US 10,650,341 B2Granted

Systems and methods for providing extended shipping options

AssigneeThe Descartes Systems Group Inc.

InventorsRafael Zimberoff, Alexander Uslontsev, Stanislav Tugushev, Aliaksandr Hramadski, Avi Levin, Patricia Anderson

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Abstract

Techniques for providing extended shipping options are described. In some embodiments, a user may specify extended shipping options that are not otherwise provided by or accessible via an existing shipment information specification user interface. In one embodiment, the user accesses a module configured to facilitate specification of extended shipping options and in response, provide an indicator of the specified extended shipping option, such as a tag or uniform resource identifier. The indicator of the extended shipping option is then incorporated into a user interface element, such as an address field, of the shipment information specification user interface. Once the user finalizes the order, the indicator of the extended shipping option is transmitted along with other shipment information items to a merchant and/or carrier system, where services specified by the extended shipping option are initiated.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system for providing access to extended shipping options from a user interface not otherwise configured to provide extended shipping options, the system comprising:

a processor;
a memory;
and
instructions that are stored in the memory and that are configured, when executed by the processor, to perform a method comprising:
providing a computer-based shipment information specification user interface that does not otherwise include any user interface controls configured to specify one or more extended shipping options;
providing access to an extended shipping option module that is configured to:
receive a first shipment information item of a first type, the first shipment information item specified by a user via the extended shipping option module, the first shipment information item being an extended shipping option that cannot be selected-directly via any user interface controls of the shipment information specification user interface;
and
cause data to be transmitted to a shipping provider computing system, the data including an indicator of the first shipment information item of the first type and a second shipment information item of a second type that is not the same as the first type, the data obtained from a user interface control of the shipment information specification user interface, the user interface control operable by the user to enter the second shipment information item;
and
causing the shipping provider computing system to prepare a shipment in accordance with the first and second shipment information items.

8 more elements

A method for providing access to extended shipping options from a user interface not otherwise configured to provide extended shipping options, the method comprising:

providing a computer-based shipment information specification user interface that does not otherwise include any user interface controls configured to specify one or more extended shipping options;
providing access to an extended shipping option module that is configured to:
receive a first shipment information item of a first type, the first shipment information item specified by a user via the extended shipping option module, the first shipment information item being an extended shipping option that cannot be selected directly via any user interface controls of the shipment information specification user interface;
and
cause data to be transmitted to a shipping provider computing system, the data including an indicator of the first shipment information item of the first type and a second shipment information item of a second type that is not the same as the first type, the data obtained from a user interface control of the shipment information specification user interface, the user interface control operable by the user to enter the second shipment information item;
and
causing the shipping provider computing system to prepare a shipment in accordance with the first and second shipment information items.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/497,098Filed 25 Apr 2017 · continuation
Priority: 7 Dec 2007
Published: US 2017/0228685 A110 Aug 2017
Granted: 12 May 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

G06Q 10/083
Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management: shipping
G06Q 10/08
Administration; Management: logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
G06Q 30/06
Commerce: buying, selling or leasing transactions
G06Q 30/0635
Managing shopping lists, e.g. compiling or processing purchase lists: replenishment orders; recurring orders

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