Mobile customs declaration validation system and method

A system for reduced processing burden vetting with respect to a database stored in a memory accessible to an authorizing authority server, of customs information communicated by mobile devices, via conditioning the vetting at least on a form of the customs information meeting form validity rules applied by an intermediate server, comprising:

• an intermediate server, configured to interface a network and to receive from the network a communication from a mobile device, the communication including carrying a customs information from the mobile device;
• and
• a validation module, on the intermediate server, configured to:
• perform a validating of the form of the customs information received from the mobile device, the validating including determining between an affirmative outcome and a not-affirmative outcome, the affirmative outcome being based at least in part on the form of the customs information meeting the form validity rules and the not-affirmative outcome being based at least in part on the form of the customs information not meeting the form validity rules,
• in response to the affirmative outcome, to:
• communicate to the mobile device a message indicating the form of the customs information is accepted,
• store the customs information on the intermediate server as a validated customs information, and
• communicate the validated customs information to the authorizing authority server for vetting,
• in response to the not-affirmative outcome, to:
• not communicate the customs information from the intermediate server to the authorizing authority sever,
• not store the customs information on the intermediate server as the validated customs information, and
• to send via the network, an error message from the intermediate server to the mobile device requesting a user of the mobile device to correct the form of the customs information;
• a vetting module, on the authorizing authority server, configured to:
• perform the vetting of the validated customs information communicated to the authorizing authority server by the intermediate server, the vetting including:
• comparing the validated customs information with information in the database stored in the memory accessible to the authorizing authority server,
• generating an electronic receipt indicative of a result of the vetting, and
• communicating the electronic receipt to the intermediate server, and
• the validation module on the intermediate server being further configured to:
• receive the electronic receipt from the vetting module of the authorizing authority server, and
• communicate, via the network, the electronic receipt to the mobile device.

A system for reduced processing burden vetting with respect to a database stored in a memory of an authorizing authority server, of customs information communicated by mobile devices, via conditioning the vetting at least on a form of the customs information meeting form validity rules applied by an intermediate server, the system comprising:

• a computing device, of the intermediate server, communicatively connected to a tangible computer-readable storage media embodying computer-readable instructions, including computer-readable instructions that cause the computing device to:
• receive from a network a wireless communication from a mobile device, the wireless communication including a customs information from the mobile device,
• perform a validating of the form of the customs information received from the mobile device, the validating including determining between an affirmative outcome and a not-affirmative outcome, the affirmative outcome based at least in part on the form of the customs information meeting form validity rules and the not-affirmative outcome based at least in part on the form of the customs information not meeting the form validity rules,
• in response to the affirmative outcome, cause the computing device to:
• communicate to the mobile device a message indicating the form of the customs information is accepted,
• store the customs information on the intermediate server as a validated customs information, and
• communicate the validated customs information from the intermediate server to the authorizing authority server, for vetting;
• in response to the not-affirmative outcome, cause the computing device to:
• not communicate the customs information from the intermediate server to the authorizing authority server,
• not store the customs information on the intermediate server as the validated customs information, and
• send via the network, an error message from the intermediate server to the mobile device requesting a user of the mobile device to correct an error in the form of the customs information;
• the authorizing authority server being configured to:
• receive, via the network, the validated customs information the computing device of the intermediate server communicated to the authorizing authority server,
• perform the vetting of the validated customs information, the vetting including comparing the validated customs information with information in the database stored in the memory of the authorizing authority server, and,
• generate an electronic receipt indicative of a result of the vetting, and communicate the electronic receipt to the intermediate server;
• and
• the computer-readable instructions further including computer-readable instructions that cause the computing device of the intermediate server to:
• perform, responsive to receiving the electronic receipt from the authorizing authority server, a communicating of the electronic receipt to the mobile device.