Patent ID: 7730039
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. Computer-readable media embodying a program of instructions executable by a computer system at a central processing division of a company to perform a method of proactively detecting and resolving errors in a first set of customs data transmitted to a customs broker from a first importing division of the company in a first format and a second set of customs data transmitted to a customs broker from a second importing division of the company that is different from the first importing division in a second format that is different from the first format, the method comprising: intercepting the first set of customs data from the first importing division of the company in the first format using the computer system at a central processing division of the company; intercepting the second set of customs data from the second importing division of the company in the second format using the computer system at the central processing division of the company; converting each of the first and second sets of customs data to a common third format using the computer system at the central processing division of the company; accessing the converted first and second sets of customs data while in the common third format using the computer system at the central processing division of the company; detecting an error in the first and/or second sets of customs data while in the common third format using the computer system at the central processing division of the company; correcting the detected error using the computer system at the central processing division of the company; and delivering the corrected customs data to the customs broker using the computer system at the central processing division of the company.