Patent ID: 7343300

Claim:
A computer readable storage medium containing a program element for execution by a CPU for computing a price for the transportation of goods on a route having a first segment and a second segment adjacent the first segment, each of the first and second segments having a respective origin and a respective destination, said program element comprising: a) a first program component for directing a computer to deliver information to a user prompting the user to enter at the computer information conveying one or more characteristics of the first segment of the route, the goods being transported on the first segment by truck; b) a second program component for directing the computer to deliver information to the user prompting the user to enter at the computer information conveying one or more characteristics of the second segment of the route, the goods being transported on the second segment by a train, wherein the user is prompted to provide information for identifying a particular train station at which the goods are to be transferred from truck to train from among a plurality of different predetermined train stations; c) a third program component for computing a price for the transportation of the goods on the route at least in part on the basis of the characteristics of the first segment entered by the user and the characteristics of the second segment entered by the user.