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Application US20160189102
Published 2016-06-30
A Cargo Shipment Route Determination Apparatus And Method
A method comprising: providing data regarding a plurality of shipment services, each datum comprising a service origin and destination pair and price information; providing data regarding a plurality of shipment service providers, each shipment service associated with a shipment service provider; providing a shipment origin and destination of the cargo; responsive to the shipment origin, the shipment destination and a predetermined route viability criterion, identifying a viability set of the shipment services; responsive to a predetermined business relationship criterion, identifying a set of the shipment service providers; responsive to the identified shipment service viability set and the identified provider set, determining, in real-time, a shipment route for the cargo from the provided shipment origin to the provided shipment destination; responsive to the shipment service price information, determining, in real-time, price information associated with the determined shipment route; and outputting the determined shipment route and the determined associated price information.
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- 1-36. (canceled)
- 37. A cargo shipment route determination server comprising:
a processor; a memory; and a communications module in communication with a plurality of user terminals, wherein said memory has stored thereon data regarding a plurality of hubs, and wherein said processor is arranged, responsive to instructions stored on said memory, to:
determine a catchment area for each of said plurality of hubs;
receive from a user terminal, via said communications module, a shipment origin and shipment destination of the cargo;
determine, in real-time, at least one shipment route for the cargo from said received shipment origin to said received shipment destination responsive to said shipment origin, said shipment destination and said determined catchment area for one said plurality of hubs; and
output to the user terminal, via said communications module, an indication of said determined at least one shipment route.
- 47. A computer implemented cargo shipment route determination method, the method comprising:
determining a catchment area for each of a plurality of hubs; receiving from a user terminal a shipment origin and shipment destination of the cargo; determining, in real-time, at least one shipment route for the cargo from said received shipment origin to said received shipment destination responsive to said shipment origin, said shipment destination and said determined catchment area for one said plurality of hubs; and outputting to the user terminal an indication of said determined at least one shipment route.
