System and method of selecting freight forwarding companies
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A method of selecting a freight forwarding company comprising:
- receiving bid information from a plurality of freight forwarding companies, the bid information identifying a traffic lane, a moving requirement, and a price rate associated with the moving requirement, receiving a move request associated with a traffic lane, a moving requirement and a quantity value associated with the moving requirement, identifying at least one freight forwarding company based on the freight forwarding company'"'"'s bid information wherein the traffic lane and a moving requirement of the bid information relates to the traffic lane and a moving requirement of the move request, calculating a cost for each of the identified freight forwarding companies dependant on the price rate and quantity value.
15 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A system and method for selecting freight forwarding companies is provided wherein bids for shipping lanes and the like are received well in advance of a freight move. Bids are submitted on shipping lanes and other move associated transactions by pre-approved freight forwarding companies. This information is stored in a database. Selection of the freight forwarding company or companies occurs in connection with evaluating the bid information submitted and historical data stored on the database.
-
Citations
34 Claims
-
1. A method of selecting a freight forwarding company comprising:
-
receiving bid information from a plurality of freight forwarding companies, the bid information identifying a traffic lane, a moving requirement, and a price rate associated with the moving requirement, receiving a move request associated with a traffic lane, a moving requirement and a quantity value associated with the moving requirement, identifying at least one freight forwarding company based on the freight forwarding company'"'"'s bid information wherein the traffic lane and a moving requirement of the bid information relates to the traffic lane and a moving requirement of the move request, calculating a cost for each of the identified freight forwarding companies dependant on the price rate and quantity value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
-
-
8. A method of selecting a freight forwarding company comprising:
-
identifying a freight forwarding company to participate as a provider of services;
subjecting said freight forwarding company to an approval process;
approving said freight forwarding company for execution of a contract for providing services;
providing a database of approved freight forwarding companies under contract;
providing traffic lanes for submission of bids by freight forwarding companies under contract;
providing a database of traffic lane bids from freight forwarding companies; and
selecting a freight forwarding company using said database of traffic lane bids, said bids having been collected in advance of an order received for freight forwarding. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 19, 22)
-
-
13. A method of conducting a relocation business comprising:
-
receiving an order from a client for the transfer of property of a transferee;
consulting with said transferee;
scheduling a move of said property;
compiling information pertaining to said move;
accessing a database containing preexisting information including traffic lane bid prices from freight forwarding companies; and
selecting a freight forwarding company in conjunction with using said database. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
-
-
18. A freight forwarding company selection system comprising:
-
a freight forwarding company approval procedure;
a database including names of and information pertaining to approved freight forwarding companies;
a freight forwarding company bid procedure; and
a program providing a graphic user interface used in connection with viewing said database for use in selecting a freight forwarding company in connection with ranking database information according to a search criteria. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
-
-
34. A freight forwarding company selection system comprising:
-
a freight forwarding company approval procedure;
a database including names of and information pertaining to approved freight forwarding companies; and
a freight forwarding company bid procedure wherein selection of said freight forwarding company is based off of bid information stored in said database for compilation in connection with a search for a freight forwarding company.
-
Specification