Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Environmentally responsive shipping selection
- Patent Title (中): 环保的航运选择
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Application No.: US12271301Application Date: 2008-11-14
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Publication No.: US08738430B2Publication Date: 2014-05-27
- Inventor: Gregory J. Boss , Lamont U. Cannon , Rick A. Hamilton, II , Ruthie D. Lyle , Anne R. Sand
- Applicant: Gregory J. Boss , Lamont U. Cannon , Rick A. Hamilton, II , Ruthie D. Lyle , Anne R. Sand
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Driggs, Hogg, Daugherty & Del Zoppo Co., LPA
- Agent Patrick J. Daugherty
- Main IPC: G06Q30/00
- IPC: G06Q30/00 ; G06Q90/00

Abstract:
Methods, devices and systems are provided for enabling the selection of a shipping option responsive to an environmental preference. A user indicates a shipping criteria preference including an environmental impact weighting. A cost value of each of a plurality of shipping options is determined including an environmental impact cost. A shipping options is selected and implemented for a shipping of an item as a function of the indicated environmental impact weighting. Each of the plurality of shipping option cost values may be dynamically recalculated and the status of at least one of the shipping options updated, the updating determining a change in value a shipping option cost value, an implemented selected shipping option changed to another of the plurality of shipping options as a function of the status updating.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100125494A1 ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIVE SHIPPING SELECTION Public/Granted day:2010-05-20
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