Bill of lading transmission and processing system for less than a load carriers
First Claim
1. A method of processing an image from on board a vehicle comprising:
- scanning an image;
providing an image processor which can be utilized on board the vehicle;
sending the image from the image processor to a remote processor; and
routing at least portions of the image to one or more image processing utilities for use in preparing advance loading manifests.
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Abstract
The present invention automates the process of receiving transportation documentation and producing advance loading manifests therefrom to optimize load planning and dynamic product shipment and delivery control. Methods provide for receipt of the transportation documentation, initial preparation, and transmission of the documentation from on board a vehicle or while the vehicle is in transit. A remote processor receives the documentation, stores the documentation and feeds the documentation to a load planning software for generation of advance loading manifests from the remote processor and receive them on demand. Further, a mobile data transmission device is provided for use by a driver to communicate transportation documentation, and vehicle information to the remote processor, and, in some applications, can receive instructions for en route alterations of package pickup or delivery. The documentation can reside on a server remotely accessible by customers.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of processing an image from on board a vehicle comprising:
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scanning an image;
providing an image processor which can be utilized on board the vehicle;
sending the image from the image processor to a remote processor; and
routing at least portions of the image to one or more image processing utilities for use in preparing advance loading manifests. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A device capable of scanning and transmitting images to a remote processor comprising:
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a processor;
a memory;
an input device;
transmission device; and
a set of executable instructions residing on the processor capable of storing an image received from the input device in the memory and causing the image to be transmitted from the transmission device to a remote processor for preparing advance loading manifests. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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13. A remote processing system capable of dynamically calculating an advance loading manifest, comprising:
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a processor;
a memory; and
a set of executable instructions residing on the processor capable of dynamically processing and routing one or more transportation documents, storing the transportation documents in the memory, and extracting from one or more of the transportation documents, packing data used to dynamically calculate the loading manifest and transmit the loading manifest to a remote facility in advance of the arrival of a transportation vehicle at the remote facility.
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19. An electronic data signal embedded in a carrier wave for transmission of load planning information, said signal comprising the data elements of:
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a transportation vehicle identification tag;
one or more package identification tags;
one or more attribute tags associated with the package identification tags; and
one or more customer identification tags associated with the package identification tags wherein the customer identification tags, the package identification tags, the attribute tags, and the transportation vehicle identification tag permit an electronic processing of an advance loading manifest.
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