Patent ID: 8380677

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of managing transport records, the computer comprising a memory and a processor, the method comprising: receiving a first data feed from a transportation record storage provider (TRSP), wherein the first data feed comprises a first set of transport records each identifying a logical destination to which a corresponding storage medium item should have been shipped or delivered, and wherein the first set of transport records comprise: 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; receiving a second data feed from an outside service provider (OSP) inventory manager, said OSP handling physical transportation of storage medium items and being separate and independent from said TRSP 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: one or more inbound records reflecting at least one inbound transport of storage medium item(s) actually received by the OSP, and one or more outbound records reflecting at least one outbound transport of storage medium item(s) actually shipped by the OSP; and reconciling, by the processor, 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, the reconciling further comprising: 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.