United Parcel Service of America, Inc.

Lory E Krett

David Allison Bennett

Jinyue Liu

Paul A Bilibin

William Ward Smith, Iii

Charles D Mentzer

Lynn Shaindell Goldhaber

Paul R McLaughlin

Hsiangwen S Hu

Reichie R Nelson

Matthew J Smith

Mark A Bjerke

Harland F Maier

Geoffrey Carl McGrath

Paul R Mclaughlin

William W Smith

Geoffrey Carl Mcgrath

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

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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Bremerton, WA, United States of America

Lory E Krett