Patent ID: 6697702
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
For shipment transaction processing involving transaction information related to goods shipped from one of a plurality of shippers by one of a plurality of carriers, a shipment transaction system comprising:a processor arrangement programmed and configured to maintain shipper credit data of said one of a plurality of shippers and to process the transaction information in response to control data communicatively coupled between the processor arrangement and users of at least one type; and at least one communication channel communicatively linking the processor arrangement with the users of said at least one type, wherein the processor arrangement is further programmed and configured to receive control data from the users of said at least one type, to verify that the received control data is from an authorized source, and to evaluate the shipper credit data and the control data and, in response, to determine whether to generate authorization data that authorizes payment to one of a plurality of carniers.