Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Preserving the highest shipping price using a logistics management system (LMS)
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Application No.: US14542902Application Date: 2014-11-17
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Publication No.: US10860966B2Publication Date: 2020-12-08
- Inventor: Susan M Dohm , JoAnn E Jancik , William A Loebertmann , Stephanie Kirkham
- Applicant: Unisys Corporation
- Applicant Address: US PA Blue Bell
- Assignee: Unisys Corporation
- Current Assignee: Unisys Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Blue Bell
- Main IPC: G06Q10/08
- IPC: G06Q10/08 ; G06Q10/02

Abstract:
A logistics management system (LMS) may include receiving, at a server, a request from a requestor to amend a booking on an air carrier's cargo hold for a designated route; amending, by the server, at least one of a group consisting of a routing, a weight, a volume, a special handling codes, a product, an allotment, a flight, a container type, and a change of responsible participant for charges of the booking based on the received request; and assigning, by the server, a new price for the booking based on the amendment unless a total price for the amended booking and a rate for the amended booking are both lower than an original total price and an original rate for the booking created at a time of the booking.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160140483A1 PRESERVING THE HIGHEST SHIPPING PRICE USING A LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (LMS) Public/Granted day:2016-05-19
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