Apparatus, systems and methods for applying billing options for multiple carriers for online, multi-carrier, multi-service parcel shipping management

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8386341
APP PUB NO 20040254808A1
SERIAL NO

10838031

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The present invention provides apparatus, systems and methods that apply to a single particular billing method selected by each of a plurality of users, in response to each particular user's request, a set of billing method rules for each carrier of a plurality of carriers and determines whether or not each carrier of the plurality of carriers supports the shipper's specified preferred billing method, and if so, any special pricing considerations for each particular Carrier. Each user of the present invention accesses the present invention over a global communications network using a client computer device, each user client computer device having an individual electronic connection to the global communications network.

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  • ISHIP INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bennett, David Allison Bothell, US 23 1242
Bilibin, Paul Lynnwood, US 18 1176
Liu, Jinyue Redmond, US 23 1420
Mentzer, Charles D Redmond, US 19 1227

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