Vertical systems and methods for providing shipping and logistics services, operations and products to an industry
First Claim
1. A system for facilitating commerce in an industry marketplace comprising a community of participants in a target industry comprising:
- a computer network;
a market segment within the industry;
a database for information relevant to the industry or to the market segment accessible via the computer network, the database comprising at least one of the following;
data, a value-added service;
a commerce service; and
an interface, wherein the interface provides access to the information.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a vertical system and method for providing shipping and logistics services, operations and products to the chemical industry. The present invention integrates shipping and logistics services, operations and products that are currently provided by multiple entities into a vertical system that may be presented as a site on the world wide web and provide a user with “one stop” shopping for shipping and logistics services, operations and products by acting as a supply chain integrator to assemble and manage resources, capabilities, and technologies of the user'"'"'s own organization with those of complementary service providers, thereby enabling manufacturers/producers and logistics service suppliers, both asset based and non-asset based, to collaborate without losing their individual status and identity in the supply chain.
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35 Claims
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1. A system for facilitating commerce in an industry marketplace comprising a community of participants in a target industry comprising:
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a computer network;
a market segment within the industry;
a database for information relevant to the industry or to the market segment accessible via the computer network, the database comprising at least one of the following;
data, a value-added service;
a commerce service; and
an interface, wherein the interface provides access to the information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A system for facilitating logistics in an industry marketplace comprising:
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a plurality of trading partners;
a computer network;
a processor functionally connected to said computer network and operative to integrate the logistics data of said trading partners and provide the data in response to a request;
a database server functionally connected to said processor operative to store data from and provide data to said processor;
a network access device functionally connected to said processor and said network and operative to issue said request.
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35. A system for facilitating logistics in an industry marketplace comprising:
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a computer network;
a network access device functionally connected to said computer network and operative to perform functionality comprising at least one of;
present a graphical user interface and perform scheduled operations;
a web server functionally connected to said computer network and operative to provide a document in response to requests;
an application server functionally connected to said web server and operative to execute business logic and provide content to said web server for said provision of said document;
a database server functionally connected to said application server and operative to provide data to said application server;
an integration server functionally connected to said database server and operative to integrate data from disparate sources into a standard structured data format;
a business-to-business server, functionally connected to said integration server and operative to exchange data with a business application, wherein said business application comprises at least one of;
an electronic data interchange-based carrier, an XML-enabled application, a warehouse management system, an enterprise resource management system, and a customer relationship management system; and
a plurality of trading partners functionally connected to said business-to-business server.
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