Systems and methods for managing a cargo transaction

摘要

Devices, systems, and methods for managing a cargo transaction are disclosed. By transmitting and integrating consignment data and real-time cargo status data including data collected from a GPS-enabled monitoring device to a visual cargo server, a visual cargo data is produced. The visual cargo data is contextualized by integrating with contextual data obtained from one or more contextual servers.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method for managing a cargo transaction of at least one cargo, comprising:
transmitting consignment data to a visual cargo server; tracking cargo status data of a vehicle transporting the cargo, wherein at least some of the cargo status data comprises data collected from a GPS-enabled monitoring device; transmitting the cargo status data via a wireless network to the visual cargo server, wherein the visual cargo server integrates the consignment data and the cargo status data to produce virtual cargo data; obtaining contextual data from one or more contextual servers; transmitting the contextual data to the visual cargo server; providing context to the visual cargo data by integrating the virtual cargo data with the contextual data to produce a contextualized visual cargo data; and presenting one or more aspects of the contextualized visual cargo data to a user, wherein the one or more aspects of the contextualized visual cargo data is selected based on a role of the user and wherein the role of the user includes consignor, consignee, and transporter.