Common carrier system
AssigneeINTTRA, Inc.
InventorsPoul Bjerre, Thomas Eskesen, Michael Schutt
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Abstract
An on-line system and method for buyers and sellers of international container transportation services is disclosed. Specifically, the system offers importing and exporting customers the opportunity to request and select specific service patterns offered by participating carriers in the booking of full container shipments. The system includes user interfaces that allow a shipper to track and trace containers across multiple carriers and an event notifications system, which notifies the user when an event has or has not occurred.
Claims27
1-16. (canceled)
A system for accessing information comprising:
- a first computer system receiving a booking, said first computer system including an output for sending booking information relating to a booking made on said first computer system;
- a second computer system remote from the first computer system, said second computer system including an output for receiving the booking information from said first computer system, said second computer system further including an output for outputting said booking information to a customer who made the booking.
A method of exchanging booking information pertaining to a shipping transaction comprising the steps of:
- receiving booking information from a first computer booking system at a second booking system;
- transmitting said booking information to a customer of said computer booking system.
A computer system for receiving booking information from one or more carriers comprising:
- an input for receiving booking information from a carrier;
- a processor for searching said information based on criteria supplied by a user;
- an output for transmitting information relating to said booking information to said user.
A method for displaying booking information to a customer comprising:
- receiving in a first computer system a request from the customer for information about an electronic booking not booked in the first computer system;
- in response to the request for information, retrieving the information about the electronic booking from a second computer system;
- and
- returning the information about the electronic booking to the customer via the first computer system.
A method for displaying booking information to a customer comprising:
- receiving a first computer system a first booking request from the customer;
- in response to the first booking request, creating a first electronic booking for the customer;
- and
- sending information pertaining to the first electronic booking to a second computer system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.