Patent ID: 7464054
Filing Date: 2008-12-09
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of providing multiple parties access to customs information, the method comprising: maintaining an account-based database of customs information that associates individual import transaction entries with related importer accounts corresponding to one or more importers of goods, wherein: receiving, at a web-based interface, a non-importer's log-in information; verifying the non-importer's log-in information; receiving a request from the non-importer to create a new importer account for a particular importer; based on the non-importer's verified log-in information, determining if the particular importer is an importer for whom the non-importer is authorized to act as an agent; based on a determination that the particular importer is an importer for whom the non-importer is authorized to act as an agent, creating the new importer account for the particular importer; receiving a new import entry summary from the non-importer that corresponds to a new import transaction for which the particular importer is responsible, that is related to the new importer account, and that includes: in response to receiving the new import entry summary from the non-importer: