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US 2003/0216993 A1Published application
System, method and computer program product for providing online service contract negotiation service
OwnerEyal Goldwerger, David Kiddinventors
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Abstract
A system, method, and computer program product for negotiating a service contract including receiving a tender line item from a shipper and an offer from a carrier, providing online viewing access to the tender line item and the offer, receiving a designation of a selected offer associated with the tender line item, and communicating the designation.
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A method for negotiating a service contract online via a service contract negotiation online service provider, comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving one or more tender line items from a shipper and storing said one or more tender line items in a tender database;
- (b) providing online viewing access of said tender database to one or more carriers;
- (c) receiving an offer from each of said one or more carriers and storing offers received from said one or more carriers in an offer database;
- (d) providing online viewing access of said offers received from said offer database to said shipper;
- (e) receiving one or more final designations of awarded line items from said shipper designating one or more winning carriers;
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- (f) communicating said one or more final designations of awarded line items corresponding to one or more awarded service contracts.
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A method for negotiating a service contract comprising:
- (a) receiving a tender line item from a shipper and an offer from a carrier;
- (b) providing online viewing access to said tender line item and said offer;
- (c) receiving a designation of a selected offer associated with said tender line item;
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- (d) communicating said designation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.