Method for conducting an online transaction to fulfill a rail-shipment service inquiry or a rail-shipment service ordering
CA 3085122 C · Owner: Canadian National Railway Company · Inventors: Podgurny, Leonard John; Ernesaks, Anita
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A method is described for conducting an online transaction to fulfill a railshipment including , providing cost infonnation to a customer in connection with the rail-shipment and fulfilling , the rail-shipment. A Graphical User Interface (GUI) is provided including a commodity input , object and a railcar type object to allow a user to specify a commodity to be shipped and a , freight railcar type for performing the rail-shipment of the commodity. A program element , computes a baseline haul price by using as factors the particular commodity to be shipped and , the specific railcar type. A customized shipment price is also computed and presented via the , GUI at least in part by …
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- Filed February 1, 2002 and granted September 28, 2021. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 1, 2022.
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