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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2000
David Allison Bennett, Bothell, WA (US);
Lynn Shaindell Goldhaber, Snohomish, WA (US);
Lory Elizabeth Krett, Kirkland, WA (US);
William W. Smith, Iii, Medina, WA (US);
Paul Bilibin, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Charles D. Mentzer, Redmond, WA (US);
David Allison Bennett, Bothell, WA (US);
Lynn Shaindell Goldhaber, Snohomish, WA (US);
Lory Elizabeth Krett, Kirkland, WA (US);
William W. Smith, III, Medina, WA (US);
Paul Bilibin, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Charles D. Mentzer, Redmond, WA (US);
Stamps.com Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US);
iShip Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides apparatus, systems and methods for displaying to each of a plurality of users, upon each user's request, as to each particular parcel to be shipped by each user, an online interactive graphic comparison of a plurality of shipping rates calculated for each of a plurality of services offered by each of a plurality of carriers to ship a particular parcel, each shipping rate corresponding to a particular service offered by a particular carrier for delivering the particular parcel to a particular delivery destination at a particular parcel delivery time on a particular parcel delivery date, wherein each user accesses the computer system over a global communications network using a client computer device, and wherein each user has an individual electronic connection to the global communications network. The present invention provides apparatus, systems and methods for regenerating an online interactive graphic comparison of a plurality of shipping rates calculated for each of a plurality of services offered by each of a plurality of carriers, at any particular remote user client computer device of a plurality of remote user client computer devices, based on modified input by a user at a particular remote user client computer device, wherein the present invention communicates with each remote user client computer device over a global communications network.