Cargo management system and methods

An apparatus for matching a found item record with an existing item record, the apparatus comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions, wherein the instructions are executed with at least one processor so that the following steps are executed:
• displaying, on a graphical user interface (“GUI”) of a remote user device, a preview of a first image to be captured by a camera of the remote user device;
• capturing the first image using the camera of the remote user device, wherein the first image is an image depicting an item;
• pushing the first image to an optical character recognition and image to image-description application;
• converting the first image to computer readable text using the optical character recognition and image to image-description application;
• populating record field(s) of the found item record using at least a portion of the computer readable text;
• displaying, on the GUI of the remote user device, at least a portion of the populated record field(s) of the found item record;
• matching, using the populated record field(s), the found item record to the existing item record;
• displaying, on the GUI of the remote user device and in response to the matching of the found item record to the existing item record, an identification number associated with the item;
• wherein the record field(s) of the found item record comprises a general location record field;
• receiving, from the remote user device, location data associated with the remote user device;
• generating, based on the location data, text describing a location of the item;
• and
• prepopulating the general location record field with the text describing the location of the item.

A method of generating an electronic record comprising a plurality of record fields for a found item, the method comprising:

• receiving, by one or more processors and from a remote user device, photo file(s) each comprising an image depicting the found item;
• generating, based on one image and using an image to image-description application, text describing a visual characteristic of the found item;
• storing the generated text describing the visual characteristic of the found item in a first record field from the plurality of record fields;
• extracting, based on another image that depicts text displayed on the found item and using an optical character recognition application, computer readable text associated with the found item;
• and
• storing the extracted text in a second record field from the plurality of record fields.