Providing customs information
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1. A method of providing multiple parties access to customs information, the method comprising:
- maintaining an account-based database of customs information that associates individual import transaction entries with related importer accounts corresponding to one or more importers of goods, wherein;
the import transaction entries describe import transactions that involve the importation of goods into a country and an individual import transaction entry includes;
a record of goods imported into the country as part of an individual import transaction, anda record of a financial balance due to a customs agency for duties, taxes, or other fees levied by the customs agency on the goods imported into the country as part of the individual import transaction; and
the database of customs information associates individual import transaction entries with corresponding importer accounts based on the importers responsible for the import transactions described by the import transaction entries;
receiving, at a web-based interface, a non-importer'"'"'s log-in information;
verifying the non-importer'"'"'s log-in information;
receiving a request from the non-importer to create a new importer account for a particular importer;
based on the non-importer'"'"'s verified log-in information, determining if the particular importer is an importer for whom the non-importer is authorized to act as an agent;
based on a determination that the particular importer is an importer for whom the non-importer is authorized to act as an agent, creating the new importer account for the particular importer;
receiving a new import entry summary from the non-importer that corresponds to a new import transaction for which the particular importer is responsible, that is related to the new importer account, and that includes;
an indication of a type of new goods being imported into the country as part of the new import transaction,a quantity of the new goods being imported into the country as part of the new import transaction, anda declared value of the new goods being imported into the country as part of the new import transaction; and
in response to receiving the new import entry summary from the non-importer;
calculating, based on the type, quantity, and declared value of the new goods being imported into the country as part of the new import transaction, a new financial balance due to the customs agency for duties, taxes, or other fees levied by the customs agency on the new goods being imported into the country as part of the new import transaction;
generating a new import transaction entry that describes the new import transaction and that includes;
a record of the new goods being imported into the country as part of the new import transaction, anda record of the new financial balance due to the customs agency for duties, taxes, or other fees levied by the customs agency on the new goods being imported into the country as part of the individual import transaction;
associating the new import transaction entry with the new importer account; and
storing the new import transaction entry in the account-based database of customs information.
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Abstract
A method comprising receiving information that establishes an identity of a user, and providing on-line access to customs information from an account-based database.
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1. A method of providing multiple parties access to customs information, the method comprising:
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maintaining an account-based database of customs information that associates individual import transaction entries with related importer accounts corresponding to one or more importers of goods, wherein; the import transaction entries describe import transactions that involve the importation of goods into a country and an individual import transaction entry includes; a record of goods imported into the country as part of an individual import transaction, and a record of a financial balance due to a customs agency for duties, taxes, or other fees levied by the customs agency on the goods imported into the country as part of the individual import transaction; and the database of customs information associates individual import transaction entries with corresponding importer accounts based on the importers responsible for the import transactions described by the import transaction entries; receiving, at a web-based interface, a non-importer'"'"'s log-in information; verifying the non-importer'"'"'s log-in information; receiving a request from the non-importer to create a new importer account for a particular importer; based on the non-importer'"'"'s verified log-in information, determining if the particular importer is an importer for whom the non-importer is authorized to act as an agent; based on a determination that the particular importer is an importer for whom the non-importer is authorized to act as an agent, creating the new importer account for the particular importer; receiving a new import entry summary from the non-importer that corresponds to a new import transaction for which the particular importer is responsible, that is related to the new importer account, and that includes; an indication of a type of new goods being imported into the country as part of the new import transaction, a quantity of the new goods being imported into the country as part of the new import transaction, and a declared value of the new goods being imported into the country as part of the new import transaction; and in response to receiving the new import entry summary from the non-importer; calculating, based on the type, quantity, and declared value of the new goods being imported into the country as part of the new import transaction, a new financial balance due to the customs agency for duties, taxes, or other fees levied by the customs agency on the new goods being imported into the country as part of the new import transaction; generating a new import transaction entry that describes the new import transaction and that includes; a record of the new goods being imported into the country as part of the new import transaction, and a record of the new financial balance due to the customs agency for duties, taxes, or other fees levied by the customs agency on the new goods being imported into the country as part of the individual import transaction; associating the new import transaction entry with the new importer account; and storing the new import transaction entry in the account-based database of customs information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 26)
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22. A computer program product, tangibly stored on a computer readable medium, for providing multiple parties access to customs information, the product comprising instructions operable to cause a programmable processor to:
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maintain an account-based database of customs information that associates individual import transaction entries with related importer accounts corresponding to one or more importers of goods, wherein; the import transaction entries describe import transactions that involve the importation of goods into a country and an individual import transaction entry includes; a record of goods imported into the country as part of an individual import transaction, and a record of a financial balance due to a customs agency for duties, taxes, or other fees levied by the customs agency on the goods imported into the country as part of the individual import transaction; and receive, from a web-based interface, a non-importer'"'"'s log-in information; verify the non-importer'"'"'s log-in information; receive a request from the non-importer to create a new importer account for a particular importer; determine if the particular importer is an importer for whom the non-importer is authorized to act as an agent based on the non-importer'"'"'s verified log-in information; create the new importer account for the particular importer based on a determination that the particular importer is an importer for whom the non-importer is authorized to act as an agent; receive a new import entry summary from the non-importer that corresponds to a new import transaction for which the particular importer is responsible, that is related to the new importer account, and that includes; an indication of a type of new goods being imported into the country as part of the new import transaction, a quantity of the new goods being imported into the country as part of the new import transaction, and a declared value of the new goods being imported into the country as part of the new import transaction; and in response to receiving the new import entry summary from the non-importer; calculate, based on the type, quantity, and declared value of the new goods being imported into the country as part of the new import transaction, a new financial balance due to the customs agency for duties, taxes, or other fees levied by the customs agency on the new goods being imported into the country as part of the new import transaction; generate a new import transaction entry that describes the new import transaction and that includes; a record of the new goods being imported into the country as part of the new import transaction, and a record of the new financial balance due to the customs agency for duties, taxes, or other fees levied by the customs agency on the new goods being imported into the country as part of the individual import transaction; associate the new import transaction entry with the new importer account; and store the new import transaction entry in the account-based database of customs information. - View Dependent Claims (23, 27)
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24. A system for providing multiple parties access to customs information, the system comprising:
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an account-based database of customs information that associates individual import transaction entries with related importer accounts corresponding to one or more importers of goods, wherein the import transaction entries describe import transactions that involve the importation of goods into a country and an individual import transaction entry includes; a record of goods imported into the country as part of an individual import transaction, and a record of a financial balance due to a customs agency for duties, taxes, or other fees levied by the customs agency on the goods imported into the country as part of the individual import transaction; and the database of customs information associates individual import transaction entries with corresponding importer accounts based on the importers responsible for the import transactions described by the import transaction entries; a web-based interface configured to receive a non-importer'"'"'s log-in information; and a processing device configured to; verify the non-importer'"'"'s log-in information; receive a request from the non-importer to create a new importer account for a particular importer; determine if the particular importer is an importer for whom the non-importer is authorized to act as an agent based on the non-importer'"'"'s verified log-in information; create the new importer account for the particular importer based on a determination that the particular importer is an importer for whom the non-importer is authorized to act as an agent; receive a new import entry summary from the non-importer that corresponds to a new import transaction for which the particular importer is responsible, that is related to the new importer account, and that includes; an indication of a type of new goods being imported into the country as part of the new import transaction, a quantity of the new goods being imported into the country as part of the new import transaction, and a declared value of the new goods being imported into the country as part of the new import transaction; and in response to receiving the new import entry summary from the non-importer; calculate, based on the type, quantity, and declared value of the new goods being imported into the country as part of the new import transaction, a new financial balance due to the customs agency for duties, taxes, or other fees levied by the customs agency on the new goods being imported into the country as part of the new import transaction; generate a new import transaction entry tat describes the new import transaction and tat includes; a record of the new goods being imported into the country as part of the new import transaction, and a record of the new financial balance due to the customs agency for duties, taxes, or other fees levied by the customs agency on the new goods being imported into the country as part of the individual import transaction; associate the new import transaction entry with the new importer account; and store the new import transaction entry in the account-based database of customs information. - View Dependent Claims (25, 28)
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