Patent ID: 8655849

Claim:
A system for managing the transportation of storage mediums, the system comprising: at least one computer including a processor and a storage medium, the at least one computer being configured to: receive, from a first provider, a first data feed comprising a first set of transport records each identifying a logical destination to which a corresponding storage medium item should have been shipped or delivered, wherein the first set of transport records comprise at least one of: one or more inbound records identifying storage medium item(s) to be received by a specified data center, and one or more outbound records identifying storage medium item(s) to be shipped from a specified data center; receive a second data feed from a second provider, said second provider handling physical transportation of storage medium items and being separate and independent from said first provider which does not physically handle storage medium items, wherein the second data feed comprises a second set of transport records each identifying an actual destination to which a corresponding storage medium item has been shipped or delivered, and wherein the second set of transport records comprise at least one of: one or more inbound records reflecting at least one inbound transport of storage medium item(s) actually received by the second provider, and one or more outbound records reflecting at least one outbound transport of storage medium item(s) actually shipped by the second provider; and reconcile the first data feed and the second data feed, to identify any discrepancy between the first set of transport records and the second set of transport records, by: matching, or identifying a break between, said one or more inbound records of the first set of transport records and said one or more outbound records of the second set of transport records, and matching, or identifying a break between, said one or more outbound records of the first set of transport records and said one or more inbound records of the second set of transport records.