PREDICTING MULTI-CITY OR DIRECT BACKHAUL

摘要

Transportation services are matched with transportation service providers (TSPs) in response to received transportation requests. A description of a load or other transportation service is obtained, a shipping lane is determined and the transportation request is parsed. Respondents, including those accepting queries in a predetermined automated format, are queried. The bids are received and prices, corresponding to the bids, are provided to an entity submitting the transportation request, and the bid is confirmed. If the TSP will accept a further transportation request, an estimated time of availability is determined and the further transportation request is searched.