Patent ID: 7890388

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of remotely validating shipment data comprising: receiving the shipment data captured by a remote validation device at an inspection point along a route, wherein the captured shipment data is related to an item being shipped and comprises at least one item identifier of the item in the shipment and at least one previous handler's identifier of the item; requesting validation of the captured shipment data from the at least one previous handler of the item utilizing a remote validation dispatcher operatively coupled to the remote validation device, wherein the validation request is originated from the remote validation device and comprises at least one data field corresponding to at least one aspect of the item being shipped; obtaining a response to the validation request from the at least one previous handler, wherein the response is generated by the at least one previous handler based on a comparison between the validation request and additional shipment information retrieved from the at least one previous handler based on the captured shipment data; and sending the obtained response to the remote validation device for displaying and/or storing.