Real-time pricing of shipping vendors
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1. A method for real-time pricing of shipping vendors comprising:
- querying a plurality of shipping vendors With one or more shipping specifications;
receiving real-time pricing information associated with the one or more shipping specifications from one or more of the plurality of shipping vendors;
generating a display of the received real-time pricing information from the plurality of shipping vendors;
receiving a designation concerning a chosen shipping vendor; and
generating a shipping label specific to the chosen shipping vendor based on at least the one or more shipping specifications.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for real-time pricing of shipping vendors are provided. Various shipping vendors may be queried concerning shipping specifications. Some embodiments provide for a query to be transmitted to a shipping vendor through an interface associated with the particular shipping vendor. In response to the query, real-time pricing information associated with the shipping specifications is received and displayed to a user. Upon the user designating a shipping vendor, customized shipping labels for each shipping vendor may be generated.
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1. A method for real-time pricing of shipping vendors comprising:
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querying a plurality of shipping vendors With one or more shipping specifications; receiving real-time pricing information associated with the one or more shipping specifications from one or more of the plurality of shipping vendors; generating a display of the received real-time pricing information from the plurality of shipping vendors; receiving a designation concerning a chosen shipping vendor; and generating a shipping label specific to the chosen shipping vendor based on at least the one or more shipping specifications. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for real-time pricing of shipping vendors comprising:
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a vendor database configured to store information concerning a plurality of shipping vendors; a communications interface configured to query each of the plurality of shipping vendors for real-time pricing information; a display generator configured to display the real-time pricing information received from the plurality of shipping vendors; and a label generator configured to generate a shipping label based on the one or more shipping specifications, the shipping label being associated with a designated shipping vendor from the plurality of shipping vendors. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon at least one program, the at least one program being executable by a processor in a computing device to perform a method comprising:
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querying a plurality of shipping vendors with one or more shipping specifications; receiving real-time pricing information associated with the one or more shipping specifications from one or more of the plurality of shipping vendors; generating a display of the received real-time pricing information from the plurality of shipping vendors; receiving a designation concerning a chosen shipping vendor; and generating a shipping label specific to the chosen shipping vendor based on at least the one or more shipping specifications.
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- 18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the executable instructions further provide for querying each of the one or more shipping vendors asynchronously.
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