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Inbound receiving system

  • US 7,938,325 B2
  • Filed: 10/29/2008
  • Issued: 05/10/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for managing inbound shipments, further comprising:

  • receiving an electronic data feed from a shipping vendor concerning at least one shipment, the data feed being encrypted based on a tracking number of the at least one shipment; and

    executing instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor;

    decodes the data feed using the tracking number as maintained in a table of tracking numbers, the table of tracking numbers stored in memory;

    identifies shipping information from the decoded data feed; and

    matches the identified shipping information from the decoded data feed to identified shipping information from decoded bar code information associated with a received shipment.

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