Patent ID: 7536321

Claim:
A system for diverting a quantity of in-transit units having a product number, comprising: a terminal configured to transmit to the diversion control server product inquiry information including the product number; a diversion control server including a processor configured to calculate a plurality of estimated time of arrivals to a plurality of destinations for a plurality of in-transit units having the product number and a due date associated with the plurality of estimated time of arrivals by which a diversion request must be completed to cause the quantity of in-transit units having the product number to be diverted to at least one destination, wherein the diversion request is based in part on the calculated estimated time of arrivals; and the terminal further configured to receive from the diversion control server the plurality of estimated time of arrivals to the at least one destination and the due date, and to transmit to the diversion control server the diversion request to cause the diversion control server to divert the quantity of in-transit units.