PROVIDING A COMMON MESSAGING FORMAT FOR COMMUNICATING DELIVERY INFORMATION WITH A VEHICLE MANUFACTURER

摘要

A common messaging format can be used for communicating delivery information with a vehicle manufacturer. An intermediary system can be configured to provide an interface for communicating with each of a plurality of different vehicle manufacturer systems that each employ of different messaging format. The intermediary system can also provide a common interface by which the intermediary system communicates with a trucking system so that the trucking system does not need to implement each different interface employed by the different vehicle manufacturer systems. The intermediary system therefore allows a trucking system to more easily deliver vehicles for multiple vehicle manufacturers.

主权项

1. A method, implemented by an intermediary system, for providing a common messaging format for communicating delivery information between a trucking system and a plurality of different vehicle manufacturer systems, the method comprising:
receiving, by an intermediary system, a first delivery request from a first vehicle manufacturer system, the first delivery request being in a first vehicle manufacturer format specific to the first vehicle manufacturer system and requesting that a trucking service deliver a first vehicle to a destination; generating, by the intermediary system, a second delivery request that includes a subset of the content of the first delivery request, the second delivery request being in a common format that is used by the intermediary system to communicate delivery requests from a plurality of vehicle manufacturer systems to a trucking system employed by the trucking service; storing content of the first delivery request that is not included in the subset; and sending the second delivery request to the trucking system to notify the trucking service of the request to deliver the first vehicle to the destination.