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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2018
The Descartes Systems Group Inc., Waterloo, CA;
Rafael Zimberoff, Seattle, WA (US);
Aliaksandr Hramadski, Factoria, WA (US);
Alexander Uslontsev, Seattle, WA (US);
Patricia Anderson, Seattle, WA (US);
Stanislav Tugushev, Seattle, WA (US);
The Descartes Systems Group Inc., Waterloo, CA;
Abstract
Techniques for token-based control of item transport operations are described. In some examples, a Transport Rules Broker ('TRB') receives a selection of transport rules associated with a user. The transport rules control operations that are performed by a carrier when the carrier transports an item from, for, or to the user. The TRB generates a token that is associated with the transport rules and/or the user. In a typical scenario, the user provides the token to a merchant computing system when ordering an item. Having received the token, the merchant computing system provides it (directly or indirectly) to the carrier computing system. The token controls operations that are performed by the carrier when the carrier transports the item to the user or other destination. In particular, the token causes the carrier to transport the item in accordance with the selected rules that are associated with the token.