Patent ID: 8015120
Filing Date: 2011-09-06
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system for managing customs data and shipment data comprising a programmed computer system which includes one or more physical storage devices and a display that are managed by an importer, the computer system being configured to: receive from each of a plurality of customs brokers: store the electronic entry packet image files and the electronic shipment text files in the one or more physical storage devices; after receiving and storing the electronic entry packet image files and the electronic shipment text files, receive and store a logical link between each shipment identified in each electronic shipment text file and each electronic entry packet image file which contains a customs entry packet which provides information about that shipment, the logical links being based on the content of the electronic shipment text files and the electronic entry packet image files, including correlations between the shipments identified in the electronic shipment text files and the shipments to which the electronic entry packet image files which contain the customs entry packets relate; receive a user request for information about one of the shipments after receiving and storing the logical links between the electronic shipment text files and the electronic entry packet image files; identify each of the entry packets which provides information about the shipment about which information has been requested by activating each logical link in the computer system between the shipment about which information has been requested and each of the electronic entry packet image files which contain a customs entry packet logically linked to that shipment; and display at least a portion of the image of the entry packets that are linked to the shipment about which information has been requested on the display.