Methods and systems including receiving a plurality of shipping bids from a plurality of shipping entities, each entity having goods to ship from locations to destinations, wherein each bid represents an option to ship goods at a shipping price, and wherein each bid comprises a plurality of shipping parameters; receiving a plurality of carrier bids from a plurality of carrier entities, each entity transporting the goods, wherein each bid represents an option to transport the goods at a price, and wherein each bid comprises a plurality of carrier parameters; performing a matching process to generate a plurality of pair-wise partial matches, wherein each match associates a shipping and carrier bid at a modified price, wherein the modified price is based on a deviation between the parameters; providing information representing the matches to the shipping and carrier entities; and generating training data representing which matches were exercised.

Disclosed is a method, server processing system, system and computer readable medium for managing inventory. In one aspect, the method includes, in a server processing system, steps of: receiving, from a plurality of merchant devices including a first and second merchant device associated with a first and second merchant respectively, inventory data and a plurality of merchant locations which are stored in a data store; receiving, from the first merchant device, data indicative of a requested good that is not stocked by the first merchant; determining that the requested good is stocked by a second merchant using the inventory data of one or more merchants that are located within a proximity of the location of the first merchant; and transferring, to the second merchant device, a request to facilitate provision of the requested good to a customer of the first merchant.

A server and a method for providing a delivery service of an item using a vehicle through steps of determining at least one available vehicle to deliver the item from among a plurality of vehicles and an estimated cost corresponding to the at least one available vehicle; transmitting a list of the at least one available vehicle and the estimated cost to a requesting terminal; transmitting delivery information of the item to a shipping vehicle selected by the requesting terminal among the at least one available vehicle; and determining a final cost corresponding to the estimated cost and transmitting a payment completion message of the final cost to the requesting terminal after the item are delivered by the shipping vehicle are provided.

Various implementations directed to a system and method for product delivery using a fulfillment model are provided. In one implementation, a method may include generating a fulfillment database for fulfillers, where the fulfillment database includes inventory data and location data. The method may also include receiving order data from an originator, where the order data includes delivery data and product data corresponding to a transaction between a customer and the originator, and where the product data includes data corresponding to a product purchased by the customer from the originator. The method may further include determining optimal prices for the fulfillers using a pricing model based on the order data and the fulfillment database. The method may additionally include selecting a first fulfiller using a fulfillment model based on the order data, the fulfillment database, and the optimal prices.

The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for delivering internationally shipped items. Aspects of the invention utilize a unifying database to consolidate information from different parties (e.g., government entities, shippers, carriers, and item recipients) associated with delivery of an internationally shipped item in a common location. The unifying database facilitates communication between different the parties that use different data protocols, different data formats, different data types, different EDI, etc., including direct database entry of some data. Parties can update relevant information corresponding to their responsibilities within the unified database. When one party updates information, other parties can be notified electronically in essentially real time of status changes relevant to item delivery.

An order for telecommunications services is received comprising order parameters including a CPE device configuration request for a customer network. A warehouse is selected as a staging location based upon the order parameters, available inventory of the CPE device, and shipping information from the warehouse to the customer network. A bay of a rack at the staging location is selected to stage a CPE device that matches the specifications of the CPE device configuration request. The CPE device is validated by verifying hardware of the CPE device and whether the CPE device is loaded with certain predetermined software. A configuration is executed to the CPE device to provide the telecommunication services according to the order parameters. The configuration is saved and the CPE device is prepared for installation at a customer location. The CPE device may be shipped to the customer network using the order parameters and shipping information.

Methods, systems, and computer storage media provide a concurrent browsing session. A user interface is provided for display on a first computing device of a first user to facilitate the concurrent browsing session. The user interface simultaneously displays a first browsing screen showing interaction of the first user with a site and a real-time feed of a second browsing screen presented on a second computing device of a second user showing interaction of the second user with the site. A request is received to split payment of a first item in a first digital cart. In response to the request, a first payment interface for a first portion of the payment is provided for display on the first computing device, and a second payment interface for a second portion of the payment is provided for display on the second computing device.

A system includes an orchestration engine and a smart container. The system can dynamically update a transport process for transporting the smart container to a destination based on status data to use a combination of multiple carriers. The smart container can report status notifications while the transport process is ongoing. Examples of carriers include national/global carriers, regional/local carriers, gig workers, corporate/contracted carriers, or short-range delivery services such as unmanned autonomous robots, land vehicles, or aerial vehicles (e.g., drones). As such, the system can take advantage of a diverse ecosystem of carriers and adapt the transport process in real-time to optimize for a target parameter such as a time remaining to the destination, a distance remaining to the destination, or a cost to complete the transport process.

Technologies are shown for shipping route selection involving receiving sender and recipient shipping information for an item to be shipped and obtaining shipping route options for the item based on the sender and recipient shipping information. The route options are provided for display and selection of an option. A routing data block is created for the item at an address on a blockchain that stores shipping information for each stage of the selected route. A shipping tag is encoded with the blockchain address and attached to the item. The tag can be scanned to obtain the blockchain address and request information for a next stage of the shipping route from the block. The next shipping information from the block is received and utilized to ship the item to a next geolocation. The next shipping information can be determined based on current conditions, such as weather, pricing and availability.

Systems and methods which provide a reusable shipping product comprised of a reusable shipping container and reusable shipping event code are shown. A shipper may use a user device to interact with a reusable shipping event code and/or corresponding shipping event management system for facilitating operation herein. The reusable shipping event codes of embodiments provide for shipping information used in processing an item during shipment in a configuration adapted for repeated use in shipping. A shipping event code database is preferably provided, such as at a shipping event management system, wherein shipping information associated with a corresponding shipping event code may be stored, such as for use in shipping services processing of a shipped item using a reusable shipping product of embodiments herein. The reusable shipping containers of embodiments of the invention provide shipping containers which are adapted for repeated use in shipping.