TRANSPORTATION CAPACITY AUGMENTATION PROGRAM METHODS, APPARATUSES AND MEDIA
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Abstract
A request to determine carriers for freight may be received. Additional capacity desired to facilitate shipping of the freight may be determined. A quote for shipping at least a portion of the freight may be obtained from a non-core carrier and the non-core carrier may be chosen to provide at least a portion of the desired additional capacity based on the obtained quote. Shipping of at least a portion of the remaining freight may be assigned to a core carrier.
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Citations
40 Claims
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21. A processor implemented method to facilitate shipping of freight, comprising:
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a) receiving via a processor freight capacity request input for a shipment, the freight capacity request input requesting freight capacity in excess of available core carrier freight capacity; b) obtaining via the processor from at least one non-core carrier a non-core carrier quote for providing additional freight capacity to supplement the core carrier freight capacity, wherein the quote comprises GPS tracking data for the at least one non-core carrier; c) selecting the non-core carrier quote via processor to provide the additional freight capacity; and d) assigning via the processor shipment of at least a portion of the shipment to at least one core carrier after selecting the non-core carrier quote. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. (canceled)
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34. An apparatus to facilitate shipping of freight, comprising a memory, a processor in communication with the memory, the processor being configured to issue a plurality of processing instructions stored in the memory to:
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a) receive via the processor freight capacity request input for a shipment, the freight capacity request input requesting freight capacity in excess of available core carrier freight capacity; b) obtain via processor from at least one non-core carrier a non-core carrier quote for providing additional freight capacity to supplement the core carrier freight capacity, wherein the quote comprises GPS tracking data for the at least one non-core carrier; c) select the non-core carrier quote via processor to provide the additional freight capacity; and d) assign via processor shipment of at least a portion of the shipment to at least one core carrier after selecting the non-core carrier quote. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36)
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37. A processor-readable physical medium to facilitate shipping of freight storing processor-issuable instructions to:
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a) receive via processor freight capacity request input for a shipment, the freight capacity request input requesting freight capacity in excess of available core carrier freight capacity; b) obtain via processor from at least one non-core carrier a non-core carrier quote for providing additional freight capacity to supplement the core carrier freight capacity, wherein the quote comprises GPS tracking data for the at least one non-core carrier; c) select the non-core carrier quote via processor to provide the additional freight capacity; and d) assign via processor shipment of at least a portion of the shipment to at least one core carrier after selecting the non-core carrier quote. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39)
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40. (canceled)
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