Patent ID: 8386341

Claim:
A shipping management computer system comprising: at least one server computer configured to provide an Internet website accessible by at least one client computer that is configured to exchange information with said at least one server computer via an Internet communications network, said at least one client computer comprising a software program executing on said at least one client computer, said software program configured to render hypermedia content from Internet websites; said at least one server computer comprising executable program instructions to generate computer-executable instructions configured for execution by said at least one client computer for receiving an input by a user of one or more pre-determined parcel specifications through said at least one client computer, and said generated computer-executable instructions further configured for execution by said at least one client computer for generating a display to a display device in communication with said at least one client computer in response to said input, said display comprising an indication of a plurality of carriers that would provide a delivery service according to the input, said display further comprising a price that a particular carrier of said plurality of carriers would charge for performing said delivery service; and in response to an access of said Internet website through said software program through the Internet communications network, said at least one server computer further comprising executable program instructions to distribute said generated computer-executable instructions through the Internet communications network to said software program for subsequent execution by said at least one client computer for receiving said input by said at least one client computer and for generating the display by said at least one client computer for display on the display device in communication with said at least one client computer.