Systems and methods for tracking goods
First Claim
1. A method of tracking commercial goods in a trade zone having customs procedures, the commercial goods comprising sets of bonded goods that are stored at a plurality of non-contiguous bonded storage locations, and the commercial goods comprising at least one set of unbonded goods that are stored at one or more unbonded storage locations, the method comprising:
- defining a virtual zone to encompass the bonded storage locations, the commercial goods in the virtual zone forming a net inventory;
receiving a transaction request to execute a transaction upon a target set of goods of the commercial goods;
evaluating the transaction to determine whether the transaction affects the net inventory of the virtual zone; and
generating a message for a customs authority to comply with the customs procedures, if the transaction affects the net inventory of the virtual zone.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for tracking goods. In one implementation, commercial goods are tracked in a trade zone having customs procedures. The goods include sets of bonded goods that are stored at a plurality of physically non-contiguous bonded storage locations and at least one set of unbonded goods that are stored at one or more unbonded storage locations. A virtual zone is defined to include the bonded storage locations, the sets of goods in the virtual zone forming a net inventory. A transaction request is received to execute a transaction upon a target set of goods of the commercial goods. The transaction is evaluated to determine whether the transaction affects the net inventory of the virtual zone. If the transaction affects the net inventory of the virtual zone, a message is generated for a customs authority to comply with the customs procedures.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of tracking commercial goods in a trade zone having customs procedures, the commercial goods comprising sets of bonded goods that are stored at a plurality of non-contiguous bonded storage locations, and the commercial goods comprising at least one set of unbonded goods that are stored at one or more unbonded storage locations, the method comprising:
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defining a virtual zone to encompass the bonded storage locations, the commercial goods in the virtual zone forming a net inventory;
receiving a transaction request to execute a transaction upon a target set of goods of the commercial goods;
evaluating the transaction to determine whether the transaction affects the net inventory of the virtual zone; and
generating a message for a customs authority to comply with the customs procedures, if the transaction affects the net inventory of the virtual zone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An integrated tracker system for tracking commercial goods in a trade zone having customs procedures, the commercial goods comprising sets of bonded goods that are stored at a plurality of non-contiguous bonded storage locations, and the commercial goods comprising at least one set of unbonded goods that are stored at one or more unbonded storage locations, the system comprising:
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a logistics tracker to;
(i) receive a transaction request to execute a transaction upon a target set of goods of the commercial goods, and (ii) evaluate the transaction to determine whether the transaction affects the net inventory of the commercial goods in a virtual zone, the virtual zone being defined to encompass the bonded storage locations; and
a customs tracker to generate a message for a customs authority to comply with the customs procedures, if the transaction affects the net inventory of the virtual zone. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer program product for tracking commercial goods in a trade zone having customs procedures, the commercial goods comprising sets of bonded goods that are stored at a plurality of non-contiguous bonded storage locations, the commercial goods comprising at least one set of unbonded goods that are stored at one or more unbonded storage locations, the computer program product comprising a computer-usable storage medium having computer-readable program code stored therein, and the computer-readable program code being executable by a processor and comprising:
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a logistics instruction set executable to (i) receive a transaction request to execute a transaction upon a target set of goods of the commercial goods, and (ii) evaluate the transaction to determine whether the transaction affects the net inventory of commercial goods in a virtual zone, the virtual zone being defined to encompass the bonded storage locations; and
a customs instruction set executable to generate a message for a customs authority to comply with the customs procedures, if the transaction affects the net inventory of the virtual zone. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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Specification