Freight Shipment Ordering System
First Claim
1. A freight shipment ordering system comprising,a shipping request portion, wherein,the shipping request portion is adapted to provide a first freight shipment request,the first freight shipment request comprising one or more of,a freight description,one or more freight locations, andone or more freight destination times;
- a shipping processing portion, wherein the shipping processing portion is adapted to,receive the first freight shipment request,access one or more databases,determine a list comprising one or more freight carriers able to satisfy the first freight shipment request from the one or more databases, andprovide at least a portion of the list to the shipping request portion; and
a bid estimate portion, wherein, the bid estimate portion is adapted to,receive a second freight shipment request from one of the shipping request portion and the shipping processing portion, andsend a response to at least one of the shipping request portion and the shipping processing portion, wherein the response comprises a price relating to the first freight shipment request.
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Abstract
A freight shipment ordering system comprising a shipping request portion, shipping processing portion and bid estimate portion. The shipping request portion is adapted to provide a first freight shipment request comprising one or more of a freight description, one or more freight locations, and one or more freight destination times. The shipping processing portion is adapted to receive the first freight shipment request, access one or more databases, determine a list comprising one or more freight carriers able to satisfy the first freight shipment request from the one or more databases, and provide at least a portion of the list to the shipping request portion. The bid estimate portion is adapted to receive a second freight shipment request from one of the shipping request portion and the shipping processing portion, and send a response to at least one of the shipping request portion and the shipping processing portion, the response comprising a price relating to the first freight shipment request.
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20 Claims
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1. A freight shipment ordering system comprising,
a shipping request portion, wherein, the shipping request portion is adapted to provide a first freight shipment request, the first freight shipment request comprising one or more of, a freight description, one or more freight locations, and one or more freight destination times; -
a shipping processing portion, wherein the shipping processing portion is adapted to, receive the first freight shipment request, access one or more databases, determine a list comprising one or more freight carriers able to satisfy the first freight shipment request from the one or more databases, and provide at least a portion of the list to the shipping request portion; and a bid estimate portion, wherein, the bid estimate portion is adapted to, receive a second freight shipment request from one of the shipping request portion and the shipping processing portion, and send a response to at least one of the shipping request portion and the shipping processing portion, wherein the response comprises a price relating to the first freight shipment request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of ordering a freight shipment comprising,
providing one or more freight shipment details from a shipper to a freight shipment ordering system; -
accessing one or more databases to generate a list of VPTL carriers available to provide the freight shipment; verifying the list of VPTL carriers available to provide the freight shipment operate in an identified lane; providing generated performance statistics for the list of verified VPTL carriers to the shipper; selecting at least one of the verified VPTL carriers; and notifying the selected at least one of the verified VPTL carriers. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of responding to a freight carrier bid comprising,
using a user interface to provide a response to a freight shipment bid; -
reviewing one or more bids; reviewing historical data associated with the one or more bids; selecting one of the one or more bids; and confirming the one or more bids. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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