form using the user display device, wherein the user-inputted information comprises a verification by a driver of the electronic shipping form;convert the electronic shipping form and the user-inputted information into one or more wireless signals;cause the electronic shipping form and the user-inputted information to be wirelessly transmitted from a vehicle's mobile location by the one or more wireless signals using the transmission device to the remote processor for further processing of the shipping form, wherein the remote processor extracts and generates billing information in advance of arrival of the at least one package at an arrival destination; andreceive wireless communications from the remote processor.