KR20020006799A - A service method for substituting for requesting shipping through communication network - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method of shipping service on communication network is provided to enable forwarders to be applied with complimentary freight rate and gain an advantage in the negotiation on a price by receiving freights from the forwarders through a cyber container yard and applying shipment to a shipping company instead of the forwarders. CONSTITUTION: The method comprises steps of a forwarder performing log-in by transmitting ID(Identification) and password to a shipping application server through an interface screen of a web site provided by the shipping application server(S1), the forwarder requesting the reference about the shipping schedule of a desired vessel via the interface screen(S3), the server searching the schedule of the desired vessel from a shipping schedule database and transmitting the information about the shipping schedule to the forwarder(S4), the forwarder requesting the reference about the freight rates via the interface screen(S6), the server searching the freight rates from a freight rate database and transmitting the information about the freight rates to the forwarder(S7), the forwarder determining storage into a cyber container yard after referring the shipping schedule and freight rates(S8), the server receiving the shipping request from forwarder(S9), and the server transmitting an authentication code and a storage certification to the forwarder through the communication network(S10).

Description

Service Request Service by Telecommunications {A SERVICE METHOD FOR SUBSTITUTING FOR REQUESTING SHIPPING THROUGH COMMUNICATION NETWORK}

The present invention relates to a communication request service service for telecommunications, and to a communication request service service for telecommunications to reduce the freight charges on behalf of the shipment request for the entrusted quantity received by a plurality of forwarders through communication will be.

In general, a significant portion of the international import and export traffic is carried by the ship of the shipping company, the cargo carried by such a ship is carried through the process as shown in FIG.

In Figure 1, the shipper refers to the company or person sending the cargo, forwarder (Forwarder) refers to a multi-carrier transporting the cargo from the shipper's door to the shipper's door, inland in addition to the transport process using the ship It is a carrier that handles or commissions services such as transportation, cargo insurance, import / export declaration and mail order.

And, the carrier is a carrier that loads the goods received from the forwarder to the port of destination to the ship, and the consignee refers to the company or person who finally receives the goods sent from the shipper.

In the above, the carriers are preserving profits by forming a kind of cartel based on the sea sports alliance, raising the freight rate, and collecting various additional expenses. Despite being fixed, sea freight rates are differentially applied according to cargo volume.

Therefore, large ship owners and forwarders have preferential shipping contracts with shipping companies to receive discounted shipping rates, while small and medium forwarders cannot ship large quantities of cargo on the same route at the same time. There was a problem that you can not pay a relatively expensive freight.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned, by constructing a virtual container yard on the information communication network, such as the Internet, through which the goods received from the small and medium forwarders through the collected goods received from each small and medium forwarder The purpose of this service is to provide a service method of service for the application of shipping request by the forwarding on behalf of small and medium forwards, which allows each forwarder to receive preferential fares and to obtain advantageous advantages in price negotiation.

1 is a schematic diagram showing a step in which cargo is conventionally transported through a ship,

2 is a schematic block diagram of hardware for carrying out the present invention;

Figure 3 is a flow chart for explaining a cargo shipment request agency service method in communication according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention,

Figure 4 is an illustration of a registration form according to an embodiment of the present invention,

5 is an exemplary diagram of a user interface screen for querying a schedule of a ship according to an embodiment of the present invention;

6 is an exemplary diagram of a user interface screen for inquiring a fare according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 7 is an illustration of a shipping request form in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention,

8 is a schematic diagram illustrating a step in which cargo is transported by ship according to the present invention.

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10: server for requesting shipment 11-13: database

20: Forwarder's Computer 30: Zen Master's Server

N: Information Network

In order to achieve the above object, a communication application service for shipment service according to the present invention includes a step of posting information about a ship schedule and freight in accordance with a preferential transportation contract with a shipping company on a server for application for shipment on an information communication network website. And accessing a website posted on the server for requesting shipment from the forwarder's computer, inquiring information about the ship schedule and freight, and entrusting a request for shipment for cargo; And connecting to a server and sending a shipment request for cargo entrusted by the computer of the forwarder.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 2 is a schematic block diagram of the hardware for performing the present invention, as can be seen with reference to the drawings, the hardware for performing the present invention, the ship schedule and freight according to the preferential shipping contract with the shipping company The server for loading application agent 10, which posts information on the website of the information communication network N and receives a shipment request from forwarders connected through communication, and the server for loading application agency through the information communication network N. (10) at least one forwarder side computer 20 for querying the ship schedule and fare and entrusting the shipment request for cargo, and at least one shipping company receiving a shipment request from the server for shipment application 10 It consists of the server 30.

Here, the server 10 for forwarding application, the computer 20 of the forwarder and the server 30 of the forwarder are connected to an information communication network (N) through various devices and methods currently known, such as a modem or a CSU (Channel Service Unit). ), Which is a technology for the main pipe, so a separate description thereof will be omitted.

In addition, the server 10 for forwarding application, the computer 20 of the forwarder, and the server 30 of the forwarder are typical of computer systems such as a main processor, a network adapter, a display adapter, a main memory device, and a secondary memory device (not shown). It includes hardware, software such as an operating system (Operating System) and various application programs, and these matters are well known in the technical field of the present invention, so a separate description thereof will be omitted.

The server for requesting shipment 10 is a plurality of databases used for posting information about the ship schedule and fare through a website and storing and managing information on incoming cargo entrusted with the request for shipment from the forwarder side ( Data Base (“DB”) 11, and these databases 11 may be stored in a secondary storage device built in the server 10 for shipment request or in a separate storage device installed externally. .

The database 11 of the server for proxy server 10 is a shipping agent who is in a trading relationship with a user management database (DB1) that can query and check the membership forwarding and withdrawal of the member forwarder and the user's information modification and receipt history. It includes a member management database group (群) 12 consisting of a preliminary management database (DB2) for managing the performance, such as the basic information and the cumulative transaction history extracted from the receipt data management database (DB5) to be described later.

In addition, the database 11 is a ship schedule database (DB3) arranged to check the ship schedule of each ship carrier with a preferential shipping contract according to the departure port and the arrival port and the preferential treatment with the ship carrier for each route and cargo items 13, a data management database group consisting of a freight database (DB4) stored by entering freight, and a member forwarder, a user, checks the ship schedule, inquires freight, and fills out a prescribed shipping application form. It includes a receipt data management database (DB5) that stores the data on the receipt history.

The information communication network (N) is sufficient if it is possible to perform common data communication between the computer 10 for shipment application, the computer 20 of the forwarder and the server 30 of the shipping company in common, for example, The information communication network N may be the Internet.

Now, the operation of the present invention using the hardware configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, by operating the forwarder's computer 20 on the forwarder side to connect to the server 10 for the shipment application on behalf of the communication service for the shipment request service according to the present invention is started, on the display screen of the forwarder side computer 20 The page screen of the website posted on the server 10 for shipment request is displayed. The page screen of this website can log in to the member forwarder, check ship schedules, check fare and receive goods. It includes an interface screen.

Through the interface screen of the web site displayed as described above, the ID and password are transmitted from the forwarder's computer 20 to the server 10 for the shipment application, thereby performing a login. S1), the server for shipment application proxy 10 performs a login process by matching the ID and password information stored in the user management database DB1 with the ID and password received from the forwarder's computer 20.

Here, in the case where the forwarder side is a non-member who does not register in advance, membership can be registered according to a predetermined registration form provided by the computer 10 for shipment application. It may be configured as shown in FIG.

Next, if the forwarder wants to inquire the ship's scheduling (Shipping Schedule) (S2), the forwarder requests the inquiry of the desired ship's schedule through the interface screen of the website provided from the server for shipment application on the forwarder side It may be (S3). For example, the interface screen for querying the schedule of the ship, as shown in Figure 5, the port of loading (Port of Loading), the port of discharge (Port of Discharge) and the date of departure (Date of Departure) of the corresponding ship It can be configured to query the schedule.

In step S3, when the inquiry request for the desired ship schedule is received from the forwarder's computer 20 to the ship application proxy server 10, the ship application server 10 receives from the ship schedule database DB3. The schedule for the requested ship is retrieved from the forwarder's computer 20, and information about the retrieved schedule of the ship is transmitted to the forwarder's computer 20 (S4).

Next, if the forwarder wants to check the freight rate (Sreight Rate) of the ship (S5), the forwarder can request the inquiry about the freight through the interface screen of the website provided from the server for shipment application on behalf of the ship (10) There is (S6). For example, as shown in Figure 6, the interface screen for the fare, the forwarder side company name, the person in charge and the commodity (Commodity), the port of loading (Port of Loading), the port of discharge (Hazadous) of the cargo (Hazadous) It can be configured to search the freight of the ship according to the status and date of departure (Date of Departure) and container type.

When the inquiry request for the desired freight rate of the desired vessel is received from the forwarder's computer 20 from the forwarder's computer 20 in step S6, the forwarding agent's server 10 forwards from the freight database DB4. The requested fare is retrieved from the computer 20 of the computer 20 and information about the found fare is transmitted to the computer 20 of the forwarder (S7).

After inquiring the schedule and freight of the vessel as described above, whether the cargo to be shipped from the forwarder side will be received in the virtual container Yard ("Cyber CY") provided by the server 10 for shipment application services It is determined whether or not (S8).

In this case, the virtual container yard is to collect and pre-purchase the cargo to be shipped from each forwarder in the shipment request agency service server 10 in advance, the computer system that is the server for shipment request 10 and this shipment It is a conceptual virtual space constructed by a website and a database on a communication posted by the server 10 for the application. In other words, the virtual forwarding of the cargo to the virtual container yard by the forwarder is to entrust the shipment request for the cargo to the shipping application agency service company.

Since the loading of the cargo into the virtual container yard is a fictitious act, the forwarder must load the actual cargo to be loaded into the container yard of the port designated by the shipping company on the designated date.

In the step S8, when the forwarder wants to load the cargo into the virtual container yard, the shipping computer forms a shipping request in accordance with the shipping request form provided from the server 10 for shipment application. The server 20 transmits to the server 10 for the application for shipment.

For example, the form of the shipping request form, as shown in Figure 7, the forwarder company name and contact person, the shipper (Shipper) and the consignee (Commodity), the port of loading and destination port ( Port of Discharge, Final Destination, Vessel, Voyage NO, Hazadous Status, Date of Departure, Description of Cargo, Container Type, Fare and Payment It may be configured to describe the amount and amount of cargo.

The shipment request sent from the forwarder's computer 20 in step S9 is received by the server 10 for the shipment application, and the contents of the received shipment request are stored in the receipt data management database DB5.

At the same time, the server for shipment application server 10 grants a verification code to the received shipping request and issues a receipt of receipt. The authentication code and the receipt of the certificate given by the server for shipment request 10 are information and communication network (N). It is transmitted to the forwarder computer 20 via the (S10).

In addition, the server for loading application server 10 transmits the shipment request received in the step (S9) to the server 30 of the shipping company via the information and communication network (N) to apply for shipment, and this server for shipping application Bill of Landing is issued from the shipping company when the actual freighter's cargo is received at the container yard designated by the shipping company according to the data of the shipment request transmitted from (10) to the shipping company's server 30.

Figure 8 is a schematic diagram showing a step in which the cargo is transported by the ship according to the present invention, the actual movement path of the cargo is the same as the conventional cargo movement path shown in Figure 1, but the forwarder-side cargo transported from the shipper to the shipping line Before the delivery, the virtual container yard provided in the communication provided by the server 10 for the shipment application agent service is subjected to the virtual wearing process.

That is, the server 10 for shipment request or the storage device or database therein becomes a kind of virtual container yard, and collects cargo from each small and medium forwarder who has strategic alliance with such a virtual container yard. To negotiate the price. Small and medium sized forwarders are not able to secure the amount of preferential fare if they have a freight contract with the shipping company alone.However, if these forwarders are collected at a virtual container yard, they will always be able to Based on this, the freight forwarding service agency concludes a preferential shipping contract with the shipping company to reduce the freight rate and provide the forwarders with the reduced freight rate. Instead, the forwarding agency service company can make profit by receiving a certain fee from each forwarder or shipping company.

Small and medium sized forwarders can receive preferential fares to improve profitability, be competitive with larger forwarders, and shipping companies can receive stable shipments and reduce operating costs. As can be seen, the present invention is an excellent telecommunications business method that benefits both the forwarder, shipping company and shipping agent service provider.

As described above, the present invention establishes a virtual container yard via a computer device in communication, receives a cargo to be shipped from a plurality of forwarders, secures a certain quantity of goods, and acts on behalf of the application for shipment. It relates to a communication business method that receives preferential fares from shipping companies, which alone can reduce freight for forwarders who do not receive preferential fares.

Claims (2)

In the service method of shipment application agent in communication, Posting information on the ship schedule and fare according to the preferential shipping contract with the shipping company on the server for shipping application on the website of the information communication network, Accessing the web site posted on the server for the request for shipment from the forwarder's computer, inquiring information on the ship schedule and freight, and entrusting the request for shipment for the cargo; And a step of transmitting a shipment request for the cargo entrusted by the computer of the forwarder by accessing the server of the shipping company from the server for the shipment application. According to claim 1, When the forwarding server entrusts the shipment request to the server for the shipment request agent, the server for the request for shipment grants the authentication code for the shipment of the cargo and issue the receipt confirmation to the computer of the forwarder Service application for shipment service, characterized in that the communication.