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Physical distribution system and physical distribution information using method

  • US 20020156643A1
  • Filed: 12/06/2001
  • Published: 10/24/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A physical distribution system that transports a cargo from a shipper to a recipient by a transportation medium operated or managed by a carrier, the physical distribution system comprising:

  • a physical distribution information server having a database in which diverse pieces of physical distribution information are stored, an information management module that registers and manages the physical distribution information in the database, and an information processing module that processes the physical distribution information and supplies the processed information to a predetermined information terminal;

    a carrier information terminal having a tracing module that detects a current position of the transportation medium, a traced position notification module that notifies the detected current position to the physical distribution information server, and a first information notification module that notifies information with regard to a desired cargo input by the carrier to the physical distribution information server; and

    a shipper information terminal having a second information notification module that notifies information with regard to a cargo of interest input by the shipper to the physical distribution information server and a display unit that is capable of displaying the information supplied from the information processing module, wherein the information management module registers and occasionally updates the current position of the transportation medium notified by the traced position notification module as part of the physical distribution information, and registers the information notified by the first information notification module and the second information notification module as part of the physical distribution information, the information management module retrieves the physical distribution information to find the current position of the transportation medium with regard to a carrier that satisfies a predetermined condition allowing delivery of the shipper'"'"'s cargo of interest, the information processing module processes information representing a result of the retrieval, supplies the processed information to the shipper information terminal, and causes the processed information to be displayed on the display unit.

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