Patent ID: 11887043
Assignee: ACUITIVE SOLUTIONS, LLC.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 1:
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising, based on receiving the user input from the requesting entity:
transmitting, by the server system of the intermediary entity, a plurality of electronic requests for the shipping cost data to a plurality of computing devices of a plurality of shipping entities;
receiving, by the server system of the intermediary entity, a plurality of sets of shipping cost data from the plurality of computing devices of the shipping entities, the plurality of sets of shipping cost data being provided by the plurality of shipping entities in response to the plurality of electronic requests, and the plurality of sets of shipping cost data being provided in one or more other formats that are different than the preferred format of the requesting entity;
automatically converting, by the server system of the intermediary entity, the plurality of sets of shipping cost data from the one or more other formats into a plurality of shipping quotes in the preferred format of the requesting entity; and
transmitting, by the server system of the intermediary entity, the plurality of shipping quotes in the preferred format to the requesting entity via the online portal.