Patent ID: 8219503
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A server system for diverting a quantity of in-transit units having a product number, comprising: a unit configured to present to a client located on a network a form adapted to elicit product inquiry information including the product number; a unit configured to receive the product inquiry information including the product number; a calculation unit configured to calculate, using a processor, a plurality of estimated time of arrivals to a plurality of destinations for a plurality of in-transit units having the product number and a due date associated with the plurality of estimated time of arrivals by which a diversion request must be completed to cause the quantity of in-transit units having the product number to be diverted, wherein at least one of the plurality of in-transit units is designated to a customer; a unit configured to present to the client the plurality of estimated time of arrivals and the due date; and a unit configured to receive the diversion request to cause the quantity of in-transit units having the product number to be diverted to at least one of the plurality of destinations.