Methods and apparatus for connecting shippers and carriers...

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G06Q 10/00 (2006.01)

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CA 2389135

An online electronic marketplace in which carriers bid for loads tendered by shippers, and shippers purchase the most attractive transportation services. The system described herein efficiently matches loads and capacities, lowers transaction costs, and creates value through enhanced visibility to information resulting in efficient transportation and financial transactions. According to specific embodiments, the present invention combines a neutral marketplace patterned after a stock exchange, with the electronic format of an Internet auction site to create a trading system for the logistics industry.

L'invention concerne une place de marché électronique en ligne sur laquelle les transporteurs sollicitent les chargements soumissionés ? par les affréteurs, et les affréteurs achètent les services de transport les plus attractifs. Le système selon l'invention permet de mettre efficacement en correspondance des chargements et des capacités, d'abaisser les coûts des transactions et de créer une certaine valeur du fait de la visibilité améliorée des informations, d'où une meilleure efficacité du transport et des transactions financières. Selon certains modes de réalisation, la présente invention combine une place de marché neutre configuré d'après une bourse des valeurs et le format électronique d'un site Internet de ventes aux enchères pour créer un système commercial destiné au secteur logistique.

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