Patent ID: 8160892

Claim:
A computer-based system for implementing a border management application architecture comprising: at least one processor; at least one computerized database storing border management data; and at least one computer-readable medium encoding instructions for implementing a border management application architecture, wherein said instructions include: providing a set of core applications for standard border management functions in a shared applications architecture, wherein the set of core applications includes a process imports application, a process exports application, one or more investigation applications, an entry processing application, an exit processing application, and a form submission and processing application; providing a customer channel interface for interconnecting a set of customer channels that provide individual access points for a plurality of users of the border management application architecture and the set of core applications; providing one or more management access interfaces for interconnecting one or more management access channels with the set of core applications to thereby provide access points and tools for the sharing and access of border management data among the set of core applications; and providing an enforcement database storing case data and individual data; wherein the set of core applications further comprise a set of case management applications, wherein the set of case management applications further comprise a set of intelligence applications used to transform the border management data into intelligence using the shared border management data and the case data and the individual data stored in the enforcement database.