Patent ID: 11961033
Assignee: CONVEY, LLC
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 1:
2. The shipping management system of claim 1, wherein the computer executable instructions are executable by the processor further to:
access a selected shipping record representing a shipment by a carrier of the plurality of carriers;
determine a last update time for the selected shipping record and a next scheduled update time for the selected shipping record;
based on a determination that the last update time for the selected shipping record is after the next scheduled update time for the selected shipping record:
match the selected shipping record to a carrier specific scheduling rule for the carrier; and
update the next scheduled update time for the selected shipping record based on the carrier specific scheduling rule; and based on a determination that a current time is after the next scheduled update time:
create a task to update the selected shipping record;
generate an API call to a carrier system of the carrier to request a status update for the selected shipping record; and
update the selected shipping record based on shipment information returned in the response to the API call.