	US 12,299,626 B2
	Apparatus and method for improved processing
Larry C. Lockhart, Jr., Hamilton, MT (US); Arlen Anderson, Corvallis, MT (US); and Matt Wilson, Hamilton, MT (US)
Assigned to Freightmonster.com Inc., Hamilton, MT (US)
Filed by Freightmonster.com Inc., Hamilton, MT (US)
Filed on Oct. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/378,150.
Application 18/378,150 is a continuation of application No. 17/744,641, filed on May 14, 2022, granted, now 11,829,937.
Application 17/744,641 is a continuation of application No. 14/635,692, filed on Mar. 2, 2015, granted, now 11,334,843, issued on May 17, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/946,610, filed on Feb. 28, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2024/0211856 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/0835 (2023.01)

CPC G06Q 10/0835 (2013.01)

20 Claims

1. An apparatus for improved processing, comprising:

a plurality of carrier vehicles;

a plurality of clients each associated with one of the plurality of carrier vehicles;

a host server having a processor designed to process instructions to provide date and time selection to at least one of the clients from the host server to enable temporal scheduling of a load to be transported for a prospective transportation industry customer;

a non-transitory machine readable memory at a host server having stored therein computer instructions programmed to cause the processor to:

store user information and instructions in the memory at the host server;

access the memory at the host server to retrieve the user information and instructions and execute the instructions to perform steps to:

present from the server to the client one or more of a selectable date range and a time range for which the user provides a temporal-based requirement for picking up a load for a customer;

enable selection of one or more of a date range and a time range at a user interface of the client;

receive a selected one or more of the date range and the time range at the server from a user at the client;

store the received and selected one or more of the date range and the time range into a database of the server;

associate the stored one or more of the date range and the time range with a waypoint indicative of a cargo delivery destination desired by the customer;

associate the waypoint to a load;

associate the load to the customer;

receive a quote from one carrier to move the load at the waypoint within the date range and the time range;

at the server, accept the quote from the one carrier to move the load;

at the server, permission-lock user access on an electronic bill of lading comprising the accepted quote to administrative or authorized broker level personnel, the permission-locked user access preventing the one carrier after one of: booking and modifying the electronic bill of lading from making changes, to secure data on the electronic bill of lading after the load is delivered;

deliver the load from the waypoint to the customer using the one shipper carrier; and

generate a final delivered and permission-locked electronic bill of lading after delivering the load.