Patent ID: 7707064
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for automatically mapping shipment data, the method comprising: reading, at a receiving point, information from Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags included on delivered items for which no Advanced Shipment Notification (ASN) has been received; calling an item arrival form, the item arrival form being displayed on a graphical user interface and including a plurality of input control elements, the plurality of input control elements including a lines button and a post button; receiving a selection of the lines button; calling, based on the selection of the lines button, a lines form, the lines form being displayed on the graphical user interface and including an item number field, a location field, and a quantity field; receiving selection of ordered items from a purchase orders database included in an ERP system to create an item arrival journal; automatically mapping data from the purchase orders to one or more of the fields in the lines form to create item arrival lines; communicating with an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) server computer upon which the ERP system operates to call a mapping form to be displayed on the graphical user interface, the mapping form including a first window and a second window, the first window displaying the item arrival lines and the second window displaying the RFID tag information indicative of the delivered items for which no ASN has been received, and wherein the mapping form also includes a remove button, a read button, a tag type box, a process type box, and a device box; using, based upon a selection of the map box, the ERP server computer to automatically map, using mapping form logic which includes criteria for mapping, the delivered items, for which no ASN has been received, with the item arrival lines based on a Global Trading Identification Number (GTIN); and saving the automatically mapped data to a pallet table.