JP2003223574A - Transportation means deciding method by auction - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize further efficient transportation by solving a problem that transportation is carried out with non-loaded space left in conventional transportation and by finding out transporting articles of a customer matching the non-loaded space. <P>SOLUTION: The purpose can be accomplished by a transportation means deciding method by auction by providing air freight information and track information to a transportation client demanding the transportation of a package by using a computer system. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an invention in which transportation information provided by different transportation companies is widely provided to transportation clients via the Internet and transportation means are determined by an auction method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a result of the recent boom in commerce on the Internet, a consumer directly purchases a product in a remote area from a supplier in the remote area, and the supplier searches for a transportation means and directly purchases the product. The number of transactions that deliver to customers is increasing. Conventionally, in such transactions, the transportation between the consumer and the supplier has often been carried out by a mail carrier or a courier, which is a carrier whose center of transportation is ground transportation such as a truck. . This is because the delivery of products to be transported cannot be safely managed at a transit point where the transportation means changes, if the transportation means such as air or rail is used in the middle, so the transportation route from the supplier to the consumer is unified. This is due to the need for mail or courier service that can be managed by. However, when the value of the product fluctuates greatly due to its freshness and the areas where the demander and the supplier are located are far, the transportation time mainly by trucks such as mail or courier is There is a problem that it takes too much, and transportation by airmail is indispensable.

[0003]

However, the conventional techniques have the following problems. Airmail is also used by transport companies that centrally manage transportation such as postal services or courier, but in the case of products where freshness is important, it is necessary to arrange transportation immediately after the transaction is concluded. Because there is
Efficient transportation cannot be performed in a form that synergizes with another package that the carrier intends to transport, and the transportation cost tends to increase. Also, as a transportation company, the situation is not always such that efficient transportation is possible. In other words, the most efficient state is when the truck is loaded with the loaded weight and the loaded space always satisfying the predetermined amount, but the unloaded space is not loaded in the loaded space because the destinations are distributed. The actual situation is that transportation is carried out with the occurrence of. Therefore, if a customer's transport product that fits in this unloaded space is found, more efficient transport becomes possible. However, it is difficult to obtain such a transportation product because the unloaded space changes daily and is uncertain. Most airlines operate regular flights on airlines, so the number of passengers varies greatly depending on the time of day.
Even during times of congestion, most airlines operate with an unloaded space in the baggage loading space, and during the daytime when the number of passengers is small, there is a large unloaded space in the luggage loading space. There is a space. Therefore, it is more efficient if a transport client (customer) having a transport product that fits into this unloaded space is found, but since this unloaded space also fluctuates daily and is uncertain, such transport products are Hard to get. Therefore, each of various carriers, including airline companies, provides information on the unloaded space that occurs daily in their own transportation means to a certain place, and collectively displays the information to those who widely want to transport the information. It would be convenient if we could conclude a contract to provide and transport. In particular, as mentioned above, for a supplier who wants to deliver products to remote customers in a fresh and urgent manner, it can be transported at low cost using airmail, while for a carrier, there is an unloaded space. It is convenient to have the opportunity to acquire customers.

[0004]

According to the present invention, a computer system is used to provide air mail information and truck information to a transport client who wants to transport a load, and the transport means for the load is determined by an auction. A method of determining a means of transportation, which acquires airmail information from an airline company including a loadable amount of an airmail, a receiving place, a destination, a time of receiving the cargo, and an arrival time of the airmail to a computer for the vehicle of auction,
A step of renewably storing the airmail information in a storage means of the transportation means auction computer, a loadable amount of a truck from a ground carrier, a cargo receiving place, a deliverable area, a cargo receiving time, and an arrival time of the truck. Acquiring the truck information including the information in the transportation means auction computer, storing the truck information in the storage means of the transportation means auction computer so that the truck information can be updated, and transporting the airmail information and the truck information together. Providing the information so that it can be displayed on the computer of the transportation client and the transportation client can select any airmail or any truck from the transportation information, and the transportation client can select any airmail. Or send that selection to the selected airline or ground carrier when selecting either or both of the trucks Prompting the confirmation of the 4-option has been airmail or track reservation, and the stage to confirm the determination of the reservation,
Providing the selected truck information to the airlines receiving the selection after the confirmation of the reservation is confirmed and the selected flight information to the selected ground carrier, and After the confirmation is confirmed, a step of providing a provisional waybill including the identification information of the selected airmail and the identification information of the selected truck flight to the computer of the transportation requester so as to be displayed, When the load with the printed out waybill attached to the receiving place is checked and matched with the reservation, a regular waybill is issued and attached to the load. Is confirmed to have been delivered to the delivery destination requested by the transportation client, and thereafter, the transportation client is invoiced for the transportation fee including the transportation fee charged by the airline company and the fee charged by the truck company. Depending on the method of transport determination, To resolve. As a result,
For transportation that had to be requested to a transportation company that centrally manages transportation, it is possible to carry out transportation using an airline company and a ground transportation company without going through a transportation company that centrally manages transportation. Become. Even in this case, the transport client can provide the reliable transport service in the same manner as the transport company that manages the transport in a centralized manner.

Further, in the present invention, a computer system for product auction and a computer system for transportation means auction are used to determine a transportation means for carrying out an auction of a product and delivering the product from a supplier of the product to a purchaser of the product. A method for acquiring airmail information from an airline company, including a loadable capacity of an airmail, a receiving place, a destination, a time of receiving the cargo, and an arrival time of the airmail to a computer for the transportation means auction, Storing the airmail information in the storage means of the computer for the transportation means auction so that it can be updated, the load capacity of the truck from the ground transportation company, the loading place of the cargo, the deliverable area, the cargo acceptance time, and the arrival of the truck The truck information including time and time is obtained in the computer for the transportation means auction, and the truck information is updated so that the truck information can be updated. Obtaining product information including the type of product and the quality of the product from the supplier of the product to the computer for the product auction, and storing the product information for the product auction in the storage means of the means auction computer. Storing in a storage means of a computer,
The product information can be displayed on the purchaser's computer and the purchaser can input the purchase amount, the purchase price, and the desired delivery date and time of the product, and the purchaser according to the input purchase amount and the purchase price. Determining the destination and delivery destination of the product from the location of the determined purchaser, and the computer for the transportation means auction according to the destination and delivery destination, the desired date and time, and the transportation charge. Selecting either or both of any airmail or any truck based on the information in the storage means of the computer for the vehicle auction, and by the computer for the vehicle auction, the selected airline or ground Send the selection to the carrier and prompt the airline or ground carrier who received the selection to confirm the reservation of the selected flight or truck, After confirming the confirmation of the contract, and after confirming the confirmation of the reservation, the computer for the transportation means auction provides the selected truck information to the airline that receives the selection, and receives the selection. Providing the selected airmail information to the ground carrier,
After the confirmation of the reservation is confirmed, the computer for the transportation means auction gives the supplier of the product a temporary waybill including identification information of the selected airmail and identification information of the selected truck flight. And providing the purchaser with display information that can be displayed on the computer of the supplier, including the identification information of the selected airmail, the identification information of the selected truck flight, and the scheduled delivery date and time, and printed out. When the product attached with the temporary waybill is brought into the port of delivery and matched with the reservation, a regular waybill is issued and attached to the product, and the product is delivered to the destination. After it has been confirmed that the goods have been delivered to the supplier, the carrier auction computer issues a shipping charge invoice to the supplier, including the shipping charge charged by the airline company and the charge charged by the truck company. A computer system for an auction by transport means determination method comprising issuing the invoice price of the goods to the buyer to solve the above problems.
As a result, even when the value of the product varies greatly depending on its freshness, it is possible to provide prompt transportation between the supplier and the purchaser.

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The method of the present invention is a method for determining a means of transporting a cargo by providing an airmail information and ground means of transportation information to a transport client by using a computer system and determining a means of transporting a load by auction. is there. In this method, a step of acquiring airmail information including an arrival time of an airmail from an airline company in a computer for a transportation means auction and storing the airmail information in a storage means of the computer for a transportation means auction, and a ground transportation company. For example, the truck information, which is ground transportation means information including the time when the ground transportation means (typically, a truck) receives the cargo, is obtained from the truck trader in the transportation means auction computer, and the truck information is used for the transportation means auction. The step of storing in the storage means of the computer, and the truck information in which the flight information and the truck information are collected can be displayed on the computer of the transport client, and the transport client can select an arbitrary flight from the track information. Or, providing the optional ground transportation means, and the transport client Or when selecting either or both of the ground transportation options, send the selections to the selected airline or ground carrier, respectively, to confirm the booking of the selected air or ground transportation means, The step of confirming the confirmation of the reservation, and providing the selected ground transportation means information to the airline which has received the selection after the confirmation of the reservation is confirmed, and the selection to the ground carrier who has received the selection. After confirming the confirmation of the reservation, the temporary shipping bill including the identification information of the selected flight and the identification information of the selected ground transportation means is provided to the transport requester. When the shipment is provided so that it can be displayed on the computer of the transport client, and when the load attached with the printed out waybill is carried in to the receiving place, it is checked against the reservation and the regular Shipping And a step of issuing.

Further, according to the present invention, a product auction is conducted by a system including a computer for product auction and a computer for transportation means auction,
It can also be used as a method of determining a transportation means for delivering a product from a product supplier to a product purchaser. That is, the flight information including the loadable capacity, the receiving place, the destination, the receiving time, and the arrival time of the flight from the airline company is acquired in the computer for the transportation means auction, and the flight information can be updated. Including the step of storing in the storage means of the transportation means auction computer, the loadable amount of the ground transportation means from the ground transportation company, the loading place of the load, the deliverable area, the load acceptance time, and the arrival time of the ground transportation means. A step of obtaining ground transportation means information in the transportation means auction computer and storing the ground transportation means information in a storage means of the transportation means auction computer so that the information can be updated; The product information including the quality of the product is acquired by the computer for the product auction, and the product information is stored in the computer for the product auction. And storing the product information on the purchaser's computer so that the purchaser can enter the purchase amount, the purchase price, and the desired delivery date and time of the product, and the input purchase amount. A step of determining a purchaser according to the purchase price, and determining a delivery destination and a delivery destination of the product from the determined purchaser's location, and the delivery means, the delivery destination, and the desired date and time by the transportation means auction computer. Selecting either or both of any airmail or any ground vehicle based on the information stored in the storage means of the computer for auction of the vehicle according to the transportation fee; Of the selected flight or ground transportation means to the airline or ground carrier who sent the selection to the airline or ground carrier who received the selection. A step of urging the confirmation of the contract and confirming the confirmation of the reservation, and after the confirmation of the reservation is confirmed, the computer for the transportation means auction informs the selected airline of the ground transportation means. And providing the selected airmail information to the ground carrier who received the selection, and after confirming the confirmation of the reservation, the computer for the transportation means auction is used to supply the product to the supplier. Provides a temporary waybill containing the identification information of the selected airmail and the identification information of the selected ground transportation means so that it can be displayed on the computer of the supplier of the product, and the purchaser is provided with the identification information of the selected airmail. And a step of providing delivery information including the identification information of the selected ground transportation means and the scheduled delivery date and time, and the step when the product attached with the printed temporary waybill is carried into the destination. If it matches with the reservation, a regular waybill is issued and attached to the product.

Specifically, for example, one day, the farmer (product supplier) registers the product obtained in Hokkaido in the product auction computer. At that time, quality such as date and time of production, size, purchase unit quantity, price, etc. are registered. On the other hand, the airline company registers the transportable amount from the unloaded space generated on that day in the vehicle auction computer. At that time, the receipt time, the receipt place (for example, airport), the transportation price, and the destination (delivery place of the load) are simultaneously registered. The truck carrier, which is a ground carrier, also registers the transportable amount from the unloaded space in the computer for vehicle auction. At that time, the receipt time, the receipt place, the transportation price, and the destination (delivery place) are registered at the same time. Other companies in the same industry also register in the same way. The computer for transportation means auction creates data by linking, from these pieces of information, those capable of delivering cargo between air mail and air mail, air mail and truck, or truck and truck. The consumer accesses the product auction computer and obtains product information on, for example, a home page. According to the screen, decide the product you want, enter the desired purchase price, desired receipt date and time on the homepage and purchase. When a purchase decision is made among a plurality of consumers, the product auction computer accesses the vehicle auction computer to determine the flight and truck. At this time, airmail and trucks are automatically determined based on the cheapest price and the earliest flight that can be reached. The determined airline company and the determined truck company are informed of their respective flight numbers and time of receipt. On the other hand, the farmer who supplied the products will be provided with information on a temporary waybill with information on the flight number and truck number. The farmer attaches the temporary waybill to the product and carries it into the receiving place by the time of the air cargo receipt. The airline company will collate the temporary waybill and if it is correct, issue a legitimate waybill and attach it to the package and carry it on the airmail. At the destination of the airmail, the truck is waiting according to the information given in advance and receives the cargo from the airline. The truck company that receives the cargo transports it to the consumer who purchased the cargo. The product auction computer issues a bill summarizing the price of the product, the transportation cost of the airline company, and the transportation cost of the truck and attaches it to the package along with the regular waybill. After the transportation is completed, the truck company notifies the product auction computer of the transportation completion. In addition, after the consumer pays the price, the price is distributed to farmers, airlines, and truckers for remittance.

[0009]

EXAMPLE 1 Example 1 of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, a transportation means determining method for determining a transportation means using a computer for transportation means auction will be described. For convenience of explanation, the following description will be made on the assumption that the transport requester 41 wants the cargo receiver (not shown) to transport the cargo. FIG. 1 illustrates a vehicle auction system. The transportation means auction system includes a transportation means auction computer 1. The transportation means auction computer 1 is connected to the Internet 5 via a route control means (not shown). Airlines A 31 and airlines
B 32, a ground carrier A 33, which is a ground carrier, and a truck carrier B 34, are connected to the Internet 5 so that they can access the Internet 5 by their own computers.

The airline company A 31 or the airline company B 32 calculates the unloaded planned amount of the loadable amount of the load of each airmail based on the operation plan of the airmail. Airline A 31
Alternatively, each of the airlines B 32 allocates for the auction based on the planned unloaded amount and determines the loadable amount of the load. With the load capacity of this decided load,
A computer system for an auction of transportation means from an own computer, which includes air cargo information including a cargo receiving place, a destination, a cargo reception time, and a flight arrival time corresponding to each decided loadable capacity of the cargo. Send to.

Further, the truck carrier A 33 and the truck carrier B 34 calculate the planned unloaded amount of the loadable amount of the load of each truck based on the truck transportation plan. Truck carrier A 33 and truck carrier B
Each of the items 34 is allocated for the auction from the unloaded amount and is determined as the loadable amount of the load. Truck information including the load capacity of the determined cargo, the cargo receiving location of the truck corresponding to the load capacity, the general destination, the deliverable area located around it, the load acceptance time, the arrival time of the truck, etc. Is sent from the company's computer to the vehicle auction computer 1. The computer 1 for transportation means auction stores the received airmail information or truck information in the storage means 2.
Note that the operating status of airmail and the transportation status of trucks change day by day, so airline company A 31, airline company B 32, truck carrier A 33, and truck carrier B 34 will change their flight information and truck information accordingly. Are sequentially updated at arbitrary times and transmitted to the computer 1 for transportation means auction. The transportation means auction computer 1 stores the received updated airmail information or truck information in the storage means 2 and updates it.

The transportation means auction computer 1 compares the arrival time of the airmail among all the airmail information stored in the storage means 2 with the cargo receiving time of all the stored truck information. From the results of this comparison, we select all the load-carrying trucks for any airmail. In other words, taking into consideration the unloading time of the luggage set in advance by the airmail and all the unloading time required for delivery, the arrival time of any airmail is added to this unloading time, Correlate and extract all trucks that have a pickup time in time. Do this for all flights. Each track information of all the extracted tracks is extracted, and these track information and the airmail information of the arbitrary airmail are associated and grouped. Perform this grouping on all aircraft. Information on the association between an arbitrary airmail and the corresponding truck is stored in the storage means 2 as association information. The truck information and the airmail information stored in the storage means 2 can be retrieved from the storage means 2 in a corresponding manner by the association information.
The association is executed every time the flight information or the track information is updated, and the association information is updated each time.
If only some of the information is updated such that only some of the track information is updated, the associating information may be updated by re-executing the step of comparing only the updated portions.

Computer 1 for vehicle auction
Is provided in such a form that it can be displayed on a computer of any user who has accessed it as transportation information that collectively collects the airmail information and the truck information stored in the storage means 2. For example, it is displayed in the form of an Internet home page. In this transportation information, the airmail information of an arbitrary airmail and the track information of all the loadable trucks corresponding to the arbitrary airmail are grouped. That is, the transportation information is displayed in such a manner that the link information is linked to the track information corresponding to the arbitrary flight information, while the track information is linked to the arbitrary flight information.

The transport client 41, which is an arbitrary user, accesses the computer 1 for transport means auction from his / her computer via the Internet 5. By the access, the computer 4 of the transport client 41
In 2, the transportation information provided by the airline A 31, the airline B 32, the truck carrier A 33, and the truck carrier B 34 is displayed. In the provision of the transportation information, the instruction is sequentially provided together with the transportation information, and the selection may be performed according to the instruction. Also, in order to provide transportation information to this instruction so that the transportation client 41 can select any airmail and any truck, the transportation information display screen has a hyperlink mark, a toggle button, a radio button or a text. It is provided together with the airmail information and the truck information in the form of including a selection means such as a box. The transport requester 41 selects one airmail that most matches the transport information from the transport information based on the place where the parcel to be transported is planned to be carried in, the scheduled carry-in time, the arrival time at the destination, and the price (for convenience of description below. This one flight shall be of airline A31). When one airmail is selected, the track information of all the loadable trucks that are associated with the one airmail in advance by the association information is displayed. The transport client 41 selects the most suitable one truck service from these truck information (for convenience of the following description, this one truck service is assumed to be the truck carrier A 33). In addition, transport client 4
It is also possible that 1 wants to select only airmail or can choose to transport only by truck.

When the transportation requester 41 completes the selection, the transportation requester 41 sends the selected contents to the transportation means auction computer 1 according to the instruction.
Upon receiving the selection contents, the transportation means auction computer 1 stores the selection contents in the storage means 2. The transportation means auction computer 1 provides the airline A 31 having the selected airline flight and the truck transport company A having the selected truck flight with information prompting the airline A to confirm the reservation of the airline flight and the truck flight. 31 computer and truck transportation association A 33 computer. Receiving the information, the airline company A 31 and the truck transport company A confirm the reservation, and notify the computer 1 for the transportation means auction of the confirmation of the reservation, and the computer 1 for the transportation means auction confirms the reservation.
Carrier A 3 of the airline that received the selection contents after the auction computer 1 confirmed the reservation confirmation
The selected truck information is provided to No. 1, and the selected airmail information is provided to the truck carrier A 33 who received the selected contents. As a result, the airline company A 31 obtains the truck information about the truck that delivers the load, and the truck carrier A 33 that receives the selection content obtains the flight information about the airline flight that receives the load.

After the confirmation of the reservation is confirmed, the transportation means auction computer 1 transfers the transportation requester 41.
D) A temporary waybill including the selected airmail identification information (for example, flight number) and the selected truck flight identification information (for example, truck number) can be displayed on the computer 42 of the transport client 41. provide. The temporary waybill is the place of receipt of the airmail, the departure time of the airmail, the arrival place of the airmail, the arrival time of the airmail, the transshipment place of the cargo with the truck flight, the departure time of the truck flight, the final arrival place of the truck flight, etc. It is a shipping letter that shows a series of information consisting of. The information shown on the temporary waybill is determined in advance by agreement with an airline company or a truck carrier. In addition, a simple identification code such as a bar code is added to the temporary waybill as necessary.

The transport requester 41 prints out the temporary waybill displayed on the computer 42 and attaches it to the load to be transported. The transport requester 41 carries in the load to which the temporary waybill to be transported is attached to the receiving place (for example, a place specifically designated by the airline A 31 at the airport). After being carried in, the airline company A 31 confirms whether or not to collate with the reservation, and if it matches, issues a regular waybill and attaches it to the regular waybill in place of the temporary waybill.

Airline A 31 transports the cargo to the intended destination by scheduled airmail. Truck carrier A 33 will hold the planned truck flight at its destination and airline A 3
Receive the load from 1. The truck to which the load is delivered delivers the load to the destination, which is the final destination. It should be noted that each time these deliveries are completed, the transportation means auction computer 1 may be contacted to notify the transportation requester 41 of the transportation status in a timely manner.

When the load is delivered to the delivery destination requested by the transport client 41, the truck carrier A33 sends the delivery completion to the computer 1 for the vehicle auction. When it is confirmed that the delivery is completed, the computer 1 for the vehicle auction sends the request to the transport requester 41 to the airline A 31.
The invoice for one transportation fee including the transportation fee invoiced by and the transportation fee invoiced by the truck carrier A 33 is prepared and sent to the transportation requester 41. The invoice may be prepared and shipped to the transport requester 41 at the stage when the reservation is confirmed.

(Embodiment 2) According to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 2, a product auction computer 11 and a transportation means auction computer 1 perform an auction for a product, and a product supplier 51 purchases a product purchaser 61. It can also be applied as a method of determining a means of transportation for delivering a product to. Here, the product refers to all special products such as locally produced vegetables, meat and seafood, processed foods such as cake bread and beer, and electronic parts such as computers. An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, a transportation means determining method for determining a transportation means using the transportation means auction computer 1 will be described. In the second embodiment, a product supplier 51 puts a product taken on a morning of an arbitrary day in a product auction using a computer system, purchases the product at the auction, and purchaser 61 who desires to receive the product in the evening. I will explain below on the assumption that I want to transport cargo. In the system of this embodiment, a computer 1 for transportation means auction and a computer 1 for product auction
1 and. The transportation means auction computer 1 and the product auction computer are connected to the Internet 5 via a route control means (not shown). The airline A 31, the airline B 32, the truck carrier A 33, and the truck carrier B 34 are connected to the Internet 5 by their own computers so as to be accessible.

Also in this embodiment, as in the case of the first embodiment, the loadable amount of the airmail from the airline company A 31 and the airline company B 32, the cargo receiving place, the destination, the cargo receiving time, and the arrival time of the airmail are included. The airmail information is acquired by the computer 1 for the transportation means auction, and the airmail information is stored in the storage means 2 of the computer 1 for the transportation means auction so that the information can be updated.
A computer for the transport means auction from the truck carrier A 33 and the truck carrier B 34 to provide the truck information including the loadable capacity of the truck, the loading place of the cargo, the deliverable area, the cargo receiving time and the arrival time of the truck. No. 1 and the track information is stored in the storage means 2 of the computer for the transportation means auction so that the truck information can be updated. Since these acquisition methods and storage methods are the same as those in the first embodiment, the description thereof will be omitted.

The product auction computer 11 receives product information from the product supplier 51, for example, in the morning of the day, including information on the type of product to be auctioned, quality of the product, price, destination of the product, and the like. The product information obtained is stored in the storage means 12 of the product auction computer 11. This product information is provided so that it can be displayed on the computer 62 of the purchaser 61. In the provision of the product information, the instruction is sequentially provided together with the product information, and the purchaser 61 may make a selection in accordance with the instruction. In addition, a hyperlink mark, a toggle button, and a radio are displayed on the product information display screen so that the purchaser 61 can input the purchase amount, the purchase price, and the desired delivery date and time (for example, a time with evening) of the product in this instruction. It is provided in the form of including a selection means such as a button or a text box. The product auction computer 11 determines a purchaser based on a predetermined standard according to the purchase amount and the purchase price input from all the consumers. Then, the delivery destination is determined based on the location of the purchaser who has been determined as the delivery destination of the product by the supplier.

When the auction for the planned purchase quantity of one product is completed and all the purchasers are determined, the product auction computer 11 is connected to the transportation means auction computer 1. The computer 1 for the transportation means auction stores in the computer 1 for the transportation means auction an arbitrary airmail or an arbitrary truck that is most suitable for the destination, the destination, the desired date and time, and the transportation fee received from the computer 1 for the product auction. Select based on transport information stored in Means 2. The selection method is the same as in the first embodiment. That is, the transport client 4 in the first embodiment
1 may be replaced by the computer 11 for the product auction, and the selection proceeds as a sequence in which the instructions are set.

Thereafter, as in the first embodiment, the transportation means auction computer 1 provides the selected truck information to the airline company A 31 which has received the selection contents, and the truck carrier A 33 which has received the selection contents. Provide selected flight information. Further, after the confirmation of the reservation is confirmed, the computer 1 for transportation means auction supplies the product supplier with a provisional waybill including the selected airmail identification information and the selected truck flight identification information. Embodiment 1 is also provided so that it can be displayed on a computer of a person.
Is the same as.

In the case of the second embodiment, how the product is transported is an important concern for the purchaser 61. Therefore, the identification information of the selected airmail and the identification information of the selected truck flight are used. Delivery information including the scheduled delivery date and time is also provided to the purchaser 61.

The product supplier 51 prints out the temporary waybill and attaches it to the product. Then, when the product was delivered to the destination, it was confirmed that it matched the reservation and issued a regular waybill and attached to the product, it was confirmed that the product was delivered to the delivery destination. It is also the same that the computer 1 for transportation means auction issues a bill for transportation fee including the transportation fee charged by the airline company and the fee charged by the truck company to the supplier later. It should be noted that the computer system 11 for product auction may issue a bill including the price of the product.

[0027]

The present invention has the following advantageous effects. It is easy for transport companies that have no tie-up relationship to take place without taking the conventional form in which one company receives an order to manage the transport from the shipping source to the destination You can make a transportation partnership. In addition, by auctioning excess surplus unloaded transportation space that occurs daily at transport companies, it is possible to efficiently sell the unloaded transportation space that was previously wasted, and the transportation company can recover the cost. It will be possible. Further, even on the side of requesting transportation, it is possible to timely provide the same quality as the conventional transportation mode in which one company integrally manages from the transportation source to the delivery destination. Therefore, it is possible to provide a transportation means such as a perishable product that meets the transportation needs generated on that day.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall view showing a transportation means determination system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an overall view showing a transportation means determining system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Transportation Auction Computer 2 storage means 11 Product auction computer 12 storage means 31 Airline A 32 Airline B 33 Trucking Carrier A 34 Truck Carrier B 41 Transport requester 51 Product Supplier 61 Purchaser

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A method of determining a means of transporting a cargo by providing an airmail information and ground transportation means information to a transportation client using a computer system and determining a transportation means of a cargo by an auction. Obtaining airmail information including the arrival time of the flight in the computer for a transportation means auction and storing the airmail information in the storage means of the computer for the transportation means auction, and the receipt time of the ground transportation means from the ground transportation company. Acquiring the ground transportation means information including the information in the transportation means auction computer and storing the ground transportation means information in the storage means of the transportation means auction computer; and the airmail information and the ground transportation means information. Collected transportation information can be displayed on the computer of the transportation requester, and the transportation requester can select any airmail from the transportation information. And / or any ground means of transportation, and the carrier or ground transportation selected when the client selected either or both of the airmail and / or ground transportation of choice. The step of confirming the reservation confirmation of the selected airmail or ground transportation means by sending the selection contents to the trader and confirming the reservation confirmation, and receiving the selection contents after the confirmation of the reservation confirmation Providing the selected ground transportation means information to the airline and the selected airmail information to the ground transportation carrier who received the selection, and after confirming the confirmation of the reservation, the transportation request. Providing the person with a temporary waybill including the selected airmail identification information and the selected ground transportation means identification information in a displayable form on the computer of the transport client, and the printed out temporary waybill. take Transport means determination method characterized by comprising the step of issuing a regular waybill if vignetting the load is matched against the said reservation when it is carried into the load-receiving locations. 2. The transportation means deciding method according to claim 1, wherein the transportation means accesses a computer for a transportation means auction through the computer system in which a transportation client auctions products by a computer system. A method for determining a means of transportation, characterized in that the means of transportation is determined by the method. 3. A method of determining a means of transportation according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the method includes the arrival time of the flight in all the stored flight information and all the stored ground transportation means. Among the information, the time of receipt of the ground transportation means is compared, all the ground transportation means capable of receiving the cargo corresponding to an arbitrary airmail are selected from the result of the comparison, and the ground transportation means information of each of the all ground transportation means is selected. And grouping the airmail information of the arbitrary airmail and the ground transportation means information of all ground transportable vehicles corresponding to the arbitrary airmail. Then, in the method for determining a transportation means, the airmail information of an arbitrary airmail and the ground transportation means information of all the ground transportation means that can receive the cargo corresponding to the arbitrary airmail are grouped. 4. A transportation means deciding method for carrying out an auction of a product and delivering the product from a supplier of the product to a purchaser of the product by a system including a computer for the product auction and a computer for the transportation means auction. The airline flight information including the loadable capacity of the airline flight, the receiving place, the destination, the receiving time and the arrival time of the airline flight is acquired from the airline company to the computer for the transportation means auction, Updating information in a storage means of the transportation means auction computer, loading capacity of the ground transportation means from the ground transportation company, loading place of the load, deliverable area, load acceptance time, and the ground transportation means The ground transportation means information including the arrival time is acquired by the computer for the transportation means auction, and the ground transportation means information can be updated. A step of storing in the storage means of the computer for the auction, the product information including the type of the product and the quality of the product from the supplier of the product is acquired by the computer for the product auction, and the product information is stored in the computer for the product auction. The step of storing the information in the storage means of the computer, the step of displaying the product information on the computer of the purchaser, and the step of providing the purchaser so that the purchase amount, the purchase price and the desired delivery date and time of the product can be input are input. Determine the buyer according to the purchase amount and the buying price,
Determining the delivery destination and delivery destination of the product based on the determined purchaser's location, and using the transportation means auction computer, any air mail or delivery destination according to the delivery destination and delivery destination, the desired date and time, and the transportation fee. Selecting either or both of the optional ground vehicles based on information in the storage means of the vehicle auction computer; and selecting by the vehicle auction computer to the selected airline or ground carrier. Prompt the airline or ground carrier who sent the contents to confirm the reservation of the selected airmail or ground transportation means, confirm the confirmation of the reservation, and confirm the confirmation of the reservation After that, the computer for auctioning the transportation means provides the selected ground transportation means information to the airline which receives the selection contents, and The step of providing the selected airmail information to the ground carrier who received the contents, and after confirming the confirmation of the reservation, the transportation means auction computer causes the supplier of the product to select the selected airmail. Provide a temporary waybill including the identification information of the product and the identification information of the selected ground transportation device so that it can be displayed on the computer of the supplier of the product, and provide the purchaser with the identification information of the selected airmail and the selected ground transportation. The step of providing the delivery information including the identification information of the means flight and the scheduled delivery date and time, and the product attached with the provisional waybill printed out were collated and matched with the reservation when delivered to the destination. In some cases, issuing a regular waybill and attaching it to the product. 5. A transportation means deciding method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the transportation means deciding method includes a transportation fee billed by an airline company and a transportation fee billed by a ground transportation company. A method of determining a means of transportation, comprising the step of creating a vehicle.