Sabrina Xuan Feng

US Patent:

20060036459, Feb 16, 2006

Filed:

Dec 17, 2004

Appl. No.:

11/016154

Inventors:

Anish Desai - Castro Valley CA, US
Saverio Ferme - Belmont CA, US
Sabrina Feng - San Jose CA, US

Assignee:

Oracle International Corporation - Redwood City CA

International Classification:

G05B 19/418

US Classification:

705001000, 705008000

Abstract:

Techniques for tracking shipments of items are provided. A graphical user interface is provided for setting up a tracking service for a carrier. A tracking service may be set up for any number of carriers. Website access information is then received for the carrier. The website access information includes any information needed to access a carrier's shipment tracking service on their website. For example, a user may determine website access information for the carrier and input the information into the interface. Parameters for the website access information are also received. The website access information and the parameters for the carrier tracking service are then stored. The website access information and parameters may then be used to automatically access tracking information for a shipment for the carrier.