Patent ID: 7895092

Claim:
An integrated global shipment system providing visibility of movement of goods in shipment, said system comprising: one or more shipment databases; and a web portal having one or more processors, one or more memory devices and one or more displays; wherein said web portal is configured to: (1) provide a web interface to said web portal through which a user is enabled to query for a specific shipment or a specific package by entering a particular identifier; (2) in response to receiving said particular shipment identifier, determine whether said particular identifier is a consolidated shipment reference number; (3) in response to the determination that said particular identifier is a consolidated shipment reference number, identify, from said one or more shipment databases, shipping data associated with said specific shipment, and display said shipping data to said user, said shipping data including at least said consolidated shipment reference number; (4) in response to the determination that said particular identifier is not a consolidated shipment reference number, determine whether said particular identifier is an LTL shipment reference number or a package tracking number, a. in response to the determination that said particular identifier is an LTL shipment reference number, i. identify, from said one or more shipment databases, shipping data associated with a consolidated shipment in which said specific shipment is included; ii. identify, from said one or more shipment databases, shipping data associated with said specific shipment; and iii. display to said user said shipping data in a(i) if said specific shipment has not reached a destination country, or said shipping data in a(ii) if said specific shipment is in delivery within said destination country; and b. in response to the determination that said particular identifier is a package tracking number, i. identify, from said one or more shipment databases, shipping data associated with a consolidated shipment in which said specific package is included; ii. identify, from said one or more shipment databases, shipping data associated with said specific package; and iii. display to said user said shipping data in b(i) if said specific package has not reached a destination country, or said shipping data in b(ii) if said specific package is in delivery within said destination country.