METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR SHARING PARTNERSHIP DATA IN SHIPPING TRANSACTIONS

摘要

Systems, methods, and apparatuses are presented for establishing partnerships and generally providing prioritized and/or preferential treatment to various entities in the shipping supply chain of the trucking freight industry for shipping transactions. Various functionality and communications may be enhanced when partnerships are formed. In some embodiments, a freight management website is architected to implement innovative partnership concepts among various freight management companies to realize social network elements tailored for the logistics industry. Freight management companies can configure their preferred business partners so that they can set exactly what and how to share their business target information. Through partnerships, complex logistics business workflow is automated and optimized for trusted freight management companies.

主权项

1. A method for improving shipping transactions through a freight management system, the method comprising:
causing display of one or more freight companies to be considered to enter into a partnership agreement with a first freight company; transmitting, by the freight management system and from a first freight company user interface of the freight management system, a partnership request to a second freight company user interface of a second freight company among the one or more freight companies, wherein:
the first freight company is designated a shipping role of any one of a shipper, a carrier, a receiver, or a broker; andthe second freight company is designated a shipping role of any one of the shipper, the carrier, the receiver, or the broker that is not the role designated of the first freight company; transmitting, by the freight management system and from the first freight company user interface, first sharing options to the second freight company user interface, the first sharing options limiting an amount of information controlled by the first freight company to be viewable by the second freight company; in response, transmitting acceptances of the partnership request and the first sharing options to the first freight company user interface; transmitting, from the second freight company user interface, second sharing options to the first freight company user interface, the second sharing options limiting an amount of information controlled by the second freight company to be viewable by the first freight company; transmitting, from the first freight company user interface, acceptance of the second sharing options to the second freight company user interface; and transmitting an order request for conducting a shipping transaction to the second freight company user interface that is prioritized in favor of the second freight company over other freight companies among the one or more freight companies that have not accepted a partnership request from the first freight company.