Transnational Logistics Query System for End-to-End Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current national postal companies lack global visualization for end-to-end distribution services, leading to cumbersome and complex operations in querying logistics information for transnational transport, with limited international logistics tracking and payment capabilities, and difficulties in integrating logistics across different countries due to varying technologies, languages, and customs.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that receives a tracking number, recognizes the starting transporter, and progressively acquires logistics information through multiple transit countries, combining and outputting the information in a unified format, eliminating the need for users to query each country's website separately.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If users query logistics information through multiple national postal companies' websites separately, then they can obtain complete transnational transport information, but the query process becomes cumbersome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple national postal companies' logistics query systems into a single unified query interface. The system automatically queries multiple postal companies' websites through API interfaces or web crawlers, consolidates the results, and presents them in one unified display, eliminating the need for users to visit multiple websites separately.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary logistics information query system that acts as a mediator between users and multiple national postal companies. This intermediary system receives user queries, automatically distributes them to relevant postal companies, collects responses, and consolidates the information, thereby reducing user effort and query time.
2Ease of operation
If national postal companies provide domestic postal services only, then they can maintain simple operational processes, but they cannot provide complete end-to-end international distribution services
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal logistics query system that can handle queries for multiple national postal companies and various types of logistics information (tracking, delivery status, estimated arrival, etc.) through a single interface. The system adapts to different postal companies' data formats and query requirements while providing consistent service to users.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the international logistics query process into multiple national postal company segments, where each segment handles its own domestic portion independently. The unified system coordinates these segments by automatically querying each relevant postal company and consolidating their separate results into a complete end-to-end tracking view.
3Adaptability or versatility
If different national postal companies use various query methods and codes, then they can adapt to local logistics environments, but the query process becomes complex and difficult to understand for users
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary translation layer that converts different national postal companies' diverse query methods, codes, and data formats into a unified standard format. This intermediary system handles the complexity of local adaptations internally while presenting a simple, consistent interface to users, thereby maintaining local adaptability without increasing user-facing complexity.
4Loss of information
If transnational transport integrates multiple countries' logistics systems, then complete end-to-end tracking is achieved, but the system complexity increases due to different technologies, languages, and customs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs an intermediary integration system that mediates between multiple national postal companies' diverse technical systems. This intermediary layer handles data format conversion, language translation, and protocol standardization, allowing complete end-to-end tracking across borders while isolating the complexity from both users and the individual postal companies' systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies parameter standardization by converting various national postal companies' different data parameters (tracking number formats, status codes, time zones, language fields) into a unified set of standard parameters. This parameter transformation enables seamless integration of multiple systems while maintaining tracking completeness.
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AI summary
The present disclosure discloses a logistics information acquisition method and system for transnational transport. The method and system of the present invention provide a user with a one-stop full-logistics query service, unify full-logistics information of transnational transport into one query portal for query, thus a user simply needs to query once to acquire transnational transport information from shipped to final delivery between a transporter in country of origin, one or more of transporters in transit countries, and a transporter in final destination country. With the method in the present disclosure, it eliminates the need for the user to query logistics information of transnational transport on each respective of websites of the transporters in all countries, thereby greatly reducing logistics query time, and improving logistics query efficiency, and having significant meanings for the related practitioners in cross-border eCommerce industry.