| US 7,546,520 B2 | ||
| Electronic shipment planner | ||
| Robert A. Davidson, Fort Smith, Ark. (US); Corey Goux, Fort Smith, Ark. (US); and Michael Newcity, Fort Smith, Ark. (US) | ||
| Assigned to ABF Freight Systems, Inc., Fort Smith, Ark. (US) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 19, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/208,193. | ||
| Application 11/208193 is a continuation of application No. 09/691980, filed on Oct. 19, 2000, granted, now 7,003,720. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/174887, filed on Jan. 07, 2000. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0278657 A1, Dec. 15, 2005 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 715—200 [715/255] | 20 Claims |
| 1. An electronic shipment planner adapted for electronically presenting shipment and scheduling information to a user, the
shipment and scheduling information including at least one shipment event date, said shipment planner comprising:
(a) a shipment data repository containing shipment and scheduling information for inbound freight and outbound freight;
(b) a system interface communicating with said shipment data repository;
(c) a calendar display interface for displaying said shipment planner to the user in a calendar format, said calendar format
comprising a tabular register of days;
(d) a plurality of interactive shipment data links contained within certain days displayed in said calendar display interface,
and electronically associated with the shipment and scheduling information, said plurality of shipment data links cooperating
with said system interface as commanded by the user to access and retrieve the associated shipment and scheduling information
contained in said shipment data repository, and said plurality of shipment data links comprising:
(i) a plurality of inbound freight data links for accessing and retrieving associated inbound freight information from said
shipment data repository;
(ii) a plurality of outbound freight data links for accessing and retrieving associated outbound freight information from
said shipment data repository; and
(iii) said calendar display interface further comprising a first data code visually distinguishing all of said inbound freight
data links contained within said tabular register of days, and a second data code visually distinguishing all of said outbound
freight data links contained within said tabular register of days;
whereby said shipment planner defines an interactive visual reference adapted for managing and tracking shipments.
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