Patent ID: 7130771

Claim:
A method for generating a list of package shipment routes in a shipment solution system, said method comprising the steps of: entering product and packaging information, place of origin, destination and shipment temperature parameters for a package into said system, wherein said product is a perishable product, and the temperature parameters corresponds to an exposure level beyond which said product will perish; generating a listing of all possible shipment routes available for said package between said place of origin and said destination; for each of said shipment routes, generating an ambient thermal temperature model corresponding to the external temperatures said package including said product information, insulation in said package, and refrigeration or heating used in said package and analyzing said thermal characteristics along said available shipping routes, based on each of said ambient thermal temperature models, so as to determine feasible shipment routes and corresponding packaging information, sufficient to prevent said product from perishing by preventing the temperature of said perishable product from diverting from said exposure level; for each of said feasible shipment routes, calculating the cost for shipment along said feasible shipment routes based on packaging and delivery cost; selecting a route for delivery from among said feasible shipment routes, and presenting said selected route to a user so as to allow said user to ship said perishable product via said selected route.