United Parcel Service of America, Inc.

Hsiangwen S Hu

Jinyue Liu

Lynn Shaindell Goldhaber

David Allison Bennett

Paul A Bilibin

William Ward Smith, Iii

Charles D Mentzer

Paul R McLaughlin

Reichie R Nelson

Matthew J Smith

Mark A Bjerke

Lory E Moon

Lory E Krett

William W Smith

Jerry M Johnson

John McNiel Dietz

Harland F Maier

Geoffrey Carl McGrath

William Ward Smith

John Mcniel Dietz

Geoffrey Carl Mcgrath

Paul R Mclaughlin

Embodiments of the present invention includes system and methods for the continued operation of a carrier management system having one or more user terminals that normally communicate with at least one data center over a network (online), when the one or more user terminals are unable to communicate with the data center (offline). Once communication is re-established between the one or more user terminal and the data center, local files and data on the user terminals that were used to rate and ship packages while offline are synchronized between the one or more user terminals and the data center.

Data synchronization for offline processing

The present invention includes system and methods for the continued operation of a carrier management system having one or more user terminals that normally communicate with at least one data center over a network (online), when the one or more user terminals are unable to communicate with the data center (offline). Once communication is re-established between the one or more user terminal and the data center, local files and data on the user terminals that were used to rate and ship packages while offline are synchronized between the one or more user terminals and the data center.

Offline processing systems and methods for a carrier management system

Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for modifying the status for one or more carrier services based on one or more geographical delivery areas. Such embodiments provide an interface module executed by a processor to modify data indicating the status for the one or more carrier services in response to obtaining data indicating the one or more carrier services to be modified, a beginning date for which the status of the one or more carrier services is to be modified, an ending date for which the status will return to its pre-existing state prior to being modified, one or more geographical delivery areas in which the status is to be modified, and a modification for the one or more carrier services.

Systems and methods for modification of service status of geographical delivery areas for common carriers

The present invention includes systems and methods for the controlled deployment of software in a web-based environment where multiple versions of a single application are supported to provide field experience of various versions before general deployment. The systems and methods of the invention support backwards compatibility, which allows older versions of the same software to be accessed concurrently with newer (revised) versions. Likewise, data item opaqueness is supported whereby data items not recognized by a software level or tier are not rejected but are passed on to another tier or level where they may be recognized.

Controlled deployment of software in a web-based architecture

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Redmond, WA, United States of America

Hsiangwen S Hu