JP2002189782A - System and method for automatically notifying marine cargo transportation information - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily confirm the contents of bill of lading information whose issuing preparation is ready. SOLUTION: A management server 4 acquires bill of lading data from a bill of lading database 5 when the bill of lading data is generated. Next, the server 4 acquires user information about the shipper (client) of the bill of lading from a user information database 6. The bill of lading data is transmitted in any form of e-mail, EDI data or direct printing according to a delivering method registered in the user information to notify the user being the shipper (client) of the bill of lading data. With a terminal 1, the user can confirm the generated bill of lading data, i.e., the bill of lading data whose issuing preparation is ready and bill of lading image data by the output of the e-mail, the EID data or the direct printing without inquiring a shipping company one by one each time.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to marine freight transportation in which freight is transported by ship, and more particularly to a marine freight transportation information notification system for automatically delivering bill of lading information to customer terminals via a network, and a marine transportation system. It relates to the method of notifying freight transportation information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A shipper makes a contract with a shipping company in advance to convey cargo and delivers the cargo to the shipping company. After loading the cargo, the shipping company issues a bill of lading as proof that a freight contract has been concluded between the shipping company and the shipper. The shipper passes the issued bill of lading to the consignee in exchange for payment. The consignee delivers the bill of lading to the shipping company at the point of unloading, and the delivery instructions (D / O: Delivery)
Order), present the delivery instructions to the terminal operator and pick up the cargo. The bill of lading has a function as a resaleable securities in addition to a function as a document showing a receipt of goods and a contract of transportation. Therefore, the one who ultimately has a bill of lading can receive the cargo. For example, the consignee can endorse the bill of lading and pass it to the actual consumer as it is, so that the consumer can receive the cargo directly.

[0003]

By the way, in the prior art, the shipper makes direct contact with the issuer or the shipping company by telephone or the like in anticipation of when the bill of lading will be issued, and Has been issued or not. If you want to check detailed information or the image of a bill of lading that cannot be confirmed by telephone alone, you used a facsimile. Therefore, in the conventional technology, there is a problem in that time constraints such as the business hours of the shipping company and places are restricted, and it takes a lot of time to obtain detailed information and an image of the bill of lading that cannot be confirmed by telephone alone. there were.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a marine cargo transport information notification system and a marine cargo transport information notification method that can easily confirm the contents of bills of lading information ready for issuance.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a sea freight transportation information notification system according to the first aspect of the present invention is provided for a terminal connected to a network and a customer generated using the terminal. It is characterized by comprising storage means for storing bill of lading information relating to a bill of lading, and delivery means for extracting bill of lading information from the storing means and delivering it to the terminal via a network.

In a preferred embodiment, the delivery condition storage means for storing delivery conditions when delivering the bill of lading information in the marine cargo transport information automatic notification system according to the first aspect. And the delivery means may deliver the bill of lading information retrieved from the storage means to the terminal via a network, based on the delivery conditions.

[0007] In a preferred aspect, in the marine cargo transport information automatic notification system according to claim 2, for example, the delivery condition is at least:
A method of delivering the bill of lading information may be included.

In a preferred embodiment, in the marine freight transportation information automatic notification system according to the third aspect, the delivery method includes delivery by electronic mail, delivery by EDI data, or print data. At least one of the delivery methods may be used.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a marine freight forwarding information notification system according to the present invention, wherein a terminal connected to a network and a bill relating to a bill of lading generated for a customer using the terminal. A storage means for storing the security information, a processing means for taking out the bill of lading information from the storage means and processing it into a predetermined data format, and a bill of lading information processed into a predetermined data format by the processing means, via a network. And a delivery means for delivering to the terminal.

In a preferred embodiment, in the automatic notification system for sea freight information according to claim 5, delivery condition storage means for storing delivery conditions when delivering the bill of lading information. And the processing means may process the bill of lading information retrieved from the storage means into a predetermined data format based on the delivery condition.

In a preferred embodiment, in the marine cargo transport information automatic notification system according to claim 5 or 6, for example, the processing means includes the bill of lading information as an attached file in an electronic mail. An electronic mail creating means to be attached may be provided.

In a preferred embodiment, in the marine cargo transport information automatic notification system according to the fifth or sixth aspect, the processing means converts the bill of lading information into EDI data. A data creation means may be provided.

In a preferred embodiment, in the marine cargo transport information automatic notification system according to the ninth aspect, the processing means converts the bill of lading information into print data. A data creation means may be provided.

In a preferred embodiment, in the marine cargo transport information automatic notification system according to the ninth aspect, the terminal includes a printing unit connected directly or via a network. The print data may be directly printed by the printing unit.

[0015] To achieve the above object, a method of notifying marine cargo transportation information according to the invention of claim 11 is to accumulate bill of lading information on the bill of lading every time bill of lading information on the bill of lading is generated. It is characterized in that bill of lading information is taken out from the storage means and delivered to a user terminal via a network.

In a preferred aspect, in the method for automatically notifying maritime cargo transport information according to claim 11, delivery conditions for delivering the bill of lading information are registered in advance. The bill of lading information may be delivered to a user terminal via a network based on the delivery condition.

In a preferred aspect, in the method for automatically notifying maritime cargo transport information according to claim 12, for example, the bill of lading information includes at least one of electronic mail, EDI data, and print data. The data may be delivered in one data format.

In order to achieve the above object, a method of notifying marine cargo transport information according to the invention of claim 14 is that a delivery condition for delivering bill of lading information relating to a bill of lading is registered in advance, and the delivery condition is registered in the delivery condition. The bill of lading information is processed into a predetermined data format based on the bill of lading information, and the bill of lading information processed into the predetermined data format is delivered to the terminal via a network.

In a preferred aspect, in the method for automatically notifying maritime cargo transport information according to claim 14, for example, the bill of lading information includes at least one of electronic mail, EDI data, and print data. After being processed into one data format, it may be delivered to the user terminal.

[0020]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. A. Configuration of Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, a terminal 1 is composed of a personal computer or the like having a monitor and used for a shipper (customer) who makes a contract with a shipping company for transporting cargo, and connection software for connecting to a network 3 such as the Internet or e-mail. And an environment that can start software for receiving EDI data, software for receiving EDI data, and the like. A printer 2 is connected to the terminal 1. In the illustrated example, only one set of the terminal 1 and the printer 2 is described. However, in practice, each user (including a plurality of users for one customer) using the marine transportation service is described. Be prepared for. Each of the above software,
It is used to receive and output (display, print, etc.) data on bills of lading (hereinafter referred to as bills of lading data) notified from the management server 4 described later. therefore,
If the bill of lading data is simply received and displayed by e-mail, the terminal 1 may be a mobile phone (i-mode: registered trademark) or a portable information terminal capable of receiving e-mail. The network 3 is a wide area network such as the Internet that can be accessed by the terminal 1 from inside and outside Japan.

Next, the management server 4 sends to the terminal 1 electronic mail the bill of lading data that is generated in accordance with the freight transportation contract, that is, is ready to be issued, and indicates the contents of the bill of lading. Automatic delivery to the shipper (customer) using one of the following methods: a method of sending the data as an attachment, a method of transmitting as EDI data, and a method of printing directly on the printer 2 of the terminal 1 connected to the network 3. I do. The bill of lading database 5 is connected to the management server 4, stores and stores the bill of lading data generated for a user who has made a freight transportation contract, and responds to a command from the management server 4. Then, the bill of lading data generated for a predetermined user is searched and extracted, and supplied to the management server 4. Also,
The user information database 6 includes, for each user ID, identification information, a delivery destination of bill of lading data, a delivery method, delivery information,
The delivery frequency is stored in a database.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a data structure stored in the bill of lading database 5. As shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the bill of lading database 5 stores bill of lading data in association with a user ID for specifying a user and an arbitrary identification number (for example, a fax number). In this way, by associating at least one or more identification numbers with the user ID, it is possible to maintain the confidentiality of the transaction contents between departments even when the user manages the departments of the company. Has become. That is, in the bill of lading database 5, the user I
Based on D and the identification number, the corresponding bill of lading data is searched and extracted. The bill of lading data includes Shipper information, Consignee information, Notify Party information, and other information (ship name, loading, unloading, cargo information (item, cargo) Figure, quantity, etc.), fare information, place of issue of bill of lading, date of issuance).

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a data structure stored in the user information database 6. As shown, the user information database 6 includes:
User information is stored in association with a user ID for specifying a user. The user information includes the above-mentioned identification information necessary for identification when issuing an authentication number such as company information, a delivery destination of bill of lading data, a delivery method, delivery information, a delivery frequency, and the like. That is, in the user information database 6, the user information is searched and extracted based on the user ID. In addition,
It is assumed that the user information is registered in advance by the terminal 1 accessing the management server 4.

B. Next, the operation of the above-described embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. Here, FIGS. 4 and 5 are flowcharts for explaining the operation of the management server 4 described above.
In step S10, the management server 4 determines whether bill of lading data has been generated. In addition, the generation processing of the bill of lading data is not included in the present invention, and thus detailed description is omitted. However, when the bill of lading data is generated,
That is, when the issuance preparation is completed, it is registered in the bill of lading database 5, and the management server 4 is notified of the creation. When the bill of lading is generated, a bill of lading number is obtained in step S12. The bill of lading number is a number for specifying the bill of lading added to each generated bill of lading data. Next, in step S14, a user ID is acquired in order to know to which user the bill of lading was generated. These pieces of information are acquired from the bill of lading database 5.

Next, in step S16, the user ID
, The user information is acquired from the user information database 6. Then, in step S18, a delivery destination, delivery information, and delivery frequency including a delivery method indicating a transmission format when notifying the user are acquired from the acquired user information. Here, it is assumed that the delivery frequency is registered as “at the time of bill of lading data generation”. Next, step S2
At 0, it is determined whether the delivery method is electronic mail.
If the delivery method is an e-mail, the process proceeds to step S22 shown in FIG. 5 to create an e-mail. The electronic mail is accompanied by bill of lading data including bill of lading image data. The destination of the mail refers to the delivery destination of the user information. Then, in step S24, the created e-mail is transmitted. After transmission, step S3
Proceed to 8 to record that the bill of lading has been notified.

The terminal 1 receives the e-mail when accessing a mail server (not shown). Thus, the user can easily obtain and confirm the bill of lading data including the bill of lading image data by e-mail without making any inquiry to the shipping company. The bill of lading data is only a copy and cannot be used as a regular one.

On the other hand, if the delivery method is not e-mail, the process proceeds to step S26 to determine whether the delivery method is EDI. If the delivery method is EDI, the process proceeds to step S28 shown in FIG. 5, and EDI data is created from the bill of lading data including the bill of lading image data. Then, in step S30, the EDI
The data is transmitted to the terminal 1. After transmission, step S38
Go to and record that the bill of lading has been notified.

Since the terminal 1 receives the EDI data, the user can easily obtain and confirm the bill of lading data including the bill of lading image data with the EDI data without making any inquiry to the shipping company. .
The bill of lading data is only a copy and cannot be used as a regular one.

In addition, even if the delivery method is electronic mail, EDI
If it is not data, the process proceeds to step S32, and it is determined whether the delivery method is printing. If the delivery method is printing, the flow advances to step S34 shown in FIG. 5 to create print data from the bill of lading data including the bill of lading image data. Then, in step S36, the print data is transmitted to the terminal 1 via the network 3. After the transmission, the process proceeds to step S38, and the fact that the bill of lading has been notified is recorded.

In the terminal 1, the print data is received, printed by the connected printer 2, and output. Thus, the user can easily obtain and confirm the bill of lading data including the bill of lading image data in a printed hard copy without inquiring the shipping company one by one. The bill of lading data is only a copy and cannot be used as a regular one.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the delivery frequency is registered as “at the time of bill of lading generation” has been described. However, the delivery frequency may be, for example, a specific date and time or a predetermined interval (one week, one month, etc.). ), Etc., and unless it is set to “at the time of bill of lading generation”, of course, even if bill of lading data is generated, it will not be delivered immediately, but will be notified when the delivery frequency is reached. Will be.

According to the present invention, the bill of lading information relating to the bill of lading generated for the customer using the terminal is stored in the storage means, and the bill of lading is delivered from the storage means by the delivery means. Since the information is taken out and delivered to the terminal via the network, there is an advantage that the contents of the bill of lading information ready for issuance can be easily confirmed.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, delivery conditions for delivering the bill of lading information are stored in delivery condition storage means, and the delivery means stores the delivery conditions based on the delivery conditions. Since the bill of lading information retrieved from the storage means is delivered to the terminal via the network, there is an advantage that the contents of the bill of lading information ready for issuance can be easily confirmed.

According to the third aspect of the invention, at least the delivery method of the bill of lading information is included in the delivery conditions, so that delivery can be performed under the delivery conditions most suitable for the user terminal. In addition to this, there is an advantage that the contents of the bill of lading information ready for issuance can be easily confirmed.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the delivery method is at least one of delivery by electronic mail, delivery by EDI data, and delivery by print data. It is possible to deliver under the most appropriate delivery conditions, and it is possible to easily confirm the contents of the bill of lading information ready for issuance.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the bill of lading information relating to the bill of lading generated for the customer using the terminal is stored in the storage means, and processed by the processing means.
After taking out the bill of lading information from the storage means and processing it into a predetermined data format, the delivery means delivers the bill of lading information processed into the predetermined data format to the terminal via a network. In addition, the data can be delivered in the data format most suitable for the user's terminal, and the contents of the bill of lading information ready for issuance can be easily confirmed.

According to the invention of claim 6, delivery conditions for delivering the bill of lading information are stored in delivery condition storage means, and the processing means stores the delivery conditions based on the delivery conditions. Since the bill of lading information retrieved from the storage means is processed into a predetermined data format, it can be delivered in a data format most suitable for the user's terminal under delivery conditions, and the cargo ready to be issued is prepared. This has the advantage that the contents of the securities information can be easily confirmed.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, in the processing means, the bill of lading information is attached to the electronic mail as an attached file by the electronic mail creating means. It can be delivered in a simple data format and under delivery conditions, and the contents of the bill of lading information ready for issuance can be easily confirmed.

According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, in the processing means, the bill of lading information is converted into EDI data by the EDI data creating means, so that the data format most suitable for the user terminal is provided. In addition, it is possible to obtain the bill of lading information ready for issuance and to easily confirm the contents of the bill of lading information ready to be issued.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, in the processing means, the bill of lading information is converted into print data by the print data creating means, so that the most suitable data format for the user terminal is provided. In addition, it is possible to obtain the bill of lading information ready for issuance and to easily confirm the contents of the bill of lading information ready to be issued.

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, the print data is directly printed by the printing unit directly connected to the terminal or connected to the network, so that the data format most suitable for the user terminal is provided. In addition, it is possible to obtain the bill of lading information ready for issuance and to easily confirm the contents of the bill of lading information ready to be issued.

According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, every time bills of lading information relating to a bill of lading is generated, the bill of lading information relating to the bill of lading is accumulated, and the bill of lading information is taken out from the storage means. , The contents of the bill of lading information ready for issuance can be easily confirmed.

According to the twelfth aspect of the present invention, delivery conditions for delivering the bill of lading information are registered in advance, and the bill of lading information is transmitted to a user via a network based on the delivery conditions. Since the delivery is made to the terminal, there is an advantage that the delivery can be performed under the delivery condition most suitable for the user's terminal, and the contents of the bill of lading information ready to be issued can be easily confirmed.

According to the thirteenth aspect of the present invention, the bill of lading information is delivered in at least one data format among electronic mail, EDI data and print data. It can be delivered in a simple data format and under delivery conditions, and the contents of the bill of lading information ready for issuance can be easily confirmed.

According to the fourteenth aspect of the present invention, the delivery conditions for delivering the bill of lading information relating to the bill of lading are registered in advance, and the bill of lading information is stored in a predetermined data format based on the delivery conditions. And the bill of lading information processed into the predetermined data format is delivered to the terminal via a network, so that it can be delivered under the most appropriate delivery conditions for the user's terminal and issued. This has the advantage that the ready bill of lading information can be easily checked.

According to the fifteenth aspect of the present invention, the bill of lading information is processed into at least one of electronic mail, EDI data and print data, and then is delivered to the user terminal. Therefore, there is an advantage that the delivery can be performed in the data format most suitable for the user's terminal and under the delivery conditions, and that the contents of the bill of lading information ready for issuance can be easily confirmed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a data structure stored in a bill of lading database 5.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a data structure stored in a user information database 6.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the management server 4.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the management server 4.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Terminal 2 Printer (printing means) 3 Network 4 Management server (delivery means, processing means, e-mail creation means, EDI data creation means, print data creation means) 5 Bill of Lading database (storage means) 6 User information database (delivery conditions) Storage means)

Claims (15)

[Claims] 1. A terminal connected to a network, a storage means for storing bill of lading information relating to a bill of lading generated for a customer using the terminal, and taking out the bill of lading information from the storage means, And a delivery means for delivering the information to the terminal via the terminal. 2. A delivery condition storage unit for storing delivery conditions when delivering the bill of lading information, wherein the delivery unit stores the bill of lading information extracted from the storage unit based on the delivery conditions. 2. The sea freight transport information automatic notification system according to claim 1, wherein the information is delivered to the terminal via a network. 3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the delivery condition includes at least a delivery method of the bill of lading information. 4. The marine cargo transport information automatic notification according to claim 3, wherein the delivery method is at least one of an electronic mail delivery, an EDI data delivery, and a print data delivery. system. 5. A terminal connected to a network, a storage means for storing bill of lading information relating to a bill of lading generated for a customer using the terminal, and taking out the bill of lading information from the storage means, Sea freight transport information, comprising: processing means for processing into a data format; and delivery means for delivering the bill of lading information processed into a predetermined data format by the processing means to the terminal via a network. Automatic notification system. 6. A delivery condition storage means for storing delivery conditions when delivering the bill of lading information, wherein the processing means stores the bill of lading information retrieved from the storage means based on the delivery conditions. 6. The marine freight transport information automatic notification system according to claim 5, wherein the information is processed into a predetermined data format. 7. The marine cargo transport information automatic notification system according to claim 5, wherein said processing means comprises an electronic mail creating means for attaching said bill of lading information to an electronic mail as an attached file. . 8. The processing means stores the bill of lading information as E
7. The system according to claim 5, further comprising EDI data conversion means for converting the data into DI data. 9. The marine cargo transport information automatic notification system according to claim 5, wherein said processing means includes print data creating means for converting said bill of lading information into print data. 10. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the terminal comprises a printing unit connected directly or over a network, and
10. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the printing is performed directly by the printing unit.
Automatic notification system for sea freight information described. 11. Each time bill of lading information related to a bill of lading is generated, the bill of lading information related to the bill of lading is accumulated, the bill of lading information is taken out from the storage means, and delivered to a user terminal via a network. A feature is the automatic notification method for maritime cargo transportation information. 12. A delivery condition when delivering the bill of lading information is registered in advance, and the bill of lading information is delivered to a user terminal via a network based on the delivery condition. The method for automatically notifying maritime cargo transport information according to claim 11. 13. The bill of lading information may be an electronic mail, E
13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the delivery is performed in at least one of a DI format and a print format. 14. A delivery condition when delivering bill of lading information relating to a bill of lading is registered in advance, and the bill of lading information is processed into a predetermined data format based on the delivery condition, and the predetermined data format is processed. And sending the bill of lading information processed to the terminal to the terminal via a network. 15. The bill of lading information may be an electronic mail, E
The method according to claim 14, wherein the data is processed into at least one of DI data and print data and then delivered to a user terminal.