Patent ID: 8612315

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of deploying a validation system for remotely validating shipment data, the method comprising: deploying via a computer server at least one dispatcher capable of communicating with at least one data capture unit and at least one validator to: receive the shipment data captured by the at least one data capture unit at an inspection point along a route, wherein the captured shipment data is related to an item being shipped, the shipment data comprising an item identifier of the item in the shipment and the at least one validator's identifier; request validation of the captured shipment data from the at least one validator, wherein the validation request is orginated from the at least one data capture unit; obtain a response to the validation request from the at least one validator, wherein the response is generated by the at least one validator based on a comparison between the validation request and additional shipment information retrieved from at least one validator based on the captured shipment data; and send the generated response to the at least one data capture unit for displaying and/or storing.