Patent ID: 7406472

Claim:
An integrated import/export system comprising: a database containing data related to a plurality of shipping transactions, each shipping transaction of said plurality of shipping transactions relating to a transfer of goods, between at least two jurisdictions, with the data organized into records associated with each shipping transaction of said plurality of shipping transactions, where each record includes a primary key, where said primary key uniquely identifies said shipping transaction associated with said record, where each record also includes data required to process a plurality of steps of said shipping transaction associated with said record including data required to process a step of exporting of a product from a first jurisdiction and data required to process a step of importing of said product to a second jurisdiction; a database server hosting said database; and an application server in communication with said database server for providing a user interface to any of a plurality of clients, each client associated with a member of a supply chain for a particular shipping transaction of said plurality of shipping transactions, said interface allowing said at least one client to modify a portion of a record associated with said particular shipping transaction if said member associated with said client has security authorization to modify said portion.