| US 7,529,696 B2 | ||
| Foreign home-delivery transport system and method | ||
| Kiyonori Kadowaki, Kyoto (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to SG Holdings Co., Ltd., Kyoto-shi (Japan) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/362,363 PCT Filed Aug. 31, 2001, PCT No. PCT/JP01/07549 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Feb. 27, 2003, PCT Pub. No. WO02/18246, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 07, 2002. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 2000-263955 (JP), filed on Aug. 31, 2000. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2003/0182148 A1, Sep. 25, 2003 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06Q 10/00 (2006.01); G06G 1/14 (2006.01); G06Q 20/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 705—28 [705/22] | 11 Claims |
| 1. An overseas delivery and transport system located at an airport or a harbor, comprising:
a server;
an overseas main terminal connected to the server via a network at an overseas business base of a home delivery service; and
a domestic main terminal connected to the server via the network at a domestic business base of the home delivery service,
wherein
the overseas main terminal comprises:
means for reading consignee identification information written on an air waybill of a package to identify a consignee for
sending the consignee identification information to the server, and for receiving predetermined information written in a domestic
language related to the consignee identification information from the server,
means for reading air waybill data written on the air waybill, and for sending the air waybill data to the server,
means for sending data of entry papers used for departure of the package to the server, the data of the entry papers prepared
based on the air waybill data and including an identification code written on the air waybill, and
means for preparing common label data to transport the package to the consignee by allocating the predetermined information
received from the server and the identification code written on the air waybill, and for printing the common label data as
a common label for the overseas business base;
the domestic main terminal comprises:
means for reading the identification code written on the air waybill of the package, for sending the identification code to
the server, and for receiving the data of the entry papers used for departure of the package and the common label data from
the server,
means for allocating a sign that an additional fee must be paid to the common label data when an additional tax is charged
by confirming the data of the entry papers used for departure of the package, and for printing the common label data as a
common label for the domestic business base, and
means for preparing and printing data of the entry papers of the package by adding the additional tax to the data of the entry
papers used for departure of the package; and
the server comprises:
means for storing the air waybill data, the data of the entry papers used for departure, and the common label data sent from
the overseas main terminal by association with the identification code of the air waybill,
means for sending the stored predetermined information including an address of the consignee and a destination office code
of the package to the overseas main terminal by receiving the consignee identification information, and
means for sending the air waybill data, the data of the entry papers used for departure, and the common label data to the
domestic main terminal upon receipt of the identification code of the air waybill.
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