Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Business processing using cryptography – Postage metering system
Reexamination Certificate
2005-10-18
2005-10-18
Backer, Firmin (Department: 3621)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Business processing using cryptography
Postage metering system
C705S060000, C705S410000, C705S007380, C705S408000, C235S375000, C235S478000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06957197
ABSTRACT:
A system for managing shipping parcels that includes a specially adapted set of load planning tables, or, from another aspect, a set of load planning tables for use with a system for managing shipping parcels. The system includes: a planning system for providing a rated route; and a shipping database for providing stored planning information and for providing a stored rated route for shipping the parcel. Some of the shipping database is organized as a set of load planning tables, including: a group table, for storing group identifiers, each group identifier used to identify a group of one or more parcels; a load table, for storing records of attributes associated with a load, which is in turn associated with a group; a stop table, for storing records of attributes associated with a stop, which is in turn associated with a load; a shipment header table, for storing records of attributes associated with a shipment, which is in turn optionally associated with a stop; and a cost table, for storing records of attributes associated with a component cost of a load, which is in turn associated with a load.
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Altendahl James R.
Lent Steven R.
Backer Firmin
Chaclas Angelo N.
Lemm Brian A.
Pitney Bowes Inc.
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