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Apparatus, systems and methods for online, multi-parcel, multi-carrier, multi-service enterprise parcel shipping management

  • US 20070073551A1
  • Filed: 08/24/2006
  • Published: 03/29/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An online, Internet-based, multi-carrier, multi-parcel shipping management computer system, said computer system programmed to:

  • collect input of a set of shipping policy rules from an administrator of an enterprise, wherein the set of shipping policy rules comprises an indication of a set of carriers authorized by the administrator for shipping parcels;

    receive a shipping request from a user within the enterprise to ship an at least one parcel;

    apply the set of shipping policy rules to the shipping request received from the user of a plurality of user;

    calculate, for each delivery service of a plurality of delivery services offered by each carrier authorized by the administrator according to the set of shipping policy rules, at least one shipping rate for shipping the at least one parcel; and

    generate a comparison display of the shipping rates calculated.

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