Patent ID: 6938099

Claim:
A wireless communications system for use in the transportation industry, comprising: at least one data transmission device comprising a wireless messaging device having a first identifier associated with said at least one network, and including a user interface providing a user functionality to enter into said at least one data transmission device at least one predefined data field and data associated with the at least predefined data field, the at least one predefined data field and the data associated therewith formatted in accordance with a standard format including at least one first standard format for the at least one predefined data field and at least one second standard format for the data, and the data including at least one of economic and logistical data relating to at least one of shipment, delivery and receipt of shipped goods; at least one remote computing device, operatively connectable to said at least one data transmission device, said at least one remote computing device comprising an e-mail server storing messages for at least one e-mail account, each e-mail account having a second identifier associated therewith, wherein the at least one data transmission device and the at least one remote computing device transmit signals to each other via said networks in accordance with predetermined criteria including respective identifiers associated with each of the at least one data transmission device and the at least one remote computing device, and receiving each of the at least one predefined data field and the data transmitted by said at least one data transmission device, and processing the at least one first standard format for the at least one predefined data field and the at least one second standard format for the data responsive to the standard format using at least one application program stored on said at least one remote computing device configured to receive the standard format comprising the at least one first standard format for the at least one predefined data field and the at least one second standard format for the data; and at least one network operatively connectable to each of said at least one data transmission device and each of said at least one remote computing device, and transmitting the at least one first standard format for the at least one predefined data field and the at least one second standard format for the data responsive to the standard format to said at least one remote computing device and receiving the at least one first standard format for the at least one predefined data field and the at least one second standard format for the data responsive to the standard format from said at least one data transmission device.