Cellular System for Bills of Lading Processing

A method for a user to process a bill of lading (BOL) using a an app on a cell phone that includes a camera and a screen, comprising the steps of:

• (a) with the camera, imaging a barcode on the BOL and populating a data box with information from the BOL;
• (b) aiming the camera at the BOL;
• (c) indicating to the user what the app has determined to be the boundaries of the BOL;
• (d) receiving input from the user that the BOL is within the indicated boundaries and that the BOL is within a predetermined range of the camera;
• (e) then capturing an image of the BOL and displaying the captured image of the BOL to the user;
• (f) upon receiving input from the user indicating that the captured image is acceptable, then passing the image through two passes of a light OCR engine wherein the first pass identifies as many characters on the image as possible and wherein the second pass attempts to identify as many characters as possible, thereby generating a competency score that is captured on the image along with a pro number, a time stamp, driver details and GPS location;
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• (g) if the competency score is greater than a set acceptable score then transmitting the image along with a metadata file to a destination cloud-based server, if the competency score is not greater than the set acceptable score then not transmitting the image along with a metadata file to a destination cloud-based server.