METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MATCHING AND MONITORING FREIGHT LOADS
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1. A method for matching an available shipment with an available shipping container, comprising:
- receiving, at a central server, information associated with at least one available shipment, the information associated with the at least one available shipment being input by a first freight carrier having a computer system connected to the central server;
receiving, at a central server, information associated with at least one available shipping container, the information associated with the at least one available shipping container being input by a second freight carrier having a computer system connected to the central server;
performing an automated association process at the central server, the automated association process including;
identifying a plurality of matching criteria to be met in determining an association;
assessing the at least one available shipment to identify characteristics of the shipment meeting the matching criteria;
assessing the at least one available shipping container to identify characteristics of the shipping container meeting the matching criteria;
associating the at least one available shipment with the at least one available shipping container based on the characteristics of the shipment and shipping container identified as meeting the matching criteria.
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Abstract
A method and system for matching a load tendered by a participating freight transportation company with an available truck of another freight transportation company for transporting that load, and then providing for monitoring of the matched load throughout transport, is implemented through a computer network. Each participating freight transportation company employs a similar computer system for managing its freight transportation operations, with each such computer system being operably connected to a central server through the network so as to allow for a seamless exchange of information and data between the computer systems.
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1. A method for matching an available shipment with an available shipping container, comprising:
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receiving, at a central server, information associated with at least one available shipment, the information associated with the at least one available shipment being input by a first freight carrier having a computer system connected to the central server; receiving, at a central server, information associated with at least one available shipping container, the information associated with the at least one available shipping container being input by a second freight carrier having a computer system connected to the central server; performing an automated association process at the central server, the automated association process including; identifying a plurality of matching criteria to be met in determining an association; assessing the at least one available shipment to identify characteristics of the shipment meeting the matching criteria; assessing the at least one available shipping container to identify characteristics of the shipping container meeting the matching criteria; associating the at least one available shipment with the at least one available shipping container based on the characteristics of the shipment and shipping container identified as meeting the matching criteria. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. One or more computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computer, perform a method, comprising:
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receiving, at a central server, information associated with at least one available shipment, the information associated with the at least one available shipment being input by a first freight carrier having a computer system connected to the central server; receiving, at a central server, information associated with at least one available shipping container, the information associated with the at least one available shipping container being input by a second freight carrier having a computer system connected to the central server; performing an automated association process at the central server, the automated association process including; identifying a plurality of matching criteria to be met in determining an association; assessing the at least one available shipment to identify characteristics of the shipment meeting the matching criteria; assessing the at least one available shipping container to identify characteristics of the shipping container meeting the matching criteria; associating the at least one available shipment with the at least one available shipping container based on the characteristics of the shipment and shipping container identified as meeting the matching criteria. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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