US 2017/0323255 A1Published application

Systems and methods for intermodal logistics

AssigneeTTS Worldwide LLC

InventorMichael Katzman

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Abstract

Systems and methods are described herein for facilitating intermodal logistics. A web page that can include an ocean carrier control associated with a list of ocean carriers can be provided to a device. In response, ocean carrier input data characterizing a selected carrier from the predefined list of ocean carriers can be received. One or more input channels can be continuously monitored for gross mass input data characterizing a gross mass of a container associated with a shipment scheduled for the selected carrier. Verification input data can be received that is indicative of a verification of the gross mass of the container. The gross mass input data can be transformed into verified gross mass input data based on a validation of the verification input data. An electronic data interchange message (EDI) can be encoded based on the verified gross mass input data and the ocean carrier input data.

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Dependent claims

A system comprising:

a non-transitory memory to store machine readable instructions and data;
a processor to access the non-transitory memory and execute the machine readable instructions, the machine readable instructions causing the processor to:
provide to a device a booking web page comprising an ocean carrier control associated with a predefined list of ocean carriers, the predefined list of ocean carriers being stored in the non-transitory memory;
receive ocean carrier input data received at the ocean carrier control, wherein the ocean carrier input data characterizes a selected carrier from the predefined list of ocean carriers;
monitor continuously one or more input channels associated with one or more input devices for gross mass input data characterizing a gross mass of a container associated with a shipment scheduled for the selected carrier;
receive the gross mass input data from the one or more input channels;
generate a verification control to verify the gross mass of the container, wherein the verification control is associated with a verification entity for the container;
receive verification input data in response to generating the verification control, wherein the verification input data is indicative of a verification of the gross mass input;
validate that the verification input data is associated with the verification entity;
transform the gross mass input data into a verified gross mass input data based on the validation;
encode an electronic data interchange message (EDI) based on the verified gross mass input data and the ocean carrier input data;
and
cause the EDI to be transmitted to a shipping portal to cause the shipping portal to transmit the verified gross mass to a carrier data store associated with the selected carrier and a terminal data store associated with a terminal associated with the selected carrier.

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A system comprising:

a server comprising one or more processors and a non-transitory memory to store machine readable instructions and data, wherein the one or more processors is configured to access the non-transitory memory and execute the machine readable instructions, the machine readable instructions causing the one or more processors of the server to:
provide a booking web page to a booking device comprising an ocean carrier control associated with a predefined list of ocean carriers, the predefined list of ocean carriers being stored in the non-transitory memory;
receive ocean carrier input data received at the ocean carrier control, wherein the ocean carrier input data characterizes a selected carrier from the predefined list of ocean carriers;
monitor continuously one or more input channels associated with one or more input devices for gross mass input data characterizing a gross mass of a container associated with a shipment scheduled for the selected carrier;
receive the gross mass input data from the one or more input channels;
generate a verification control to verify the received gross mass input data, wherein the verification control is associated with a verification entity for the container;
receive verification input data, wherein the verification input data is indicative of a verification of the gross mass input;
validate that the verification input data is associated with the verification entity;
transform the gross mass input data into a verified gross mass input data based on the validation;
encode an electronic data interchange message (EDI) based on the verified gross mass input data and the ocean carrier input data;
and
transmit the EDI to a shipping device;
the shipping device comprising one or more processors and a non-transitory memory to store machine readable instructions and data, wherein the one or more processors of the shipping device is configured to access the non-transitory memory of the shipping device and execute the machine readable instructions, the machine readable instructions causing the one or more processors of the shipping device to:
receive the EDI transmitted by the server;
and
transmit the verified gross mass to the carrier data store associated with the selected carrier and the terminal data store associated with the terminal associated with the selected carrier based on the received EDI.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.