Patent ID: 8131651
Filing Date: 2012-03-06
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A shipping management computer system, said shipping management computer system comprising at least one computer device, wherein said shipping management computer system is programmed to: display to a respective user of a plurality of users, upon the respective user's request, as to a respective particular parcel to be shipped by the respective user, a respective simultaneous online interactive graphic cross-comparison of a plurality of respective service-specific, carrier-specific shipping rates, wherein the respective service-specific, carrier-specific shipping rates are calculated and displayed for each respective service of a plurality of services offered by each respective carrier of a plurality of carriers to ship the respective particular parcel, wherein each respective service-specific, carrier-specific shipping rate is displayed adjacent a display indicating a respective time and date before which a particular respective carrier would deliver the respective particular parcel to a respective particular delivery destination via a particular respective delivery service, wherein each respective user of the plurality of users accesses the shipping management computer system using a respective user client computer device, and wherein the respective simultaneous online interactive graphic cross-comparison is displayed to a respective display device that communicates with the respective user client computer device used by the respective user.