TWI236609B - System and method for mutually shipment track - Google Patents

Abstract

A system and method for mutually shipment track is for helping a seller communicate shipment information with a remote buyer via Internet for shipment tracking. The system comprises a shipment track module and a shipment track interface. The method preferred present invention comprises: (a) decomposing information of a purchase order to a basic information comprising purchase order number, material name, material quantity, and receipt address; (b) recording the basic information, shipment quantity, track number, and estimate arrive day into a first data; (c) recording shipping data, actual shipment quantity, pallet number, shipped pallet quantity, pallet status, and pallet record modified data into a second data; (e) recording a receipt number into the first data via a shipment track interface, and recording actual shipment quantity, received pallet quantity, pallet status and pallet record modified data into a second data.

Description

1236609 V. Description of the invention (1) [Technical field to which the invention belongs] The present invention relates to an interactive cargo system and a special cargo and receipt information system and method that are read at the door of the seller and the buyer *, #, θ "" The Internet to transmit and record the λ and the receipt of the beetle, the wood 1 brother to track the goods ^ [prior art] ", the first and the method. 4 On the other hand, after the seller accepts the buyer's purchase order, the buyer must have the goods: the goods are delivered to the buyer. However, the goods cannot be completed due to two artificial / other factors. The worm JS must use information technology to track the goods, including tracking out / received quantities, pallets, and the location of the goods in transit. And so on to avoid the risks mentioned above. The cargo tracking technology was disclosed in US Patent No. 6,429,8 1 0, which was announced on August 6, 2002. The patent name is "1 ^] £ (; 1 ^ 1 ^ 1) Eight 11 ^ LOGISTICS SYSTEM" . The patent discloses a system and method for attaching a launcher and a sensor to a cargo container, and sensing the position of the cargo through satellite positioning and a ground station for tracking in transit. The shortcoming of the technology disclosed in the patent is that there is no information about the delivery / receipt of the goods and pallets, so it is not possible to continue to track the status of the shellfish after the buyer receives the goods, especially unable to provide Compare the quantity of goods received and received. Therefore, it is necessary to propose a new solution. In addition to providing tracking of goods on the way, it can also provide buyers and sellers with shipping / receiving related information 'to facilitate follow-up tracking of buyers' receipts. [Summary of the Invention] The present invention provides an interactive cargo tracking system that can support the seller 1236609 -----............ V. Description of the invention (2) and the remote party can track through the Internet Includes:-Shipment information is passed to realize the shipment tracking interface module on the goods line, which is a 2E interface module and a shipment tracking module. Cargo tracking interface to achieve shipment, @ 复 多 buyers' computer and buyer's computer as soon as they are out of the way, pallet display, and 2 functions, its functional options include the shipping tracking interface module and Pak Kok. The shipment tracking module is connected to the first database of the institute and a second time. One can be connected to the module through a database connection module, and it is introduced in the shipping tracking. The database: to realize the function of the shipping tracking The module includes a transit time t to display multiple shipment records. This shipment tracking confirms the secondary module. Chase in transit ^ = group, a pallet display sub-module and a receipt option, which can be tracked in transit via the Internet to the above-mentioned tracking function. This stack is connected to the company's webpage and realizes the online option. 'It can display complex: J: is the above-mentioned pallet display. The receipt confirmation sub-module, r ^, has been recorded on the shipping tracking interface. It can display a function of receiving the goods exactly, eat the bowl = ΐ t receipt confirmation function option, after the goods are received, the buyer's computer loses two receipts; the J trace interface 'to facilitate the confirmation of the method of the invention includes: (a) decomposition- :: Goods = this (!) Material, including purchase order number, name of the goods, "number of shellfish, ^ (b) record the above basic information, freight number, tracking number, date of arrival in the tenth-data; (c ) Record the shipment, the actual number, the number of boards, the number of boards shipped, the status of the board, and the record of the pallet in the first shell material '(d) Connect to the freight company through the shipping tracking interface = Web page for on-the-go tracking; (e) Record the receipt number in the-data through the shipment tracking interface, and record the actual number of receipts, the number of received f-boards, page 1236609 —mi ···· I 丨 _ i V. Description of the invention (3) _ The status of the pallet, the date of the amendment of the pallet record, the ticket; and (g) Payment according to the receipt invoice . The order (f) is issued for collection and payment. With the interactive VI provided by the present invention, the buyer and seller are provided with a tracking system and method for shipping and receiving on the way, which can complete the tracking of the receipt. # Shell related poverty news' to facilitate the delivery of information by shipping users and buyers. ^ Effective, clear, will facilitate the seller to use the information to achieve the purpose of tracking and supervision of military shipments and receipts. Related [Embodiment] '° As shown in the first figure, it is a mutual diagram of the present invention. The system architecture includes a database server 1 located in the seller's Shanghai-style shellfish tracking system, a first—database 3—intranet 1 0, a first 3, a second database 4, a plurality of sellers ’electrical , Brother II + database server 6, and one of the Internet sites outside the enterprise $, one ^ seller web server 8, multiple buyer computers 9. The freight forwarder—the freight company's web server company end, supports the seller-to-buyer-side page server 8 located at the freight provider. The buyer's computer 9 is located at the buyer's end, sending relevant information and materials, and tracking the goods online. The seller sells goods for the buyer's turn in the goods information network 1 0 connects to the first database server network-page server 6 through the internal number of the seller's computer 5 and through the Internet 7 2 database server 3 and complex 8 and plural Buyer computer 9. The first information, the company's web server library 2. The second database server 3 is connected: a first-source web server 6 can be accessed and accessed by the first and second brother, a poor database 4. The seller 4 provides a plurality of seller computer 5 and buyer computer 9 library 2 and second database processing functions. In addition, the seller's web server can also be tracked and related information can also visit the freight company Page 11 1236609

The web server 8 uses the tracking web page function provided by the web server 8 of the shipping company to facilitate the tracking of goods by multiple seller computers 5 and buyer computers 9. The first database 2 and the second database 4 are connected to different internal systems respectively; the first database 2 is connected to the seller's enterprise resource planning system (ERP); the second backlog 4 is connected The seller's on-site management system (SFC, shoop—shell control), as shown in the second figure, is a diagram of the module association of the present invention. The first database server 11 'can access and access the first database 21. The plural first data 21 is a record, and its contents include purchase order number, quantity, tracking number, estimated purchase date of the purchase order number, the name of the goods, and the information provided by the buyer. The tracking number is given by the voucher of the freight company webpage. The receipt number is recognized by the buyer and the buyer as the goods shipped in different batches, and the rest is provided by the seller. The relevant basis of the purchase. The function of the interactive cargo tracking system is 1 including the first database, the second database, and the second database. The name of the non-export / receiving site-related items, the number of goods, the freight, the receipt number, the receipt Goods location. The quantity of the goods and the place of receipt are provided by the procurement department as the login freight company to provide at the time of receipt; the receipt number generates a different code, and the code can be used as a receipt to confirm the receipt. The & Ding number is also used as the second data 4 1 The second database server 3 includes a question and access to the second database 4 一一 贝 / treme f pull group 31, which can be accessed Plural second-second elder sister's plural second data 41. This reply includes relevant information on the delivery / receiving site, which includes information such as ", the number of intershipment shipments, the actual number of receipts, the pallet number, 1236609. V. Description of the invention (5) The number of pallets shipped, the number of pallets received, Pallet status, pallet record modification, and purchase order number. Among them, the shipping date, actual shipment quantity, pallet number, and shipping pallet number are provided by the seller's shipping site. The number of boards is provided by the buyer when receiving the goods. The status of the pallets and the date of modification of the pallet records can be provided by the seller's shipping site or the buyer. Among them, the scratching number is used as the basis for association with the first data 2 The pallet record number is automatically generated by ^ goods, and the tracking interface module 6 丨. Last modified the Japanese records. The seller or buyer finally changed the date of this pallet record 5 丨 3. The pallet status includes the status of shipping and received. The seller web server 6 includes a shipment tracking interface die 61, a t M62 ^-. T M „M63. ^ ^ Die exhaustion, and a database connection module 65. A shipment tracking 2 for the buyer's computer 5 and buyer's computer 9 1 shipping tracking ^ interface 51 is a technology built on the web page: the shipping tracking party provides shipping tracking, shipping history display, and user and buying And corresponding to the above-mentioned function selection group 63 and shipment error display module 64 of the above-mentioned shipment tracking, display, and display. In addition, the discovery history display module provides a search function, which can input purchase order tracking interface 51 and delivery records. The shipping tracking module 62 can search for and display the shipping records displayed on the shipping tracking interface 5 丨 and display the shipping records of the goods, and provide the buyer with the function of determining the receipt. J t, The board view, and the material 2 1 and the second data 4 丨 included in the & shell ,,, and self-recorded by the first capital: 63 can be displayed on the shipping tracking interface 51: household shipping history display mode The wrong display module 64 can be tracked in the shipment record>. Shipment, Hello, wrong shipments are shown on page 51. 1236609 V. Description of the invention (6) :: 纟 Errors include overdue, incorrect receipt quantity, etc. The shipment ^ passes the poor material library connection module 65. Connects the -f material library 2 and the second H64 and accesses the second data 41. The user can connect to the shipping web page group 8 1 included in the shipping company web server 8 through the Internet 7 to facilitate the buyer and seller users to track the location of the goods. 、 Milk < As shown in the second figure, L is a content block map and a content tracking module 62 display chart of the shipment tracking interface of the interactive cargo tracking system of the present invention. The shipment tracking interface 51 provides the function options of shipment tracking, shipment history display, and shipment error display, and can display the corresponding shipment records 5 丨 1 on the sales, party computer 5, or buyer computer 9. The corresponding shipment records 511 are marked as unreceived shipment records, received shipment records, and shipment records with errors due to different blocking information. The field data in the shipping record 5 丨 1 is composed of the contents of the first data 21 and the second data 41, and the fields include the shipment record number (N01 ·) and the purchase order number (p〇ν〇 · ), Goods name (MATERIAL), quantity of goods (QTY), · shipping date (SHIP DATE), shipping quantity (SHIP QTY), actual shipment quantity (ASQ), actual receipt quantity (ARQ), tracking number (TRACK N0 ·), estimated arrival date (ETA DATE), receipt number (RECEIVE NO ·), and place of receipt (SHIP TO). Among them, the shipping record number is automatically generated by the shipping tracking interface module 61, and the goods name, quantity, receiving location, tracking number and receiving number of the first data 21 can be obtained through the purchase order number. , And the date of shipment of the second data 41, the actual output

Page 14 1236609 V. Description of the invention (7) " ---- Quantity of goods and actual quantity of goods received. 、 / / For the ^ tracking function option, the shipping tracking interface 5 1 also provides sub-function options on the way I ^, pallet display and receipt confirmation. Therefore, the shipment tracking group 62 includes a tracking sub-module 621, a pallet display sub-module, and a factory receipt confirmation sub-module 6 23 to correspond to the sub-function options. Completed in = Tracking sub-function This is by clicking on the tracking number (TRACK •) of the shipping record 5 丨 1. It will be connected to the shipping company web page 512 provided by the shipping company through the tracking module 6 2 1 on the way. . The freight company is the carrier of the cargo. It can track the location of the carrier (such as a truck, an airplane, a ship, etc.) carrying the cargo through technology (such as satellite positioning technology or wireless communication technology). The location information is displayed. On the freight company's webpage 512, the seller or Bayside can use the tracking number to track in transit. The Wucheng board inspection sub-function is to click the column of the quantity of shipment (I p qt γ). The shipment tracking interface 51 will generate one or more pallet records 5 1 3 through the pallet display sub-module 622 to facilitate inspection. . The pallet data of 5 ～ 30 is provided by the second data 41, which includes the pallet record number (NO2 ·), the pallet number (PACK Ν0.), The number of shipped pallets (pack QTY), Number of receiving pallets

Quantity (RECEIVE QTY), pallet status (STATUS), last modification date (LAST EDIT DATE). The buyer user of the buyer's computer 9 completes the receipt confirmation sub-function by clicking the field of the shipping record number (N〇 丨 ·). The shipment tracking interface 5 丨 will generate a receipt confirmation record 5 1 4 through the receipt confirmation sub-module 6 2 3 to facilitate the buyer user to enter relevant data. The fields of the record 5 1 4 include the purchase order number (p 〇 N0 ·), the name of the goods (MATERIAL), the quantity of the goods (qty), and the date of shipment.

1236609 V. Description of the invention (8) (SHIP DATE), shipping quantity (SHIP QTY), tracking number (TRACK NO ·), receipt number (RECEJVE NO ·). The initial value of the receipt number (RECEIVE NO ·) field is blank; after the buyer confirms the receipt, the buyer user can enter a receipt number on it, and the receipt number will be recorded in the second database 4 In the second material 41. As shown in the fourth figure, it is a flow chart of logical classification of shipment records of the interactive cargo tracking system of the present invention. The classification logic judgment includes shipment tracking 5 to judge the unrecorded shipping records from module 6 2, shipping history display module 6 to 3 rows of broken shipping records, and shipping error display module 6 4. Classification process that judges the shipment records with errors. The process includes the user operating the shipment tracking interface 51 through the seller's computer 5 or the buyer's computer 9, and also includes: (a) reading the first data 21 of the first database 2 (step S10). (b) Read the associated second data 41 in the second database 4 through the purchase order number in the first data 21 (step SI 1). The required data of a shipment record 5 1 1 can be obtained by step S10 and step S 1 1. (c) Determine whether the receipt number field of the shipment record 511 is empty (step S12). The right is blank, indicating that the receipt number is zero, then proceed to step gig; if the receipt number is not zero, proceed to S13. · (D) According to the expected arrival date field of the shipment record 5 1 1, the shipment tracking module determines whether the system time has exceeded the expected arrival date (step S 1 3). The system time is provided by the seller's web server 6, and includes the time, date, minute, and second, which are the times set in the operating system of the seller's web server 6. If yes, it means that the expected arrival date has not yet been received and the goods are received, and the process proceeds to step S14. If not, proceed to step S15. ’

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V. Description of the invention (9) (e) This shipment record 5 1 1 is marked as an error shipment record (step S14) and displayed on the shipment tracking interface 51. ((: ≫, ((1), (6) is the first judgment flow of the shipment error display module 64. (f) Mark this shipment record 5 1 1 as the unrecorded shipment record (step Township S15j 'and displayed on the shipment tracking interface 51., 〇), (〇 is the judgment process of the shipment tracking module 62 2) Stomach (g) compares the actual shipment quantity column of the shipment record 5 1 1 Whether the number of bits and the actual number of received $ fields are the same (step S16). If yes, proceed to step S17. If not, proceed to S18.

(h) Mark this shipment record 5 丨 1 as the shipment record that has been received (Step S17j 'Asia is displayed on the shipment tracking interface 51. (c), (g), and (h) are the history of shelling Display the judgment flow of module 6 3. (0) Mark this shipment record 511 as the shipment record with errors (step S18) 'and display it on the shipment tracking interface 51. (c), (g), ( i) is the second judgment flow of k error display module 64. The fifth diagram is a flowchart of the interactive cargo tracking method of the present invention. The flow includes: (1) the party sends a purchase order to the seller (steps) p J 〇).

(2) Beifang decomposes the purchase order into basic information (step ρι 丨). The basic information includes the purchase order missing ^ name Ding Zaohao, the name of the shellfish, the quantity of the goods, and the place of receipt. (3 ^ Beijing records the basic information in the first data 2] (Step P1? In addition to "", the relevant information for shipment according to the prior arrangement, including freight, tracking number, and estimated arrival date is recorded in Section -Data 21

1236609 V. Description of the invention (10) 〇 (4) On the day of shipment, the seller's shipment site records a shipment data in the second data 41 (step P 丨 3). The shipping information includes the purchase order number, delivery, delivery date, actual shipment quantity, pallet number, · shipment pallet quantity, stack status, and modification date of the award record. (5) The seller ships (step pi4). (6) When the goods are on the way, the seller or buyer can follow up through the shipment. (7) The buyer receives the goods at the receiving site (step (8) The buyer receives the goods.) The information includes the goods receipt number, the localization team Hua Er = Medium (step P17). The receipt status, pallet record modification date, volume, number of blown pallets, pallet shape (9) The buyer issues a receipt invoice by direct delivery method based on the receipt information ( Step pi8), machine, electronic data interchange or (10) The buyer pays the present invention according to the receipt invoice, although it is better to give Ruzu # (v * ^ P19). Tingshi invention. Anyone familiar with this " item 1 The artist's road is as above, but it is not intended to be used within the scope and scope. It can be modified: if it does not depart from the spirit of the present invention, the scope of the patent application is defined as the protection scope of the present invention.

Page 18 1236609 Brief Description of Drawings [Brief Description of Drawings] The first drawing is a system architecture diagram of the interactive cargo tracking system of the present invention. The second figure is a functional module correlation diagram of the interactive cargo tracking system of the present invention. The third figure is a content field map and a shipment tracking module content map displayed on the tracking interface of the interactive, cargo tracking system of the present invention. The fourth figure is a flowchart of the data classification logic judgment of the interactive cargo tracking system of the present invention. The fifth diagram is a flowchart of the interactive cargo tracking method of the present invention. [Description of main component symbols] First database server 1 Intranet 10 First database module 11 First database 2 First data 21 Second database server 3 Second database module 31 Second data Library 4th'—data * 41 Seller computer 5 Ship tracking interface 51 Ship record 51 1 Freight company webpage 512 Pallet record 513 Receipt confirmation record 514

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The diagram briefly explains the seller's web server 6 shipping tracking interface module 61 shipping tracking module 62 tracking submodule 62 1 pallet display submodule 622 receipt confirmation submodule 623 shipping error display module 64 Shipping history display module 63 Database connection module 65 Internet 7 Freight company web server 8 Freight web module 81 Buyer computer 9

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Claims (1)

1236609 VI. Scope of patent application1. An interactive cargo via the Internet includes: one shipment, one shipment option, one shipment, one capital, and one cargo on the way, one cargo, one pallet, which can be < Sign up 2. Search as stated in the application 3. Search as stated in the application. 4. If the application for tracking the tracking of the goods includes the display of the re-tracking times as described in the continuous tracking of the tracking material library, the second-time display and the second-time re-confirmation of the second-time display through the network — to the patent patent tracking of the goods Tracking system. It can support sellers and remote buyers to transfer information to achieve online tracking of goods. Its 4 = mold, and does not provide multiple seller computers and buyer computers; 丨 face with the function of tracking the current shipment Option, its function is to track, pallet display and receipt confirmation; the group is connected to the shipping tracking interface module, which can be connected to a first database and a second database for shipping tracking Function options, and record records in the shipping tracking, including: · Branch group, which completes the above-mentioned function options for tracking in transit. The Internet connects a web page of a freight company to achieve online tracking; Branch group, which completes the above stack The functional options displayed on the board are counted on the shipping tracking interface. The pallets are the functional options for completing the above receipt confirmation. The receiving confirmation records are on the shipping tracking interface. After confirming, enter the receipt number on the buyer's computer. The interactive cargo tracking system described in item ^, wherein the interface is based on the technology of the web page. The interactive cargo tracking system described in item 1 above, wherein the functional options provided by the interface also include the shipment record of the interactive cargo tracking system described in item 1 of the patent scope, where 1236609 Lifan til ~ " ~ I 'The shipment record is composed of the contents of the plural first data included in the first database and the plural second data included in the first database, and the first capital' section The database and the second database belong to different internal systems of the seller. Ig, such as the fourth item in the patent scope, describes the interactive cargo tracking system, of which I has different internal systems, including enterprise resource planning systems and existing management systems. 6 The interactive cargo tracking system described in item 4 of the patent scope, wherein the contents of the shipping record include the purchase order number, the name of the goods, the number of goods, the number of shipments, the tracking number, the estimated arrival date, and the receipt. No., receiving place, shipping date, actual shipment quantity, actual receipt quantity. Rev. 7. The interactive cargo tracking system described in item 1 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the shipping company webpage is provided by the shipping company web server of the shipping company that carries the goods. 8. The interactive cargo tracking system according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the pallet record includes pallet number, number of pallets shipped, number of pallets received, pallet status, and date of pallet record modification. 9 · The interactive cargo tracking system described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the receipt confirmation record includes the purchase order number, the name of the goods, the number of goods, the date of shipment, the number of shipments, the tracking number, and the receipt number. 1 0 · The interactive cargo tracking system described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, where% said receipt number is a different code generated according to different shipments', which can be used as a receipt to confirm receipt. 1 1 · An interactive method for tracking goods, which can support sellers and remote buyers to transmit information through the Internet to achieve online tracking of goods, 1236609 on page 22 ___________--------- Less applied for patent chapter color fence '1 ---', which includes: 、 Decomposing a purchase order into basic information, which includes the purchase order 5 tigers, Name of the goods, quantity of goods, place of receipt;, record the above basic information, quantity of shipments, tracking number, estimated date of arrival in a first data;, record the date of shipment, the actual number of shipments, pallet number, shipment stack The number of boards, the status of the shuttle board, and the revision date of the pallet record are in a second data; the shipment tracking interface is connected to the freight company's website for tracking in transit; the receipt number is recorded in the first data through the shipment tracking interface , And record the actual number of goods received, the number of receiving pallets, the status of the pallets, and the second data on the date of the revision of the pallets. j 2. The interactive cargo tracking method as described in item 11 of the scope of patent application, including the issuance of a receipt invoice and payment based on the receipt invoice. Jade 3. The interactive cargo tracking method described in item 11 of the scope of patent application, wherein the shipment tracking interface is based on the technology of the web page.丨 4 The interactive cargo tracking method described in item 11 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the web page of the freight company is provided by the web server of the freight company of the freight company that carries the goods. 15 The interactive cargo tracking method described in item 11 of the scope of the patent application, where the tracking number is provided by the freight company that carries the cargo. 6 According to the interactive cargo tracking method described in item 11 of the scope of the patent application, the receipt number mentioned in 1 · above is different according to the different shipments. It can be used as a receipt to confirm the receipt. , 7 The interactive cargo tracking method as described in item 11 of the scope of patent application, which 1 »· Page 23 1236609 VI. The scope of patent application The first data is stored in the first database, and the second data is stored in the second database. 1 8. The interactive cargo tracking system as described in item 17 of the scope of patent application, wherein the shipment records are the contents of the plurality of first data included in the first database and the plurality of second data included in the second database. The first database and the second database are respectively connected to different internal systems of the seller. 19 9. The interactive cargo tracking system described in item 18 of the scope of patent application, where the seller's different internal systems include an enterprise resource planning system and an on-site management system. Page 24