Patent ID: 7496520

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving data related to delivering shipments to a set of recipients at separate addresses; generating by a computer a first shipping option to deliver shipments to a first sub-set of the recipients within a first time period, and to deliver shipments to a second sub-set of recipients within a second time period that is greater than the first time period, shipments to the second sub-set of recipients being a greater distance than shipments to the first sub-set of recipients, the first shipping option provides a cost of shipping savings relative to shipping to all of the recipients within the first time period; generating by the computer a second shipping option to deliver shipments to the first sub-set of the recipients within the first time period, and to deliver shipments to a third sub-set of recipients within a third time period that is greater than the second time period, the second shipping option provides a cost savings unequal to the first shipping option; and presenting the first shipping option and the second shipping option in a user interface to a user for selection; wherein a quantity of the third sub-set of recipients is unequal to a quantity of the second sub-set of recipients.