Brian H Flint

US Patent:

20050209913, Sep 22, 2005

Filed:

May 13, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/128212

Inventors:

William Wied - Dacula GA, US
Clifford Isaacson - Tucker GA, US
John Thomson - Atlanta GA, US
Brian Flint - Snellville GA, US
Diane Dreher - Atlanta GA, US
Daniel Murray - Atlanta GA, US
Rick MacConnell - Suwanee GA, US
John Simpson - Roswell GA, US

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705012000, 705001000

Abstract:

An internet based method of facilitating commerce between shippers and carriers includes the steps of capturing electronic shipment requests for available shipments, the shipment requests including shipment specific criteria and carrier access criteria, and storing the electronic shipment requests in a database. The electronic shipment requests are presented for action to the remote carriers meeting the carrier access criteria. These remote carriers may reply to the shipment requests with fulfillment offers, which are responsive to the presented shipment requests. Carrier fulfillment offers are received and presented to the remote shippers originating the electronic shipment requests. An Internet based system for implementing the method of the present invention is also disclosed.