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Global consolidated clearance methods and systems

  • US 20030171948A1
  • Filed: 02/12/2003
  • Published: 09/11/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A shipping system for shipping international packages, comprising:

  • a port of entry database; and

    a consolidated clearance application, said consolidated clearance application configured to perform the steps of;

    capturing shipment characteristics of a plurality of packages, wherein said shipment characteristics comprise an international destination and a consignee associated with each of said plurality of packages;

    querying said port of entry database with at least one of said consignee and said international destination to assign a consolidated port of entry to each of said plurality of packages;

    assigning each of said plurality of packages to a global consolidated shipment in accordance with a set of consolidation guidelines; and

    generating global consolidated shipping labels for each of said plurality of packages.

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