Logistics system for automating transportation of goods

US5631827A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• TanData Corporation · US

Inventors

• Peter A. Nicholls · Janetville, CA
• Robert Kinyon · Tulsa, US
• Jeff Skaistis · Tulsa, US
• Steve Johnson · Tulsa, US
• Andy Locker · Tulsa, US
• Chris Guzik · Owasso, US
• Scott Howard · Tulsa, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 6, 1995
• Grant date: May 20, 1997
• Expiry date: Jun 6, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0283
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The various transportation logistics tasks, such as order processing, order fulfillment, transportation of goods and tracking, are assigned to individual client/server objects which make up the building blocks of the computerized logistics management system. A tokenized message handling scheme allows client and server objects to share information, even where the respective data types do not match. An external processing manager provides script handling services to other client applications, allowing those applications to modify the performance of other program objects and to communicate with the outside world.