Cargo logistics dispatch service with integrated pricing and scheduling

US10692039B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Pawan R. Chowdhary · San Jose, US
• Markus Ettl · Ossining, US
• Zhenyu Hu · Leonberg, DE
• Roger D. Lederman · Ossining, US
• Zhengliang Xue · Yorktown Heights, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 20, 2016
• Grant date: Jun 23, 2020
• Expiry date: May 19, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/1093
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

System and method that improves cargo logistics may be presented. For instance, shipping capacity in cargo logistics may be best utilized based on providing pricing and scheduling solutions that are jointly optimized and prices differentiated based on flexibility of service request. Scheduled service and pricing may be transmitted as a signal to control execution of the cargo logistics.