Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Operations research or analysis
Reexamination Certificate
2000-10-06
2011-12-06
Pats, Justin (Department: 3623)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Operations research or analysis
C705S007120, C705S007180, C705S330000, C705S333000, C705S334000, C705S335000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08073723
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides apparatus, systems and methods for determining from a set of delivery times for each of a plurality of services for each of a plurality of carriers a potential delivery schedule for each of the plurality of services for each of the plurality of carriers in response to a request by each of a plurality of users, according to an input by each particular user of a shipping date, a set of parcel specifications for shipping a particular parcel, a set of shipping requirements for shipping the particular parcel, a particular origin postal code and a particular destination postal code. Each user accesses the present invention over a global communications network using a client computer device, and each user client computer device has an individual electronic connection to the global communications network.
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Bilibin Paul
Liu Jinyue
iShip Inc.
Khorsandi Marilyn R.
Khorsandi Patent Law Corporation, A Law Corporation
Pats Justin
Stamps.com Inc.
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