Abstract: A method/system is provided for automatically managing a shipping system, including receiving trip information for a plurality of trips requested by at least one shipper and receiving get-load requests associated with a plurality of carriers to participate in an assignment process to be assigned to execute one or more of the trips. The method further includes tentatively assigning a carrier identified by a get-load request to a trip, triggering a determination whether an EL requirement for the trip is satisfied by an amount of original EL indicated for the carrier, and if not satisfied, requesting adequate immediate digital provision of EL trip coverage for the carrier, only assigning the carrier to the trip after receiving confirmation that the EL trip coverage can be immediately and digitally obtained, and otherwise blocking the get-load request associated with the carrier from participating in an assignment process to be assigned to the trip and/or other equivalent trips.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 21, 2022
Date of Patent:
November 21, 2023
Assignee:
United States Fire Insurance Company
Inventors:
Thomas C. Bredahl, Kenneth Russo, Thomas Kuriakose, Luigi Pedalino, Matthew Gauthier, Jeffrey Norman Roth
Abstract: A method/system is provided for automatically managing a shipping system, including receiving trip information for a plurality of trips requested by at least one shipper and receiving get-load requests associated with a plurality of carriers to participate in an assignment process to be assigned to execute one or more of the trips. The method further includes tentatively assigning a carrier identified by a get-load request to a trip, triggering a determination whether an EL requirement for the trip is satisfied by an amount of original EL indicated for the carrier, and if not satisfied, requesting adequate immediate digital provision of EL trip coverage for the carrier, only assigning the carrier to the trip after receiving confirmation that the EL trip coverage can be immediately and digitally obtained, and otherwise blocking the get-load request associated with the carrier from participating in an assignment process to be assigned to the trip and/or other equivalent trips.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 13, 2020
Date of Patent:
April 5, 2022
Assignee:
United States Fire Insurance Company
Inventors:
Thomas C. Bredahl, Kenneth Russo, Thomas Kuriakose, Luigi Pedalino, Matthew Gauthier, Jeffrey Norman Roth