Patent ID: 8700500
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G07G,H05K

Abstract:
1. A method for a rail transportation company to obtain particulars from a customer about a desired shipment of goods and to perform the desired shipment of goods based on the information received from the customer, the method including: (a) implementing a graphical user interface on a customer computer system, the graphical user interface configured to receive an input from the customer for directing the rail transportation company to use, for the desired shipment of goods, a freight railcar of a type selected by the customer and owned by an entity selected by the customer, the graphical user interface being configured to provide the customer with: (b) performing the desired shipment by using a freight railcar of the type selected by the customer among the freight railcar type options and owned by the entity selected by the customer among the freight railcar ownership options.