Logistic management system having user interface with customizable data fields

A method comprising:

• presenting, to a user, a user interface having a single screen with which the user interacts to perform an activity related to shipment of shipment items without interacting with a second screen of the user interface,
• wherein the single screen includes at least one activity region having a set of data fields to display at least a portion of data associated with the shipment items maintained by a logistics management system,
• wherein the set of data fields are associated with the at least one activity region and allow a user to input and edit the data associated with the shipment items, and
• wherein the activity region includes a preference control input;
• and
• after presenting the activity region, presenting a preference control window to selectively enable and disable the inclusion of at least one of the data fields associated to the presented activity region for the shipment activity in response to activation of the preference control input by the user, wherein the preference control window only allows the user to selectively enable and disable those data fields associated with the presented activity region that:
• (i) are associated with the presented activity region having the preference control input that was activated, and (ii) are specified by a user-specific profile as available for customization by the user for that activity region.

A system comprising:

• a host computer executing software that maintains data for shipment items, and a network interface means for generating a user interface as a single screen that includes at least one activity region having a set of data fields to display at least a portion of the data associated with the shipment items,
• wherein the single screen allows a user to perform an activity related to shipment of the shipments items without interacting with a second screen of the user interface,
• wherein the set of data fields are associated with the at least one activity region and allow the user to input and edit the data associated with the shipment items, and
• wherein the activity region includes a preference control input;
• and
• a display means executing on a remote computing device to present the user interface to a user,
• wherein the network interface means generates the activity region to display at least one of the data fields for performing the activity,
• wherein, after presenting the activity region and in response to activation of the preference control input by a user, the network interface means generates a preference control window to selectively enable and disable the inclusion of each of the data fields within the activity region of the single screen for performing the activity, and
• wherein the preference control window only allows the user to selectively enable and disable those data fields associated with the presented activity region that:
• (i) are associated with the presented activity region having the preference control input that was activated, and (ii) are specified by a user-specific profile as available for customization by the user for that activity region.

A system comprising:

• a host computer operating software that maintains data associated with shipment items;
• and
• a client computer coupled to the host computer via a network,
• wherein the client computer executes a user interface module that presents a user interface comprising at least one screen having two or more regions,
• wherein the two or more regions each have an associated preference control input and are associated with a respective set of data fields that display at least a portion of the data associated with the shipment items,
• wherein each set of data fields allow a user to input and edit the data associated with the shipment items,
• wherein the screen allows a user to perform an activity related to shipment of the shipment items,
• wherein the user interface module presents the two or more regions of the screen to display at least one of the data fields for performing the shipment activity,
• wherein, after presenting the two or more activity regions and in response to activation of either of the preference control inputs by the user, the user interface module presents a preference control window to selectively enable and disable the inclusion of at least one of the data fields associated to the activity region to which the activated preference control input associates, and
• wherein the preference control window only allows the user to selectively enable and disable those data fields associated with the presented activity region that:
• (i) are associated with the presented activity region having the preference control input that was activated, and (ii) are specified by a user-specific profile as available for customization by the user for that activity region.