United Parcel Service of America, Inc.

Lory E Moon

David Allison Bennett

Lynn Shaindell Goldhaber

Paul A Bilibin

Jinyue Liu

William Ward Smith, Iii

Charles D Mentzer

Paul R McLaughlin

Hsiangwen S Hu

Reichie R Nelson

Mark A Bjerke

Matthew J Smith

William W Smith

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

Various embodiments for aggregating packages into a pouch in a shipping environment are disclosed. For example, package details associated with a package are compared to one or more incompatibility factors, and if the package details do not match the one or more incompatibility factors, a package identifier uniquely identifying the package is added to a pouch manifest. If the package is not compatible with the pouch, an error message may be displayed to a user indicating that the package is incompatible. In addition, package details may be compared with compatibility factors identifying criteria for packages that are compatible with the pouch and questionable compatibility factors identifying criteria for packages that may be compatible with the pouch. Compatibility factors and questionable compatibility factors may include, for example, service options, delivery notification options, or destination zip code(s).

Systems and methods for aggregating packages in a shipping environment

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Bremerton, WA, United States of America

Lory E Moon