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| 705334000 | Choice of carrier | 53 |
| 20100205105 | System and Method for Providing Electronic Passenger and Luggage Handling Services over a Distributed Network - An online Skycap Service provides for the use of managing luggage handling services across multiple service partners and destinations. It further provides for the tracking of luggage via an embedded RF chip. Users and Service Providers initially register with the mySkyCap Service and are provided additional functionality. For users, the system provides for families to schedule all the individual travel segments separately and have the entire itinerary transaction acted upon as a single financial transaction. It also allows for a hassle-free method for the transportation of luggage between travel destinations. For Service Providers, the ability to track luggage and associate it with travelers provides for increased security. A distinct advantage of this system is that it allows for the pickup and drop off of luggage at the convenience of the traveler and allows them to travel without worrying about their luggage. Another advantage is that it saves time from having to deal with luggage check-in and out at each destination—this is especially advantageous for large families with lots of children. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20120016804 | Carrier selection method for logistics network - A carrier selection method for the logistics network is disclosed to evaluate the network reliability of each carrier set for choosing an optimal carrier set. The logistics network includes a start, a terminal and a plurality of routes between the start and the terminal, and a plurality of minimal paths are composed of the routes. The carrier set is composed of carriers chosen in every route of the logistics network. The carrier selection method includes the steps of choosing one carrier for transporting; distributing a demand in the minimal paths, and each carrier having a plurality of capacities and a maximal capacity; calculating a network reliability for the carrier set transporting the demand in the minimal paths according to the demand, the capacities and the maximal capacity; and executing genetic algorithm for searching an optimal carrier set. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120036082 | SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING AND DISSEMINATING INFORMATION ON LOADED/EMPTY VEHICLES - The present disclosure relates to a system for collecting and providing information on loaded/empty status of vehicles, which gathers loaded and empty vehicle information via the Internet and then provides shipping arrangement agencies in various regions information on freight for which a vehicle has not been dispatched and information on empty vehicles, from information collected on loaded and empty vehicles. Accordingly, multilevel procurement for freight is avoided, and freight can be delivered to a destination in a timely manner as requested by a merchant, which reduces freight transport charges and procurement fees. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120158608 | FLEET DISPATCH PLAN OPTIMIZATION - One embodiment is a fleet dispatch plan optimization system and method that provides a planning and assignment mechanism for assigning shipments of goods, supplies, cargo, or any other type of delivery to a driver and equipment. The method may include, for example, receiving as an input a plurality of shipments of items or goods that need to be assigned and a plurality of drivers available to handle the shipments. The drivers can include those from the private fleet or from a common carrier. The method may then include determining, using a simulation engine for example, the most cost effective assignment of one of the drivers to at least one of the shipments. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20130097095 | Mobile Transport Tendering - The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for mobile transport tendering. One process includes operations for identifying at least one transportation management server providing information on at least one shipping opportunity, each transportation management server associated with a shipper, identifying the at least one shipping opportunity associated with at least one of the identified transportation management servers at a mobile device, and presenting at least a subset of the at least one identified shipping opportunity at the mobile device. Identifying the at least one shipping opportunity associated with the at least one of the identified transportation management servers can include sending a request to each of the at least one identified transportation management servers for shipping opportunities associated with the shipper and receiving a set of shipping opportunities from at least one of the identified transportation management servers. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130117193 | Goods delivery demand and supply mating system and method thereof - A goods delivery demand and supply mating system, which includes a goods delivery demand module, a goods delivery supply module and a data processing unit. The goods delivery demand module is for receiving at least one goods delivery demand order. The goods delivery supply module is for receiving at least one goods delivery supply order. The data processing unit connects to the goods delivery demand module and goods delivery supply module, and performs a mating process upon the goods delivery demand order and the goods delivery supply order to to find out a compatibility and generate a mating result base on the compatibility. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130138574 | PACKAGE AND FREIGHT SHIPPING SYSTEM AND METHOD, INCLUDING SHIPPING BY FULFILLMENT ENTITIES - In various embodiments, methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media associated with using historic and real-time analytic data to select fulfillment entities and/or shipping options for a provider to use to fulfill an order from a customer. In various embodiments, an order may be received by a provider and order information may be made available to one or more fulfillment entities. The fulfillment entities may provide offers to fulfill the shipment to the provider, which may select one or more of the fulfillment entities based on application of business rules based at least in part on the historic and real-time analytic data. Other embodiments may be disclosed and claimed. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130254132 | Unified Service for Providing Shipping Services - A system, method, and computer readable medium is provided to provide a publisher with a single interface to a plurality of shipping service providers. To begin, the method may receive, through a message bus, a request event message sent by the publisher. The request event message may include a shipping service provider identifier. Next, the method may identify a shipping interface based on the shipping service provider identifier, where the shipping interface corresponds to a shipping service provider of the plurality of shipping service providers. The method may then send, using the shipping interface, a shipping service request to the shipping service provider, with the shipping service request corresponding to a shipping service provided by the shipping service provider. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20140074743 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING CURB-SIDE DELIVERY - Systems and methods of processing orders are provided. In some embodiments, a retailer for fulfilling an order is chosen, and a predicted time of arrival for the customer to arrive at the retailer is determined. An order notification is transmitted to the retailer, which inserts the order into a preparation queue to be prepared and delivered to a pickup location by the predicted time of arrival. In some embodiments, the location of the customer is monitored and the predicted time of arrival may be updated if the location of the customer deviates from an expected location. In some embodiments, a string of orders is created. A set of retailers capable of fulfilling orders for a set of products is determined. A set of pickup locations associated with the set of retailers is determined, and path. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140108287 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ORDER FULFILLMENT IN A DISTRIBUTION CENTER - Order allocation techniques pertaining to stops that a container makes in the process of fulfilling a customer order is disclosed. In one embodiment, this is accomplished by first identifying a pod that stocks the largest number of different items in a customer order. Then, a second pod is identified that stocks the largest number of remaining items in the customer order. The collection of pods defines a container path through the distribution center. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140195457 | LOAD BOARD WITH DATA AUTHENTICITY AND VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES - Freight transport load board platforms, systems, and applications comprising: a software module configured to allow creation of an availability post, the availability post comprising freight transport equipment information or freight information; a software module configured to allow creation of an order, the order comprising freight transport equipment information associated with freight information; and a software module configured to provide a user console display, the display comprising availability posts and orders; provided that the freight transport equipment information comprises information derived directly and automatically from an electronic device physically connected to the freight transport equipment, including methods of using the same. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20150371186 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A PRICE QUOTATION FOR A TRANSPORTATION SERVICE PROVIDING EQUIPMENT SELECTION CAPABILITY - A method and system for computing the price for shipping goods. The method includes causing a computer to deliver first information to a user prompting the user to enter at the computer information about a rail transportation service for shipment of goods by one or more railcars. Information about a basic pool of railcars is received and filtered based on one or more filtering criteria to produce a filtered pool of railcars. The computer is then caused to deliver second information to the user prompting the user to select at the computer one or more railcars among the filtered pool of railcars for the shipment of goods. A price for the shipment of the goods is then computed at least in part on the basis of the rail transportation service and the one or more characteristics of the railcars in the filtered pool of railcars selected by the user. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160034849 | SYSTEM FOR ASSIGNING A GOODS CONSUMER TO A GOODS PROVIDER - A system for assigning at least one goods consumer to at least one goods provider includes: a data retrieval device configured to gather continuously or in time intervals data from: the at least one goods consumer, the at least one goods provider comprising at least one production provider and/or at least one storage provider, at least one parcel provider, at least one transport network provider, at least one intermediate storage provider, and/or at least one meta-information provider; and a ranking engine device configured to rank triples of goods consumer and at least one candidate goods provider and at least one candidate parcel provider or quadruples of goods consumer and at least one candidate goods provider and at least one candidate parcel provider and at least one candidate transport network provider based on the data gathered by the data retrieval device. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160162835 | DEVICE FOR ALLOCATING SHIPS, METHOD FOR ALLOCATING SHIPS, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIA THEREOF - Ship allocating device obtaining a shipping route data set indicating a shipping route of a routine transportation service, a ship number data set that indicates a number of ships used for the routine transportation service, and a schedule data set that indicates a schedule of assignments of ships for the routine transportation service. The ship allocating device obtains data sets indicating fluctuations in fuel consumption of ships. The ship allocating device calculates, for each of the candidate ships, fuel consumption required for the ship to traverse the shipping route indicated by the shipping route data set in accordance with a schedule indicated by the schedule data set based on the data set. The ship allocating device selects a number of ships equal to or greater than the number indicated by the ship number data set based on calculated fuel consumptions, and outputs data sets identifying selected ships. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160203439 | Shipper and Carrier Interaction Optimization Platform | 07-14-2016 |
| 20180025318 | System and Method for Communication Routing, Transportation Coordination and Product Creation | 01-25-2018 |
| 705335000 | Pricing | 37 |
| 20100262555 | METHOD FOR SHIPPERS TO MANAGE FUEL COST - A computer-implemented method for managing fuel costs, along with a corresponding apparatus, and a corresponding medium are described. The method includes receiving transaction information at a Network Administrator, the transaction information being associated with: (a) a shipper who has arranged for a shipment of goods from an origin to a destination; and (b) a corresponding carrier that has agreed to transport the shipment using a pre-determined maximum number of eligible units of fuel, where the fuel is purchased by the carrier at a pre-set base price per eligible unit, and where the fuel is purchased from pre-selected fueling locations. The maximum number of eligible units of fuel and the base price per eligible unit for the shipment are established between the shipper and the carrier, while the fueling locations are established by the Network Administrator. The actual price paid for the fuel is set by the market. Carrier fuel purchase information associated with fuel purchases made by the carrier at the pre-selected fueling locations is then transmitted to the Network Administrator. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20110119200 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING FREIGHT RATE AND FEES - A method for determining a freight rate and fees and a system therefor that can determine additional fees for additional distances, detention times, and distances of overtime transportation, other than the time and distance for a single service of consignment transportation. According to the method, upon receiving any of waiting, loading, completion, rest, unloading, addition, and additional loading instructions, a vehicle-mounted apparatus receives positional information of a transportation vehicle from a GPS satellite, and associates information corresponding to the received instructions with the positional information and a time at which the instructions have been received, for storage as service data; the server determines a reference freight rate based on designated loading and unloading points; when information associated with the additional and additional unloading instructions have been found from the service data, the server determines an additional travel distance, to determine an additional distance fee therefor; the server determines an amount of time that the time required at each of the loading and unloading points exceeds a prescribed reference time to be a detention time, to determine a detention fee therefor; and the server determines a distance traveled during late night and early morning hours and a distance traveled on regular and public holidays, to determine an overtime transportation fee therefor. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110125666 | TRADING IN MULTI-MODAL FREIGHT SHIPMENT DERIVATIVES - A method for facilitating freight shipment between a first geographic location and a second geographic location is disclosed. The method comprising displaying in a first data section of a browser window derivative contract data pertaining to shipment capacity offered by carriers between the first geographic location and the second geographic location, the derivative contract data being associated with at least shipping mode. The method further comprising displaying in a second data section of a browser window forecast data pertaining to demand forecasts between the first geographic location and the second geographic location, the forecast data being provided by shippers, the second data section being configured to be viewed simultaneously with said first data section, the browser window being configured to be accessible via a computer network. The method further comprising receiving shipper assessment of accuracy of the forecast data from the shippers. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110153513 | Automated Product Shipment with Carrier Quality Feedback - The present invention provides a method for shipping products that include (a) sending requests for quotations by electronic transmission to a plurality of selected carriers based upon customer order specifications, available delivery options and a carrier quality database; (b) selecting a carrier quotation based upon quotations received by electronic transmission and the carrier quality database and updating the carrier quality database with the selected carrier and quotation; (c) preparing the product shipment including using an optical scanner to measure shipment dimensions and a weight scale to measure shipment weight of the product shipment; and (d) if the measured dimensions and weight do not conform to the selected quotation, repeating steps (b) and (c) with measured shipment dimensions and weight or, if the measured dimensions and weight do conform to the selected quotation, notifying carrier to ship the product. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110213727 | Residential Delivery Indicator - This invention provides methods, apparatus, and systems for classifying addresses. An address is evaluated based upon a postal code or standardized postal code, such as a U.S. Postal Service ZIP+4 code, serving the address. If the address cannot be classified based on the standardized postal code, the address is classified based on additional information, such as a U.S. Postal Service delivery point code. A mailer may then determine whether the address is a business or residential (or non-business) address. Furthermore, a mailer may predict when surcharges may apply and compare the rates of various carriers. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110231334 | Parcel delivery system and method - A system and method for providing a shipper with a carrier service based on mix and match of transit days and times for better matching of shipper's needs with carriers' services. The shipper inputs origin and destination, wherein distance is calculated between origin and destination zip codes and a zone is assigned corresponding to transit days. The shipper is then presented with options and cost to ship based on transit days. Shipper makes the decision and the computer presents the shipper with options and cost for delivery time based on the distance from carrier's facility. Shipper then makes a decision based on delivery time, and the package is routed through the appropriate network. Shipper can also make both decisions about day and time for delivery (including delivery by desired appointment window of one, two or such defined time period in minutes or hours) in one step. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110246384 | Apparatus, Systems and Methods For Online, Multi-Parcel, Multi-Carrier, Multi-Service Enterprise Parcel Shipping Management - The present invention provides a plurality of Enterprises with a single online user interface with which the Enterprise can provide Enterprise Shippers, shipping origination users and shipping intermediary users with an automated parcel management system for a plurality of supported Carriers for a plurality of services. The present invention provides for the hierarchical definition of users, including the establishment of at least one user for each Enterprise as a Super-Administrator with the highest level of privileges and authority for the Enterprise, and the identification of other users as Sub-Administrators, Desktop Users and Shipping Station Users. The present invention also provides for the hierarchical definition of organizational units within each Enterprise, including the definition of sites, groups within a site, and users within a group. The present invention further provides for a distinct definition of policies, privileges, and other types of specifications for each user level, each user, and each organizational unit. The present invention applies the user and organizational policies, privileges and other specifications as they apply to each particular user to drive the interactive interface with each particular user and to provide among other things, shipping options, shipping services, shipping rates, traveler and/or shipping label preparation, and shipment tracking. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110289014 | BUYER-INITIATED SHIPPING SYSTEM - A system and method in which a buyer registers for a buyer's shipping account and uses the shipping account to pay shipping costs associated with purchases made over the Internet. When a buyer purchases merchandise over the Internet from either a retailer's website or from an individual through an online auction, the buyer is capable of controlling the shipping process by logging on to their buyer's shipping account. Among other things, the buyer can use their shipping account to select the desired type of shipping service (overnight air or ground) and populate a shipping label with shipping information such as delivery address, return address, and preferred delivery time windows. Once the shipping label has been populated and verified, the shipping label is electronically transferred to the seller for use in shipping the package. The system and methods of the present invention allow the buyer greater control over the shipping process. In many cases, the present invention will also help buyers/receivers control costs by eliminating the shipper's shipping and handling fee. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20120158609 | Method to Manage Rail & Intermodal Fuel for Shippers - A process for managing intermodal fuel costs. The process entails receiving, compiling, and storing transaction information at a Network Administrator. The transaction information is associated with at least one shipper who has arranged for an intermodal shipment of goods from an origin to a destination; and at least one carrier that has agreed to complete at least one leg of the intermodal shipment. The transaction information includes the mode of transportation, the distance traveled, the pick-up and drop-off locations, and the contemporaneous market cost of fuel, for each leg of the shipment. This information is transmitted from the Network Administrator to the shipper. The information is used by the shipper to calculate an appropriate fuel payment to each carrier on each leg of the intermodal shipment. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120185404 | Global and Local Shipping Charge System in Online Marketplace or Auction Portal - A global and local shipping charge system enables a seller entity or an administrator of an online marketplace to redefine customized shipping charge rates by its own customized geographic zoning. For example, the global and local shipping charge system can take some shipping charge-related information from one or more carriers, and allow the seller entity or the online marketplace to re-define or customize shipping charges based on a preferred domestic and international geographic zoning by the seller entity or the online marketplace. The redefinition of shipping charges based on the seller entity's or the online marketplace's specific circumstances may offer more cost-efficient and accurate shipping charges to customers. Examples of specific circumstances resulting in more cost-efficiency and shipping charge accuracy include the seller entity's special discount structure per customized geographic shipping zone with several carriers, and the proximity of the seller entity's shipping origination center to recipient addresses. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20130103607 | Determination of Projected Carrier Assignment - A computer implemented method, a data processing system, and a computer program product determine carrier selection based on variable volumetric weight and variable completion times. A product is identified for production. The product for production has a variable weight and a variable dimension based on components included in the product for production. A projected volumetric weight of the product for production is determined. A projected completion time of the product for production is determined. A projected carrier assignment of the product for production is then determined in response to determining the projected volumetric weight of the product for production and determining the projected completion time of the product for production. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130166469 | TRANSPORTATION RATES EVALUATION - A through rate evaluation processing is done by breaking down a transportation network to transportation stages and then a master data is scanned for the rates of the transportation stages. The complete network is evaluated recursively to get the rates and a calculation is performed to get the best rates. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130166470 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPARING COST OF SHIPPING OPTIONS - A method and system for comparing cost of shipping options are provided. The method includes determining, with a computer system, based on shipping data input into the computer system, a first shipping cost for shipping the package using a first mail carrier; determining, with the computer system, based on the shipping data, a second shipping cost for shipping the package using a second mail carrier; calculating, with the computer system, a cost difference between the first shipping cost and the second shipping cost; outputting by the computer system the cost difference; and periodically sending the cost difference for shipping the package or a plurality of packages to an individual or organization monitoring shipping costs. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130179362 | Freight Shipment Ordering System - A freight shipment ordering system comprising a shipping request portion, shipping processing portion and bid estimate portion. The shipping request portion is adapted to provide a first freight shipment request comprising one or more of a freight description, one or more freight locations, and one or more freight destination times. The shipping processing portion is adapted to receive the first freight shipment request, access one or more databases, determine a list comprising one or more freight carriers able to satisfy the first freight shipment request from the one or more databases, and provide at least a portion of the list to the shipping request portion. The bid estimate portion is adapted to receive a second freight shipment request from one of the shipping request portion and the shipping processing portion, and send a response to at least one of the shipping request portion and the shipping processing portion, the response comprising a price relating to the first freight shipment request. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130246298 | System and Method for Facilitating Optimized Shipping in a Transport Management System - Load data relating to a particular load requiring transport, stored internal lane rate data and stored external lane rate date are processed to determine a market lane rate. If the determined market lane rate exceeds an offered lane rate, a market lane rate trend graphic is presented on the display of the customer computing device, thereby informing the customer of the market lane rates relating to the particular load. If the determined market rate does not exceed the offered lane rate, the method further includes processing the stored load data along with stored rules data that includes at least one rule to determine if the store load data violates the at least one rule. If the least one rule is not violated, a Move Load icon is presented on the display of the customer computing device which provides a inconspicuous visual indication that capacity for the load is available. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20140032440 | EVALUATING TRANSPORTATION AGREEMENT DATA RECORDS - Freight costs may be calculated by selecting an agreement from many different possible agreements and then aggregating shipping costs specified in shipping cost fields of the selected agreement. An agreement may be selected depending on a relative hierarchy of a party specified in a party field of a transportation agreement record as compared to the other transportation agreement records relating to the shipping route. Each of the identified transportation agreement records relating to the shipping route may classified according to the relative of hierarchy of in the party specified in the record in relation to the hierarchy of other parties in the other identified records. A leading charge type indicator may be considered during the agreement selection process. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140074744 | SYSTEM FOR MOVE MANAGEMENT - Some embodiments of the invention may reduce the amount of time a consumer spends coordinating a move. A system is provided which may guide the consumer through the process of planning the move, including developing an inventory of items to be transported. Based on the consumer's plan, quotes for the move may be provided from multiple movers, and each quote may be an exact price that a mover will charge, rather than merely an estimate. To enable movers to provide exact quotes, some embodiments of the invention implement a standard pricing methodology. The system may allow movers to define pricing information in accordance with the methodology, and this information may be used to calculate a quote for a move when a consumer requests one. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140180954 | CONCURRENT DETERMINATION OF SHIPPING MODE AND SHIP UNIT PACKING DURING TRANSPORTATION PLANNING - A method, system, and computer program product for shipping route selection and transportation planning systems. The computer-implemented method commences upon receiving a set of candidate transportation carrier descriptions, individual ones of the set of candidate transportation carrier descriptions having one or more shipping mode options and having one or more shipping unit options. Then, the method evaluates combinations of using multiple transportation carriers that provide any of the one or more shipping mode options with compatible shipping unit options to determine a combination cost for each of the combinations. Based on the combination costs, the method selects an equipment option that corresponds to the lowest combination cost. Low-cost itineraries can be formed by calculating the cost of a particular itinerary by summing combination costs of constituent legs. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140180955 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A PRICE QUOTATION FOR A TRANSPORTATION SERVICE PROVIDING EQUIPMENT SELECTION CAPABILITY - A method and system for computing the price for shipping goods. The method includes causing a computer to deliver first information to a user prompting the user to enter at the computer information about a rail transportation service for shipment of goods by one or more railcars. Information about a basic pool of railcars is received and filtered based on one or more filtering criteria to produce a filtered pool of railcars. The computer is then caused to deliver second information to the user prompting the user to select at the computer one or more railcars among the filtered pool of railcars for the shipment of goods. A price for the shipment of the goods is then computed at least in part on the basis of the rail transportation service and the one or more characteristics of the railcars in the filtered pool of railcars selected by the user. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140188750 | Method For Shipping - A method of facilitating the shipment of items wherein independent couriers and courier companies are registered and provided with a profile. Parameters associated with courier jobs are received from the courier businesses and it is determined which of the independent couriers are qualified to accept or bid on each courier job. A list detailing the parameters for each courier job that each independent courier is qualified to accept or bid on is provided to each independent courier. Each independent courier list is dynamically modified each time parameters for a new courier job each independent courier is qualified to accept or bid on is received. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140244537 | TRANSMODAL AND LOGISTICS SYSTEM AND METHOD - A transmodal and logistics, method, comprising generating at least, one transportation route for shipping a shipment using one or more different transportation modes and at least two transportation providers, and calculating a cost rate associated with the at least one transportation route. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140250028 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A USER WITH REAL TIME INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING RATES FROM A PLURALITY OF FREIGHT FORWARDERS - A system for providing a user with international shipping rates in real time. The system includes a client, a shipping rates database comprising current shipping rate information for a plurality of freight forwarders, and a server comprising a processor. The processor is programmed to receive, from the client, a request for shipping rates for shipping a freight from an origin location in an origin country to a destination location in a destination country, access, from the shipping rates database, current shipping rate information for each of the plurality of freight forwarders, and send the client a shipping rate for each of the plurality of freight forwarders based on shipping the freight from the origin location to the destination location. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140258167 | DELIVERY OF POSTAL ITEMS BY PARTICIPANTS OF A DELIVERY SERVICE - The invention relates to a method for delivering a mailpiece to a destination address, whereby the mailpiece is held at one depot of a plurality of depots. With the method, (i) a first participant of a service is selected from a plurality of participants registered for the service on the basis of an association of the participant with that depot, (ii) a request is sent to the selected first participant and an acceptance message sent by the participant in response to the request is received, and (iii) the mailpiece is handed over to the first participant at the depot on the basis of the receipt of the acceptance message for the transport over at least a partial segment of a delivery route to the destination address. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140279657 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RATE-BASED SELECTION OF DELIVERY SERVICE - A shipper selection system for selecting a shipping service provider is provided. The shipping selection system includes a parameters determining module for determining parameters of a package to be shipped, a retrieval module for retrieving shipping cost rules for one or more shipping service providers, a contract module for retrieving contract rules for the one or more shipping service providers, and a calculating module for calculating one or more shipping costs based upon the determined parameters, retrieved shipping cost rules, and retrieved contract rules. The shipper selection system further includes a selection module for selecting a shipping service provider based upon the calculated one or more shipping costs. The shipper selection system further includes an update module configured to enable the one or more shipping service provider to update a geographic range or shipping cost rules for his shipping services. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140297552 | LOGISTICS DESIGNING DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM - Technology capable of obtaining logistics routes for optimizing total costs including not only costs regarding transportation and others but also tariffs in performing global design for logistics and cost calculation is provided. The present design for logistics device ( | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140365392 | WEIGHTED-CHARACTERISTICS SHIPPING ESTIMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method, computer program product, and computing system for initiating a shipping inquiry for a specific piece of heavy equipment having a defined manufacturer/model. An equipment database is accessed to obtain a plurality of equipment characteristics for the specific piece of heavy equipment, wherein at least one of the equipment characteristics is assigned a weight, based at least in part, upon a level of shipping complexity associated with the equipment characteristic. The shipping estimate is calculated for the specific piece of heavy equipment based, at least in part, upon the defined manufacturer/model of the specific piece of heavy equipment, and one or more of the plurality of equipment characteristics. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140365393 | TRANSPORTATION CAPACITY AUGMENTATION PROGRAM METHODS, APPARATUSES AND MEDIA - A request to determine carriers for freight may be received. Additional capacity desired to facilitate shipping of the freight may be determined. A quote for shipping at least a portion of the freight may be obtained from a non-core carrier and the non-core carrier may be chosen to provide at least a portion of the desired additional capacity based on the obtained quote. Shipping of at least a portion of the remaining freight may be assigned to a core carrier. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20150026090 | Process of Combining Multiple Carriers for International Shipping - Disclosed is a method process of online rating for international import and export shipments. The rating combines multiple carriers together in order to provide one cohesive international service. The consumer can obtain a door to port or door to door rate when employing a pick up carrier, such as a trucking company, and an airline or ocean carrier as well as a destination delivery company. The method provide a real time monetary rate costs based upon the closest terminal and determines which terminal to terminal rate to use for the air or ocean portion as well as providing a pick up rate for that service. The process further estimates the multiple rate costs from various vendors associated with a shipment and stores these rate costs through a database to be used at a later date for verification. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150032656 | System and Methods for Determining Supply Chain Freight Costs - A central logistics system may be provided and configured to host a website accessible to goods providers and freight providers. Through the website, the central logistics system may receive data (e.g., bids, quotes, and other messages and data) from goods and freight providers, and send data (e.g., bids, quotes, and other messages and data) to goods and freight providers. This data exchange, in part, enables the collaborative trade of bids and quotes between multiple goods providers and multiple freight providers in a centralized fashion. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150294268 | PRORATION CALCULATION IN A LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (LMS) - Shipping costs may be prorated in advance of accepting the reservation for transporting cargo, such as by determining whether the cargo is profitable for the LMS client, The proration may he performed according to a special prorate agreement (SPA). A method for calculating the prorated amounts may include receiving a segment and a carrier for shipping cargo, determining if a special prorate agreement (SPA) exists for the segment, and calculating, when the SPA exists, a proration amount for the segment based, at least in part, on the SPA. A decision may be made to accept the reservation or not based on whether the reservation is profitable by comparing the calculated amount to a hurdle rate. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150347962 | MOVING COST ESTIMATION SYSTEM - A method for estimating costs associated with relocating a plurality of items is provided. An interface is provided to a device. The interface receives user input data associated with relocating a plurality of items and displays a plurality of cost estimates that includes a total moving cost. The plurality of cost estimates are based at least in part on predefined item cost and user input data. At least one of the plurality of cost estimates is dynamically updated after at least a portion of the user input data is received. At least one of an estimate sheet and moving tariff form is provided. The estimate sheet is based at least in part on the plurality of cost estimates and received user input data. The moving tariff form provides a list of at least one charge and service associated with the plurality of cost estimates. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150371188 | DATA SYNCHRONIZATION FOR OFFLINE PROCESSING - Embodiments of the present invention includes system and methods for the continued operation of a carrier management system having one or more user terminals that normally communicate with at least one data center over a network (online), when the one or more user terminals are unable to communicate with the data center (offline). Once communication is re-established between the one or more user terminal and the data center, local files and data on the user terminals that were used to rate and ship packages while offline are synchronized between the one or more user terminals and the data center. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160004997 | DETERMINING OPTIMAL ROUTES AND RATES FOR CARGO TRANSPORTATION - Provided are computer systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable medium configured for determining optimal routes and rates for cargos transportation between an origin location and a destination location, which determination takes into consideration available truck services from the origin to an origin rail ramp, rail services from the origin rail ramp to a destination rail ramp, and truck services from the destination rail ramp to the destination, along with location of empty containers as well as rates and incentives provided by each vendor. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160063436 | OPTIMAL BUNDLING OF ROUTES IN A COURIER MARKETPLACE - A first delivery job is received and placed into a queue to be auctioned to couriers after a first period of time that is determined based on first delivery constraints of the first job. A second delivery job is received before the first period of time expires. The second job is placed into the queue to be auctioned after a second period of time that is determined based on second delivery constraints of the second job if it is determined that the first and second jobs cannot be performed by a single courier within the delivery constraints of both jobs. The jobs are auctioned to couriers as a single item after a third period of time that is determined based on the delivery constraints of both jobs if the first and second jobs may be performed by a single courier within the delivery constraints of both jobs. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160063437 | LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH PRICING BASED ON LINKED TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER CHARGE CONTRACTS - Systems and methods for performing air waybill pricing may include selecting a first transportation contract to price the transportation of a carriage of goods for the air waybill, wherein the first transportation contract is linked to other charge contracts. Embodiments may also include determining an identifier associated with the first transportation contract that links the first transportation contract to the plurality of other charge contracts. The one or more other charge contracts associated with the same identifier associated with the first transportation contract may be identified, and a price for the carriage of goods may be calculated based at least in part on transportation charges specified in the first transportation contract and other charges specified in the identified one or more other charge contracts. Some embodiments may further include outputting an air waybill that is generated to include at least the calculated price for the carriage of goods. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160092836 | Transportation Network Solution - The Transportation Network Solution “TNS” represents a major innovation to the current transportation management processes, technologies and networks that procure transportation based on carrier provided contract rates. The TNS Benchmark Rate Table, TNS Rule Engine and the TNS Transportation Providers Network comprise an integrated process to enable a Shipper to secure transportation capacity in a more cost competitive and comprehensive basis. The Transportation Network Solution “TNS” offers several compelling benefits to the Shipper. The TNS Benchmark Rate Table enables the Shipper to establish the rates they would like to pay for LTL and truckload transportation—manually or automatically. The net result is a predefined savings level on any tender accepted by the TNS Transportation Network Providers Network—lowering the Shipper's transportation costs. The Shipper can implement the Transportation Network Solution “TNS” without any modifications to their ERP or TMS. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160109251 | ROUTE OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - A vehicle asset and route optimization system and method are provided for enabling vehicle route optimization based on, for example, substitution driver availability, trip cost, and trip schedule and available truck/trailer assets. The optimization system allows for weighing the prioritization factors provided by the various users so as to allocate priority among the most desirable inputs to increase efficiency in the shipping function and in vehicle asset usage and management, particularly in cases of unused excess trailer capacity and the reduction of driver downtime in the entire transportation process. | 04-21-2016 |
