Patent ID: 7406467

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for managing transportation carrier services comprising: presenting a network user interface to receive a first set of search criteria; searching a database to identify a first set of one or more customers that satisfy the first set of search criteria; generating an intermediate list comprising the identified first set of customers; presenting the network user interface to receive a second set of search criteria different than the first set of search criteria; searching the database to identify a second set of one or more customers that satisfy the second set of search criteria; forming a composite list from the first set of customers and the second set of customers; and displaying the composite list via the network user interface, wherein presenting the network user interface comprises presenting the network user interface to further display a plurality of interrelated screens including: a first screen that the user interface initially displays to receive the first set of search criteria and present a first button that when activated indicates formation of the composite list, and a second screen that the user interface displays in response to a first activation of the first button to display the intermediate list comprising the first set of customers that satisfy the first set of search criteria, receive a selection of one or more of the customers of the intermediate list, present a second button that when activated indicates the search and append action, and present a third button that when activated accepts an airline management action performed on one or more of the customers of the intermediate list, wherein in response to activation of the second button, the user interface redisplays the first screen to receive the second set of search criteria, and wherein in response to a second activation of the first button, the user interface redisplays the second customer screen to display the composite list, the composite list comprising the customers selected from the intermediate list and the customers that satisfy the second set of search criteria, present the second button that when activated indicates the search and append action, and present a third button that when activated accepts an airline management action performed on one or more of the customers of the composite list.