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20100114790 | System and Method for Aggregating Delivery of Goods or Services - A system and method for aggregating delivery of goods or services may be implemented using an aggregate delivery coordination system accessed through a computer network by users interested in participating in pooling activities. The coordination system receives inputs from users interested in participating and presents pooling activity information to the users in response to the user inputs. The coordination system also coordinates pooling activities between respective groups of the users to establish pooling activity delivery options aggregating delivery of goods or services for the respective groups. The coordination system further notifies the groups of users of completed pooling activities and the delivery options established for those groups. | 05-06-2010 |
20100153291 | MAIL KIOSK HAVING ADDRESS VERIFICATION FUNCTIONALITY - A mail kiosk is provided that includes an address verification feature. The mailer is requested to input information that is known to the mailer concerning the location of the mailing address. The kiosk can then display one or more maps that allow the mailer to navigate to the desired location and select a specific location on the map where the mailer desires to send a mail piece. The kiosk can then display an aerial image of the location selected by the mailer, such that mailer can visually see the what the building at that location looks like. The mailer can then determine if the building at that location is the desired location to which the mail piece is to be sent based on the image. Upon confirmation by the mailer, the kiosk can provide the mailer with correct mailing address for the location selected by the mailer. | 06-17-2010 |
20100161504 | Inspecting and Releasing Goods at a Land, Air, or Sea Border - A method and system for use by a Customs Agency for clearing shipments of goods into a country is disclosed. A customs resource application may be used to integrate alert information, news, research, and communications capabilities. Customs inspectors may use the resource application with a conventional computer, or with a portable device in the field as they perform customs inspections. The portable device provides access to alert information regarding shipments that are to be inspected by the inspector, and provides alert resolution capabilities so that the inspector can clear shipments into the country from the location of the inspection and/or shipped goods without requiring the inspector to return to a field office to clear the goods. | 06-24-2010 |
20100293106 | Location-Based Arrangements Employing Mobile Devices - In one arrangement, a first user sends information from a portable device and receives a response that depends, at least in part, on the location of a second user's portable device. The information sent from the first portable device may be based on data captured by a sensor in that device. In another arrangement, a user of a portable device sends two types of data, sensor-related data and location-related data, and receives a response that is based on both of these of data. In one particular such embodiment, the user scans a barcode or watermark from a coupon or other printed object, and sends decoded payload data—together with location data (e.g., GPS data)—to a remote server. The remote server routes the information to a vendor near the user who can, e.g., fulfill an order for food delivery to the user. | 11-18-2010 |
20100332406 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING A SET OF ARTICLES TO DESTINATIONS AND FOR ANALYZING THE TRANSPORTATION PROCESS - A method and an apparatus for transporting a set of articles to destinations, particularly items of mail to delivery addresses. The articles to be transported are placed into a transportation apparatus and the filled transportation apparatus and also a portable position measuring instrument are transported along the route. At each destination on the route, the following step is performed: each article which is provided with details relating to the destination is taken from the transportation apparatus, and the transportation for the article is concluded. The position measuring instrument carried along measures its own current geoposition during the transportation at each prescribed measurement time and stores the measured geoposition together with an identification for the measurement time. The interval between two prescribed measurement times is shorter than the period of time for transporting the position measuring instrument from one destination to the next destination on the route. Following conclusion of the transportation, the stored geopositions and measurement times are evaluated in order to ascertain what value is assumed by at least one parameter describing the transportation for this route. | 12-30-2010 |
20110029446 | Transport Vehicle Capacity Maximization Logistics System and Method of Same - Disclosed is a system for substantially optimizing logistics for loading vehicles and transporting goods and a method of accomplishing the same. | 02-03-2011 |
20110060696 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A PRICE QUOTATION FOR A TRANSPORTATION SERVICE PROVIDING EQUIPMENT SELECTION CAPABILITY - A method and system for computing the price for shipping goods. The method includes causing a computer to deliver first information to a user prompting the user to enter at the computer information about a rail transportation service for shipment of goods by one or more railcars. Information about a basic pool of railcars is received and filtered based on one or more filtering criteria to produce a filtered pool of railcars. The computer is then caused to deliver second information to the user prompting the user to select at the computer one or more railcars among the filtered pool of railcars for the shipment of goods. A price for the shipment of the goods is then computed at least in part on the basis of the rail transportation service and the one or more characteristics of the railcars in the filtered pool of railcars selected by the user. | 03-10-2011 |
20110082810 | Human-readable baggage and cargo routing identification system - The apparatus for facilitating the movement of a luggage item through transit comprising a non-metallic substrate; an emblem disposed on the substrate, said emblem indicating a geographic location; wherein a user may see the destination of the luggage item and move the luggage item in transit accordingly. | 04-07-2011 |
20110112978 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTE VALIDATION - Systems and methods consistent with embodiments of the present invention provide for a method for remote data validation of shipment information. In some embodiments consistent with the present invention shipment information including at least one item identifier of an item in the shipment and at least one entity identifier of an entity associated with the item is captured by a remote unit and sent to a dispatcher with a request for validation. Entity identifiers in the received validation request are used to identify validators that are targets of dispatcher generated validation requests. Validators retrieve additional shipment information using item identifiers in the validation request received from the dispatcher and return a response based on degree to which information in the received request corresponds to stored information. In some embodiments consistent with the present invention, the dispatcher assimilates the received responses and relays the assimilated response to the remote unit. | 05-12-2011 |
20110191258 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING LOGISTIC INFORMATION - Information of articles to be loaded is received, indicating and numbers of the articles to be loaded. A historic loading plan record is read. An item of the historic loading plan record includes at least a loading plan and an adaptive index corresponding to the loading plan. A loading plan suitable for the current transportation is generated based on the historic loading plan record and the information of articles to be loaded. The technical solution of this invention may reduce the requirements on storage and computing resources. | 08-04-2011 |
20110258133 | ELECTRONIC BUSINESS TRANSACTION SYSTEM - An electronic business transaction system is provided for a product purchaser to purchase a product from a product supplier, and for a product delivery service provider to deliver the product to an address of the product purchaser or a product receiver. The product purchaser instructs an identification code and the product to the product supplier without disclosing a name and the address of the product purchaser or the product receiver. A terminal of an information administrator identifies the name and the address of the product purchaser or the product receiver according to the identification code of the product purchaser or the product receiver. The terminal of the information administrator instructs the name and the address of the product purchaser or the product receiver to the product delivery service provider without disclosing the identification code of the product purchaser or the product receiver, so that the product delivery service provider delivers the product. | 10-20-2011 |
20110276510 | DISTRIBUTED-USER SHIPPING SYSTEM - A system and method is described for controlling user access to a carrier's shipping services for delivery of a package. The system controls the user's access to the carrier's services by either limiting the selection of locations from which a package can be shipped to fewer than those described by the carrier's service area, or by limiting the user's ability to select shipping service levels to fewer than those provided by the carrier. Such limitation may be by way of displaying only a limited collection of ship from locations and service levels, or by pre-populating and locking ship from information submission fields on a web page. The distributed-user shipping system may reside on a client server or mobile computer that is connected to the carrier's server and transmits various shipping location information and service level selections to the carrier to facilitate shipping of packages while controlling the scope of shipping services provided. | 11-10-2011 |
20110289012 | PRODUCT EFFICIENCY CALCULATOR SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method of using a computer system to inform a consumer about an efficiency associated with an improved packaging configuration for a cleaning product relative to a standard packaging configuration for the cleaning product. The method comprises inputting values from the consumer into the computer system using an input device and storing the input values in a memory, using a processor to calculate a packaging space efficiency and a packaging material efficiency, and using the processor to calculate a total cost savings from using the improved packaging configuration. The method further comprises calculating a storage cost savings based on the shipping-associated packaging space efficiency and the storage cost per unit volume; calculating a disposal cost savings based on the packaging material efficiency and the disposal cost per unit weight; adding the storage cost savings and the disposal cost savings; and displaying output to the consumer using the output device. | 11-24-2011 |
20120030132 | SHIPPING INSTRUCTION DETERMINATION SYSTEM - A shipping instruction determination system provides a storage device which stores a shipping request in a supply destination, a supply available schedule of a supply source, information of a packaging form indicating a combination of products and its number of units to be able to be packed in packaging boxes to be used for a shipment and a physical distribution cost for every packaging form, and a shipping instruction calculation unit which calculates a combination, a physical distribution cost of which becomes minimum, of a shipping date, the number of shipping units and a packaging form from among the shipping available combinations of the shipping date, the number of shipments and the packaging form, from the shipping request, the supply available schedule, the information of packaging form and the physical distribution cost for every packaging form to determine a shipping instruction. | 02-02-2012 |
20120047084 | Devices for Processing Shipping Documentation Sent from a Vehicle - The present invention automates the process of receiving transportation documentation and producing advance loading manifests therefrom to optimize load planning and dynamic product shipment and delivery control. Methods provide for receipt of the transportation documentation, initial preparation, and transmission of the documentation from on board a vehicle or while the vehicle is in transit. | 02-23-2012 |
20120059768 | Method For Electronic Distribution Of Shipping Documents - A web sharing system for shippers, carriers, factoring companies, consignee, brokers and other entities involved in the transportation industry will be available. The system will store and allow for creation, confirmation and manipulation of documents in the website. All documents will be secure and available only to designed users. The system will be accessible from any web friendly device for viewing, creation, confirmation, or manipulation as allowed by the originator of the document. Notification of creation, confirmation, manipulation or failure to create, confirm or manipulate will be sent to parties involved in the process of billing, invoicing or verification of shipments, to a predetermined email address. All creations, confirmations and manipulations of documents will be digitally signed by the party initiating such action. All creation, confirmation and manipulation of documents will be recorded, dated and time stamped digitally on the website. All information will be available to designated parties 24 hours 7 days a week on the website. | 03-08-2012 |
20120084222 | SHIPMENT PREPARATION USING NETWORK RESOURCE IDENTIFIERS IN PACKING LISTS - Example embodiments provide a Shipment Preparation System (“SPS”), which facilitates the preparation of shipments, such as by producing shipping labels. In one embodiment, the SPS is configured to receive shipment preparation information from a bar code or other machine-readable data block in a packing list. The shipment preparation information identifies a uniform resource identifier (“URI”) that identifies a code module that is remote from the SPS. The SPS then communicates with the remote code module in order to obtain information for the preparation of the shipment and/or for transmission of information about the preparation of the shipment. Obtaining information for the preparation of the shipment may include receiving an address to use for printing a label. Transmitting information about the preparation of the shipment may include posting an indication that a label has been printed, a shipment is ready for pick up, or the like. | 04-05-2012 |
20120089529 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SUPPORTING THE PRODUCTION OF SHIPPING LABELS - Methods and systems for supporting the production of shipping labels are provided. Example embodiments provide a Shipment Management System (“SMS”), which facilitates the production of shipping labels. The SMS may be configured to generate a shipping uniform resource identifier (“URI”) that identifies a shipping protocol and includes shipment information and post-back information. The shipping URI may be provided to a shipping label module configured to produce a shipping label in accordance with the shipping protocol by outputting a shipping label based on the shipment information, and automatically posting information about the producing of the shipping label to a code module identified by the post-back information. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and it is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 04-12-2012 |
20120089530 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED DELIVERY SERVICES - Systems and methods are disclosed for providing personalized delivery services by a carrier providing a package delivery service. For example, a consignee may indicate a delivery preference to be applied to delivery of a package, such as indicating a specific location where the package is to be left upon delivery, if the consignee is not present to accept the package. In one embodiment, the consignee may be notified by the carrier of the scheduled delivery of the package, and may be linked to the carrier's web site to indicate a delivery preference. Alternatively, the delivery preference may be indicated by the consignee proactively accessing the web site. After conveying a delivery preference, the carrier's systems communicate the delivery preference at the appropriate time to a portable computing device which informs the delivery personnel of the consignee's delivery preference. Other embodiments allow the consignor to indicate delivery preferences. | 04-12-2012 |
20120089531 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED DELIVERY SERVICES - Systems and methods are disclosed for providing personalized delivery services by a carrier providing a package delivery service. For example, a consignee may indicate a delivery preference to be applied to delivery of a package, such as indicating a specific location where the package is to be left upon delivery, if the consignee is not present to accept the package. In one embodiment, the consignee may be notified by the carrier of the scheduled delivery of the package, and may be linked to the carrier's web site to indicate a delivery preference. Alternatively, the delivery preference may be indicated by the consignee proactively accessing the web site. After conveying a delivery preference, the carrier's systems communicate the delivery preference at the appropriate time to a portable computing device which informs the delivery personnel of the consignee's delivery preference. Other embodiments allow the consignor to indicate delivery preferences. | 04-12-2012 |
20120089532 | FLEXIBLE MAIL DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD - The principles of the present invention provide the ability to flexibly change the delivery point and time for a mail item, while the item is en route. The recipient, sender, or mailer may flexibly change the delivery point of the item alone or in combination with each other. While an item is en route between the sending point and the delivery point, a notification is sent to indicate that the item is in transit. In response, the delivery of the item may be changed. For example, the destination specified by the sender (e.g., the delivery address written on the item) may be changed or a delivery time may be specified. The item is then delivered to the new delivery point and/or at the specified delivery time. | 04-12-2012 |
20120095934 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED DELIVERY SERVICES - Systems and methods are disclosed for providing personalized delivery services by a carrier providing a package delivery service. For example, a consignee may indicate a delivery preference to be applied to delivery of a package, such as indicating a specific location where the package is to be left upon delivery, if the consignee is not present to accept the package. In one embodiment, the consignee may be notified by the carrier of the scheduled delivery of the package, and may be linked to the carrier's web site to indicate a delivery preference. Alternatively, the delivery preference may be indicated by the consignee proactively accessing the web site. After conveying a delivery preference, the carrier's systems communicate the delivery preference at the appropriate time to a portable computing device which informs the delivery personnel of the consignee's delivery preference. Other embodiments allow the consignor to indicate delivery preferences. | 04-19-2012 |
20120101956 | AUTONOMOUS VALIDATION OF RECEIVED SHIPMENTS - Advance shipment data associated with a shipment is received at an inventory controller device. The advance shipment data is verified. A data collection model is generated based upon the advance shipment data. The generated data collection model is stored within a memory. The shipment is autonomously validated by the inventory controller device using the generated data collection model in response to receipt of the shipment. An indication of a target storage location within a receiving facility is generated for each container of the validated shipment using a defined location topology model of the receiving facility including available storage locations. | 04-26-2012 |
20120123960 | Product Integrity Tracking System, Shipping Label, And Associated Method - A product integrity tracking shipping label includes a label body for attaching to a product to be shipped or to packaging containing the product. One or more movement monitoring configured with the label body detects a movement metric of the product. A microprocessor configured with the label body and in communication with the one or more movement monitoring devices time-tags the movement metric when the movement metric exceeds a pre-selected threshold. A product integrity tracking system includes a movement monitoring device with one or more sensors for attachment to a product or packaging containing the product. The movement monitoring device senses at least one movement event during handling of the product. A processor compares the movement event with a pre-selected event threshold, and time-tags and stores above-threshold movement events in a memory. Information in the memory is readable via an interrogation device during shipment or at product delivery. | 05-17-2012 |
20120136801 | Method Of Manufacturing Hot-Runner System - Disclosed is a method ( | 05-31-2012 |
20120173446 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING CAR HIRE - A system for calculating amounts of car hire owed. | 07-05-2012 |
20120215713 | End of Assembly Line Test System Internal To Vehicle Controllers - A vehicle is provided having a controller and a controller interface configured to control the vehicle. The controller that is provided to operate the vehicle is also provided with software usable for quality assurance testing of various vehicle portions. | 08-23-2012 |
20120233085 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING EXTENDED SHIPPING OPTIONS - Techniques for providing extended shipping options are described. In some embodiments, a user may specify extended shipping options that are not otherwise provided by or accessible via an existing shipment information specification user interface. In one embodiment, the user accesses a module configured to facilitate specification of extended shipping options and in response, provide an indicator of the specified extended shipping option, such as a tag or uniform resource identifier. The indicator of the extended shipping option is then incorporated into a user interface element, such as an address field, of the shipment information specification user interface. Once the user finalizes the order, the indicator of the extended shipping option is transmitted along with other shipment information items to a merchant and/or carrier system, where services specified by the extended shipping option are initiated. | 09-13-2012 |
20120246090 | Courier Management - The present disclosure relates to the generation of shipping labels that aid in delivery of shipments. In one example, at least a portion of a carrier infrastructure is identified that is to be used to deliver each one of a plurality of shipments, where each of the shipments corresponds to one of a plurality of destination locations. A shipping label is generated for each of the shipments. Each shipping label expresses both a respective one of the destination locations and a recitation of the portion of the carrier infrastructure employed to deliver a corresponding one of the shipments to a respective one of the destination locations. | 09-27-2012 |
20120254057 | CONSOLIDATION YIELD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A consolidation yield management system and method is provided in the present invention, which is applicable to a network system to implement a real-time consolidation. The consolidation yield management system includes at least one skirt server and a hub server. The skirt server chooses whether to build consol of its skirt Master Air Waybill or skirt Master Air Waybill to a hub Master Air Waybill of the hub server, and generates a hub Master Air Waybill number according to the hub Master Air Waybill, thus finishing the operation of building consol. | 10-04-2012 |
20120265706 | SHIPPING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING CUSTOMER PERSONAL INFORMATION - A shipping system and method for tracking customer personal information in electronic devices. The shipping system includes a processor for executing a set of instructions and a memory for storing the set of instructions. The instructions are executed by the processor to receive one or more electronic devices for shipping to a destination, determine whether the one or more electronic devices include CPI, record an identification and metadata of the one or more electronic devices in response to determining CPI is included on the one or more electronic devices, and prevent the shipping system from generating a shipping label to ship the one or more electronic devices in response to determining the CPI is included on the one or more electronic devices. | 10-18-2012 |
20120290495 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING TRANSSHIPMENT OF A PRODUCT BETWEEN STOCKING LOCATIONS - The disclosed embodiment relates to methods, systems, and computer readable code for establishing transshipment of a product between stocking locations. The exemplary method comprises the steps of transmitting a transshipment request to at least one supplier requesting transshipment of a product, the transshipment request including information regarding the product and specifying a reward for transshipment of the product, receiving a handshake request from one of the suppliers in response to the transshipment request, the handshake request indicating the willingness of the one of the suppliers to provide the product as specified in the transshipment request and including information regarding the transshipment; and accepting the handshake request, thereby initiating transshipment of the product from the one of the suppliers in accordance with the accepted handshake request. The method may further comprise determining whether to accept the handshake request based on the information regarding the transshipment included in the handshake request. | 11-15-2012 |
20120303538 | CUSTOMER CONTROLLED MANAGEMENT OF SHIPMENTS - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for customer controlled management of shipments. For example, in various embodiments, a customer can provide information prior to a first delivery attempt of an item by a carrier to receive messages regarding shipment of the item and to have the item delivered in accordance with the provided information. | 11-29-2012 |
20120303539 | CUSTOMER CONTROLLED MANAGEMENT OF SHIPMENTS - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for customer controlled management of shipments. For example, in various embodiments, a customer can provide information prior to a first delivery attempt of an item by a carrier to receive messages regarding shipment of the item and to have the item delivered in accordance with the provided information. | 11-29-2012 |
20120303540 | CUSTOMER CONTROLLED MANAGEMENT OF SHIPMENTS - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for customer controlled management of shipments. For example, in various embodiments, a customer can provide information prior to a first delivery attempt of an item by a carrier to receive messages regarding shipment of the item and to have the item delivered in accordance with the provided information. | 11-29-2012 |
20120303541 | CUSTOMER CONTROLLED MANAGEMENT OF SHIPMENTS - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for customer controlled management of shipments. For example, in various embodiments, a customer can provide information prior to a first delivery attempt of an item by a carrier to receive messages regarding shipment of the item and to have the item delivered in accordance with the provided information. | 11-29-2012 |
20120303542 | CUSTOMER CONTROLLED MANAGEMENT OF SHIPMENTS - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for customer controlled management of shipments. For example, in various embodiments, a customer can provide information prior to a first delivery attempt of an item by a carrier to receive messages regarding shipment of the item and to have the item delivered in accordance with the provided information. | 11-29-2012 |
20120303543 | CUSTOMER CONTROLLED MANAGEMENT OF SHIPMENTS - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for customer controlled management of shipments. For example, in various embodiments, a customer can provide information prior to a first delivery attempt of an item by a carrier to receive messages regarding shipment of the item and to have the item delivered in accordance with the provided information. | 11-29-2012 |
20120317047 | Systems and Methods for Package Custody Management - A package custody management system is disclosed that enables building personnel to manage inbound receipt, custody tracking, and occupant receipt of package deliveries for occupants in a building. The system includes one or more processors capable of receiving, from an individual responsible for performing a function related to ensuring proper custody of packages delivered at the building for occupants of the building, package delivery information regarding delivery of a package to the building for an occupant of the building. The processors are further capable of receiving an indication that the occupant or a person acting on behalf of the occupant has received the package, and responsive to receiving the indication, storing occupant receipt data in a database. | 12-13-2012 |
20120330858 | DYNAMIC INVENTORY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - Embodiments include systems and methods of delivery DVDs, games, other electronically or computer readable media, or other high value items through the mail or via any other delivery service for return and redelivery to a second customer. For example, in one embodiment, items returned by a first customer are identified during processing of a container or mailer containing the item, the second customer is determined, a new address label is affixed to the container, and the item is delivered to the second customer. | 12-27-2012 |
20130006885 | FLEXIBLE MAIL DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD - The principles of the present invention provide the ability to flexibly change the delivery point and time for a mail item, while the item is .en route. The recipient, sender, or mailer may flexibly change the delivery point of the item alone or in combination with each other. While an item is en route between the sending point and the delivery point, a notification is sent to indicate that the item is in transit. In response, the delivery of the item may be changed. For example, the destination specified by the sender (e.g., the delivery address written on the item) may be changed or a delivery time may be specified. The item is then delivered to the new delivery point and/or at the specified delivery time. | 01-03-2013 |
20130031017 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUS OPTIMIZATION OF LOGISTICS AND PURCHASING - A system and method that provides optimization of order and routing patterns that solves for optimal freight margin, not just freight cost. The optimization includes freight allowance information typically varying by item that is used to determine ordering and routing solutions. The solutions thus are based on freight impact to total landed product cost, not just load freight costs. Optimization results are then translated into performance targets based on freight margin, not just freight expense. | 01-31-2013 |
20130085957 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC PRODUCT REPLENISHMENT - A computer-implemented method and system are provided for automatic product replenishment. The method includes the steps of: (a) receiving an order for products to be sent to a customer on a given replenishment schedule; (b) determining a product replenishment plan for evolving the products to be sent to the customer to improve product performance; and (c) automatically sending products to the customer in accordance with the product replenishment plan over the replenishment schedule. | 04-04-2013 |
20130124430 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FREIGHT TRACKING AND MONITORING - System, methods, and computer program products are provided for enhanced freight tracking and monitoring. The system may track the location of a freight shipment within a carrier's transportation network from the time it is picked up by a carrier from a consignor until it is delivered to a consignee, provide for weight determinations and shipping re-classifications of the freight shipment during transport, and provide real-time status information and reports to the carrier, consignor, and/or consignee. | 05-16-2013 |
20130132295 | MOVING COST ESTIMATION SYSTEM - A system for estimating costs associated with relocating a plurality of items is provided. The system includes an apparatus. The apparatus includes a receiver that receives user input data associated with relocating a plurality of items. The apparatus includes a processor that provides an interface to at least one device. The interface that receives the user input data associated with relocating a plurality of items. The interface transmits user input data to the apparatus. The interface calculates a plurality of cost estimates that includes a total moving cost. The plurality of cost estimates are based at least in part on cost data and the user input data. At least one of the plurality of cost estimates is dynamically updated after at least a portion of the user input data is transmitted. The processor determines the cost data associated with the received user input data. | 05-23-2013 |
20130138573 | CUSTOMER CONTROLLED MANAGEMENT OF SHIPMENTS - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for customer controlled management of shipments. For example, in various embodiments, a customer can provide information prior to a first delivery attempt of an item by a carrier to receive messages regarding shipment of the item and to have the item delivered in accordance with the provided information. | 05-30-2013 |
20130166468 | BUSINESS RULES-BASED DETERMINATION OF RETAIL AND WHOLESALE ALLOCATION - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for receiving, at a shipping groups module, a sales order; processing, at the shipping groups module, the sales order to determine at least one shipping group based on at least one of a plurality of rules obtained from a rules module; and generating a shipping order including the at least one determined shipping group. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described. | 06-27-2013 |
20130179361 | Apparatus, Systems and Methods for Online, Multi-Parcel, Multi-Carrier, Multi-Service Enterprise Parcel Shipping Management - The present invention provides a plurality of Enterprises with a single online user interface with which the Enterprise can provide Enterprise Shippers, shipping origination users and shipping intermediary users with an automated parcel management system for a plurality of supported Carriers for a plurality of services. The present invention provides for the hierarchical definition of users, including the hierarchical definition of organizational units within each Enterprise. The present invention further provides for a distinct definition of policies, privileges, and other types of specifications for each user level, each user, and each organizational unit. The present invention applies the user and organizational policies, privileges and other specifications as they apply to each particular user to drive the interactive interface with each particular user and to provide among other things, shipping options, shipping services, shipping rates, traveler and/or shipping label preparation, and shipment tracking. | 07-11-2013 |
20130198100 | CUSTOMER CONTROLLED MANAGEMENT OF SHIPMENTS - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for customer controlled management of shipments. For example, in various embodiments, a customer can provide information prior to a first delivery attempt of an item by a carrier to receive messages regarding shipment of the item and to have the item delivered in accordance with the provided information. | 08-01-2013 |
20130198101 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AUTOMATIC STORAGE SYSTEMS FOR DISTRIBUTING OBJECTS TO A PLURALITY OF PERSONS, AND AUTOMATIC STORAGE SYSTEM DESIGNED IN A CORRESPONDING MANNER - The invention relates to a method for operating automatic storage systems ( | 08-01-2013 |
20130254131 | GLOBAL RFP/RFQ/TENDER MANAGEMENT - A system and method for automatically managing complex tender inquiries between suppliers and logistics service providers is presented. The system is presented as executable code on an electronic storage medium that receives a shipping tender from a customer, creates several shipping data objects based on the shipping tender in order to receive shipping data from multiple sources, and uses the acquired shipping data to generate a response object in response to the shipping tender to be presented to the customer. The method presented comprises the steps of receiving a shipping tender, analyzing the shipping tender in order to generate several shipment data objects, receiving values corresponding to the shipping attributes of at least some of the shipment data objects, generating a response object as a function of one or more of the shipment data objects and presenting the response object to a user. | 09-26-2013 |
20130262334 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SECONDARY DELIVERY SERVICE - Methods and systems disclosed herein are used to manage delivery of a package to an intermediate delivery location by an initial carrier for subsequent delivery to a user by a secondary carrier. The user may register with a secondary delivery service provider by providing a user delivery address prior to having the package shipped to the intermediate delivery location. The secondary delivery service provider may provide the user with a physical address the intermediate delivery location. The user may then provide the address of the intermediate delivery location to any sender as part of a shipping address. Once the package is received at the intermediate delivery location, staff at the intermediate delivery location may release the package to the secondary carrier and the secondary carrier may deliver the package to the user delivery address. | 10-03-2013 |
20130268454 | MOBILE BAGGAGE DISPATCH SYSTEM AND METHOD - The disclosure relates to an apparatus, method and system for dispatching baggage. The apparatus includes a processor configured to receive baggage information associated with a passenger; associate the baggage information with a delivery person, where the delivery person is associated with delivery person information; and transmit at least apportion of the baggage information and the delivery person information to a passenger computing device associated with the passenger. | 10-10-2013 |
20130268455 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED DELIVERY SERVICES - Systems and methods are disclosed for providing personalized delivery services by a carrier providing a package delivery service. For example, a consignee may indicate a delivery preference to be applied to delivery of a package, such as indicating a specific location where the package is to be left upon delivery, if the consignee is not present to accept the package. In one embodiment, the consignee may be notified by the carrier of the scheduled delivery of the package, and may be linked to the carrier's web site to indicate a delivery preference. Alternatively, the delivery preference may be indicated by the consignee proactively accessing the web site. After conveying a delivery preference, the carrier's systems communicate the delivery preference at the appropriate time to a portable computing device which informs the delivery personnel of the consignee's delivery preference. Other embodiments allow the consignor to indicate delivery preferences. | 10-10-2013 |
20130275325 | Protection of Privacy in Connection with Shipment of Products - Disclosed are various embodiments for enhancing protection of privacy of purchaser contact details in connection with shipment of parcels. A shipping label can be generated that includes at least one contact detail that hides an actual contact detail associated with a purchaser. A carrier tasked to ship and/or deliver the product to an address designated by the purchaser can use the at least one contact detail to contact the purchaser. The attempts to contact the purchaser can be logged, and the contact details are expired when no longer needed. | 10-17-2013 |
20130297522 | Consumer-Shipper-Supplier Mediation System and Method - A consumer-shipper-supplier mediation system/method that coordinates the ordering/production/delivery of products between consumers and suppliers is disclosed. The system/method allows consumers to aggregate orders for product manufacturing and mediate these product order requests to suppliers and shippers who can then optimize product manufacturing and shipping to meet the aggregated consumer orders. The system/method also permits symmetric operation to allow suppliers to schedule product production and optimize price-per-unit by using PUSH advertising to prospective consumers who have placed tentative orders for products that have yet to be manufactured or are not yet needed. In some preferred embodiments the mediation system/method incorporates a shipping interface to permit shippers to be fully integrated within the consumer-shipper-supplier commerce chain. The system/method in some preferred embodiments matches consumer-shipper-supplier constraints while simultaneously maximizing supplier-shipper pricing margins and minimizing consumer delivered product costs. | 11-07-2013 |
20130297523 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING ELECTRONIC CONTACT IDENTIFIER FOR COMPLETING A SALES TRANSACTION - A computerized system and method for obtaining a shipping address needed to complete a sales transaction. In a preferred embodiment, the computerized system and method utilizes at least one electronic contact identifier to cause an electronic message, which has been generated by the system, to be delivered to an intended recipient of at least one item that has been selected for purchase at an ecommerce site. The generated message may contain a link to a webpage which can be accessed by the intended recipient and where he or she may provide the system with his or her shipping address. Upon obtaining the shipping address, the system may then cause a payment for the at least one item to be processed and the at least one item to be shipped to the obtained address. | 11-07-2013 |
20130304662 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDIRECTING MAIL - A method for temporarily redirecting a customer's mail from a current mailing address to a temporary mailing address, includes: receiving a request to temporarily redirect the customer's mail; determining a first date to begin mail redirection and a second date to cancel mail redirection; redirecting a first type of mail to a temporary mailing address; instructing a delivery service provider to provide a package to the customer after the customer arrives at the temporary mailing address; instructing the delivery service provider to hold a second type of mail for a time period calculated based on the request; receiving a notification that the customer has arrived at the temporary mailing address; and informing at least one contact specified by the customer that the customer has arrived at the temporary mailing address. | 11-14-2013 |
20130317999 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING EXTENDED SHIPPING OPTIONS - Techniques for providing extended shipping options are described. In some embodiments, a user may specify extended shipping options that are not otherwise provided by or accessible via an existing shipment information specification user interface. In one embodiment, the user accesses a module configured to facilitate specification of extended shipping options and in response, provide an indicator of the specified extended shipping option, such as a tag or uniform resource identifier. The indicator of the extended shipping option is then incorporated into a user interface element, such as an address field, of the shipment information specification user interface. Once the user finalizes the order, the indicator of the extended shipping option is transmitted along with other shipment information items to a merchant and/or carrier system, where services specified by the extended shipping option are initiated. | 11-28-2013 |
20130325737 | System And Method To Determine Shipping Information - A system to determine shipping information is described. The system including memory, one or more processors, and one or more modules stored in memory and configured for execution by the one or more processors. The modules including a shipping options module configured to determine at least one shipping option based on an input received from a user device. A date determination module coupled with the shipping options module. The date determination module configured to determine at least one delivery date of a shipment responsive to the input. And, a format module configured to transform the at least one shipping option and the at least one delivery date into a format for the user device. | 12-05-2013 |
20130325738 | LOCATION SERVICE FOR PHYSICAL DELIVERY - Methods, apparatuses and storage medium associated with providing location service, are disclosed. In various embodiments, a method may include receiving, by a location server, location information associated with a user of a mobile device or a party associated with user; and receiving, by the location server, from a delivery service server, a request for the location information. The request may include a credential indicative of eligibility of the delivery service server to receive the requested location information. The method may further include providing, by the location server, to the delivery service server, the location information, on confirmation of the eligibility of the delivery service server based at least in part on the credential. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed. | 12-05-2013 |
20140006300 | Consistent Interface for Outbound Delivery | 01-02-2014 |
20140012772 | LOGISTICS SOURCING IMPROVEMENTS - The present invention provides methods and systems of identifying suppliers of applicable modes of transport that meet specified business requirements, providing a means to compare and evaluate these suppliers. Some forms of the invention provide computer-based methods for assisting a logistics decision of a potential customer, the method comprising the steps of: receiving at least one logistics related requirement from the potential customer, calculating at least one suitable logistics option from a plurality of supplier-provided logistic options, and providing an output of at least one logistics option in a form readable by the potential customer. Logistics-related requirements include a preferred or required origin point, a preferred or required destination point, a preferred or required mode of transport, a preferred or required travel time, a preferred or required delivery date, a preferred or required environmental impact caused by the logistic, a preferred or required cost, a preferred or required payment method or term, a preferred or required accreditation of a supplier, or a preferred or required level of operational performance of a supplier. | 01-09-2014 |
20140032439 | PC POSTAGE.TM. SERVICE INDICIA DESIGN FOR SHIPPING LABEL - Systems and methods of insuring payment of a proper amount of postage, comprise receiving payment for an amount of postage, affixing a postage indicia to a piece of mail, wherein the postage indicia includes the postage amount in a format readable only by machine, and adjusting the postage amount at a time subsequent to receipt of payment. | 01-30-2014 |
20140058970 | DYNAMIC CHANGE OF ADDRESS NOTIFICATION - A method is described that provides a notification to the sender or mailer of a mailpiece when the addressee of the mailpiece has changed address. One step in the method includes creation of an updated delivery code that may comprise both the forwarding address of the addressee, the sender's address information, and corresponding barcodes. The postal delivery system sends the mailed item to the forwarding address and provides the sender with the updated information for the addressee. The notification can occur by electronic message systems or delivery of a physical notification. | 02-27-2014 |
20140089220 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING SHIPPING LABELS - A system generates an encoded identifier representing shipping data associated with the first party, wherein the shipping data is associated with a transaction between the first party and a second party. The system then communicates the encoded identifier to the second party and the second party creates a shipping label including the encoded identifier. The encoded identifier is decoded by a shipping service provider thus providing the shipping data of the first party. | 03-27-2014 |
20140095405 | AUTOMATED NOTIFICATION DEVICE - An automated item notification device is described. The automatic notification device is configured to be secured within a drop box and comprises a communication module, a deposit sensor, a camera and processor. The communication module communicates with a remote resource. The deposit sensor senses deposit of an object and provides a wake-up signal in response thereto. The camera captures an image of an interior of the drop box in response to the wake-up signal. The processor is configured to compare the captured image with a previously acquired reference image stored in memory to determine if the object has been received in the drop box. In response to detection that the objected has been received in the drop box, a message is transmitted to the remote resource that the drop box needs to be serviced, and the processor enters an extended sleep mode. In response to detection that the objected has not been received in the drop box, the processor enters a sleep mode. A method for operating the automatic item notification is also described. | 04-03-2014 |
20140101069 | CARGO HANDLING SERVICES AND SYSTEMS - The present invention related to a system and computer-implemented method directed to cargo handling services. A stakeholder captures airline data and customer related cargo data and transmits the data to at least one other stakeholder through either a customer service portal or a mobile warehouse management system. The system is a cargo management system comprising three parts. First, a messaging engine adapted to transmit airline data. Second, a customer service portal receives data from the messaging engine for a stakeholder, such that the stakeholder may manage, track, or reconcile a cargo shipment. Finally, a mobile warehouse management system implemented for recording data and tracking cargo in real-time. | 04-10-2014 |
20140101070 | System And Method For Facilitating Communication Of Data Among Entities In An Electronic Trading Network - An electronic commerce protocol stack includes a connectivity layer that receives business data from a first entity. The business data indicates that the destination of the business data is a second entity. The protocol stack also includes a translation layer that receives the business data and that translates the business data as appropriate for the second entity using one or more translation rules. The protocol stack also includes a semantic routing layer that receives the translated business data, determines the semantic meaning of at least a portion of the business data using one or more semantics rules, determines one or more appropriate destinations for the business data based on the semantic meaning, and communicates the business data the determined destinations to the connectivity layer. The connectivity layer communicates the business data to the determined destinations. | 04-10-2014 |
20140122367 | Social Shipping - A system and method for a social shipping system are described. An item offered by a seller and selected for purchase by a buyer of a marketplace is identified. From a social network of the buyer, at least one local user geographically located within a predetermined distance of an address of the buyer is identified. A single shipping transaction from the seller to the buyer and the at least one local user is generated. | 05-01-2014 |
20140129474 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY SETTING SORTING BOXES FOR AUTOMATIC MAIL SORTING - Provided are a system and a method for automatically setting sorting boxes for automatic mail sorting, and as the position of a sorting box of mail is informed by automatically changing sorting band information depending on a change of a postal area and using address information and barcode information of mail and the system is designed so as for a mailman not to perform PDA work for registered mail, so that the mailman needs not modifying sorting box information with the change of the postal area all the time and the mailman can easily find the sorting box of the corresponding mail although the position of the sorting box is changed by informing the mailman of the position of the sorting box of the corresponding mail, and the corresponding sorting box can be automatically known even though the postal area is changed or a new postal area is assigned. | 05-08-2014 |
20140149306 | Method and System for Providing a Remote Shipping Cost Estimate Based on Image Data of Goods to be Shipped - An improved method for providing a remote shipping cost estimate of goods is disclosed, the method including remotely receiving image data of a transferee's goods, obtaining a shipping cost estimate of the transferee's goods that is based on the remotely received image data, and making the shipping cost estimate available to the transferee. In preferred embodiments, image data is digital data that can be uploaded by a transferee through a user interface and received by an estimator over a computer network such as the Internet. In some preferred embodiments, the method can be computer-based, and in some embodiments it can be implemented by a software system stored on computer-readable media. This improved method adds a new level of convenience for both estimators and transferees, while also improving the efficiency of providing shipping cost estimates in general. | 05-29-2014 |
20140149307 | APPARATUS AND SERVER FOR ON-LINE ACCEPTING POSTAL MATTER AND METHODS FOR THE SAME - Provided is an apparatus for on-line accepting a postal matter. The apparatus for on-line accepting a postal matter according to the present invention includes a user terminal configured to transmit acceptation information for accepting a postal matter through a communication session for on-line accepting a user's postal matter or receive a control command for accepting the postal matter; and a postal matter processing unit configured to extract the acceptation information from the postal matter or perform an operation for accepting the postal matter according to the acceptation control command. | 05-29-2014 |
20140156552 | CONSTRUCTION CONTAINER - The present disclosure relates to a reusable container, and specifically, a dual service reusable container. The containers may be prepositioned at a particular location until the items stored within the container are needed. This is possible because the dual service reusable containers may be both weather resistant and lockable. The containers are designed to be stackable when loaded, reducing the footprint occupied by the containers, improving shipping efficiency, and improving the utilization of the valuable floor space. When unloaded or when partially loaded, the containers may be nested so that valuable floor space is efficiently used. | 06-05-2014 |
20140164278 | DELIVERY MANAGEMENT AND ORDER SYSTEM - A delivery management system and method enables an individual to create a delivery location and order a product offering from a delivery service provider, and enables the delivery service provider to create a unique delivery schedule by choosing at least one delivery day and time that it will deliver to at least one location, using an interactive communication network. | 06-12-2014 |
20140172734 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ITEM DELIVERY ON A SPECIFIED DATE - A system and method for item delivery on a specified date is disclosed. A particular embodiment includes; receiving from a sender a request for delivery of an item to a specified recipient, the request specifying delivery of either a virtual item or a tangible item; obtaining an identifier of the specified recipient, a specified recipient delivery location, and a specified delivery date; uploading, by use of a data processor, a virtual item and rendering the virtual item in a physical form, if the request specifics delivery of a virtual item; receiving delivery of a tangible item from the sender, if the request specifies delivery of a tangible item; and causing delivery of the item to the specified recipient on a date near the specified delivery date. | 06-19-2014 |
20140172735 | GUARANTEED SHIPPING COST - A system and method for a guaranteed shipping cost are described. A guaranteed shipping cost qualification module determines whether an item to be listed by a seller in an online marketplace qualifies for a guaranteed shipping cost listing. An estimated shipping cost computation module computes an estimated shipping cost of the item. A shipping cost reconciliation module reconciles an accrual of the estimated shipping cost received from the buyer with an actual shipping cost received from a shipping service provider for shipping the item. A learning module adjusts the estimated shipping cost computation module based on the reconciliation between the estimated shipping cost and the actual shipping cost. | 06-19-2014 |
20140172736 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING USE OF STANDARDIZED SHIPPING CONTAINERS - A system and method for determining an optimal number and size of standardized containers for shipping product items in a purchase order is provided. Shipping by using standardized containers is different from standard shipping since the shipping rate for a standardized container of a particular size may be fixed irrespective of the number of items that are actually put into such a container. With such standardized shipping containers, customers may simply place an item in a selected shipping container and ship the item at a fixed price, regardless of weight of the item or destination. The systems and methods may determine the optimal number by minimizing the number of standardized containers using a cornering technique. The systems and methods may determine the optimal size of the standardized containers by re-evaluating the size of each of the standardized containers within the determined optimal number of containers. | 06-19-2014 |
20140180952 | COST AND LATENCY REDUCTIONS THROUGH DYNAMIC UPDATES OF ORDER MOVEMENT THROUGH A TRANSPORTATION NETWORK - A method, system, and computer program product for shipping management. The computer implemented method commences upon identifying a set of orders to be shipped from a source region to a destination region using a transportation network, and determining candidate options for performing stops over possible routes between the source region and the destination region. A clustering analysis process is performed over the candidate options such that the clustering analysis considers many order consolidation possibilities while observing timing constraints. Low-cost options from among the candidate options are considered to identify one or more low-cost options, and a multi-stop route plan is generated to correspond to a selected low-cost option. The orders are shipped in accordance with the multi-stop route plan, and in accordance with the corresponding consolidation of the set of orders. | 06-26-2014 |
20140188747 | DETERMINING SHIPPING COSTS USING A LOGISTICS TABLE - Example methods and systems to determine shipping costs using a logistics table are described. In some example embodiments, the methods and systems access a base cost associated with shipping an item to a destination at a base level (e.g., at a standard shipping method), select one or more destinations to which to ship the item, and determine shipping costs for every selected destination by inputting the base cost into logistics table. The systems and methods may also display an indication of the determined costs via a user interface, such as via a displayed map or other graphics that present shipping cost information along with destination information. | 07-03-2014 |
20140195451 | UNMANNED SYSTEM FOR ACCEPTING MAIL AND METHOD THEREOF - An unmanned system for accepting mail and a method thereof are provided. The unmanned system for accepting mail includes: a weight and size measuring unit measuring, when mail is input by a user through a predetermined input unit, a weight of the mail by moving the input mail to a predetermined position and a size of the mail by using a plurality of sensors which is previously provided at the predetermined position; a delivery charge calculating unit calculating a delivery charge of the mail based on a delivery type selected by the user, and the measured weight and size of the mail; and a mail loading unit assigning the accepted mail to a predetermined loading space in accordance with the delivery type and the size of the mail when the mail is accepted and loading the accepted mail in the assigned loading space. | 07-10-2014 |
20140195452 | Notification Systems and Methods That Permit Change of Time Information for Delivery and/or Pickup of Goods and/or Services - Systems and methods are disclosed for automated computer-based notification systems. A representative method, among others that are disclosed herein, can be broadly summarized by the following steps: engaging in a first one or more data transfers with a first personal communications device (PCD) for scheduling an order relating to arrival or departure of a mobile thing (MT) at a stop location and to pickup or delivery of a good or service at the stop location; during the first one or more data transfers, requesting and permitting input or selection of time information relating to the pickup and/or delivery of the good and/or service at the stop location; permitting the MT to arrive at or depart from the stop location based upon the input or selection of the time information; causing initiation of a second one or more data transfers with the first PCD or a second PCD designated during the first one or more data transfers, prior to expiration of the time information related to the pickup or delivery of the good or service at the stop location; and during the second one or more data transfers, permitting a change to the time information associated with the order that was established during the first one or more data transfers; and permitting the MT to arrive at or depart from the stop location at a later time based upon the change in the time information that was established during the second one or more data transfers. A representative system, among others, can be a computer system that has been programmed to perform the foregoing steps. | 07-10-2014 |
20140201100 | CONFIRMATION OF IDENTITY - Among other things, a user of a mobile device who is delivering an ordered product from a store to a customer at a location can confirm that the customer is a proper person to receive the ordered product. | 07-17-2014 |
20140207700 | ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIVE SHIPPING SELECTION - The selection of a shipping option responsive to an environmental preference is enabled. A user may indicate a shipping criteria preference including an environmental impact weighting. A cost value of each of a plurality of shipping options is determined including an environmental impact cost. A shipping option is selected and implemented for a shipping of an item as a function of the indicated environmental impact weighting. Each of the plurality of shipping option cost values may be dynamically recalculated and the status of at least one of the shipping options updated, the updating determining a change in value a shipping option cost value, an implemented selected shipping option changed to another of the plurality of shipping options as a function of the status updating. | 07-24-2014 |
20140214713 | ONE-CLICK SHIPPING LABEL PRINTING - A system and method for generating a shipping label are described. A shipping label application stores a shipping preset preference corresponding to an item listed by a seller on the marketplace, the shipping preset preference identifying one of a plurality of shipping carriers and one of a plurality of shipping services selected by the seller for the item. The shipping label application identifies the item in a transaction of the seller in the marketplace, retrieves the shipping preset preference of the seller corresponding to the item, and generates a shipping label for the item based on the shipping preset preference. | 07-31-2014 |
20140244536 | POSTAGE-FREE MAIL DELIVERY USING A MOBILE DEVICE - Machines, systems and methods for delivering mail items are provided. The method comprises scanning route information, for delivery of a mail item, using a mobile communication device; generating a first unique identifier from data comprising the route information, wherein the first unique identifier identifies the mail item; recognizing a second unique identifier associated with the mobile communication device used for scanning the route information, wherein the second unique identifier identifies a user account to which delivery charges associated with delivering the mail item are applied; associating the first unique identifier and the second unique identifier so that having access to the first unique identifier as stored in a database provides access to the second unique identifier; and mailing the mail item without prepaid postage affixed to the mail item. | 08-28-2014 |
20140258164 | SHIPPING PREFERENCES POPULATION SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS - The present systems and methods describe a computer system that collects user shipping preferences, including, for example, the shipping speeds (e.g., standard three to five day shipping) a user selects on various retailer websites. The system is configured to determine the one or more preferred shipping methods for the user based on the collected shipping preferences and to save the preferred shipping methods to memory (e.g., the user commonly prefers standard shipping). When the user visits an online retailer, the system, detects a shipping field (e.g., where the user may select or input a shipping preference), accesses the saved preferred shipping method (e.g., the user prefers standard shipping), and populates the shipping field with the saved preferred shipping method (e.g., the system automatically selects “standard shipping” for the user). | 09-11-2014 |
20140279646 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SHIPMENT COORDINATION OF INSUFFICIENTLY DESCRIBED ITEMS - The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems for coordinating shipping services for items. Generally, the methods and systems assist a user in determining the cost of shipping items where the user does not have all of the information generally necessary. The method includes receiving an inquiry for an estimated cost to ship one or more items and receiving a generic description of the one or more items, where the generic description omits a value for at least one characteristic required for generating a shipping cost estimate. The method includes identifying, responsive to receiving the generic description, an estimate for the omitted value for the at least one characteristic, generating a shipping cost estimate using the generic description and the identified estimated value for the at least one characteristic, and providing a quote of the shipping cost estimate. The method may be performed by a data processing system. | 09-18-2014 |
20140279647 | ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCT DELIVERY - An order placement and delivery system is provided in which a final delivery address of a recipient is obscured or not known to a sender. The sender places an order for a gift against the unique sender identity, relays to the administrator a recipient's virtual contact address, and constructs a personal message which is routed to the virtual contact address. The point of origin of the personal message is inferred to be directly from the sender. The personal message forewarns the recipient that they will be messaged by the administrator to acquire a real-world physical address that will be used for physical gift delivery and stored in the database against the virtual contact address, such that future orders identifying the recipient's virtual contact address can be dispatched expeditiously to the recipient's physical address with reduced messaging overhead and without having to reveal the recipient's physical address to the sender. | 09-18-2014 |
20140279648 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR THE USE OF A MOBILE DEVICE TO GENERATE A SHIPPING LABEL - Systems, devices, and methods are provided for a sender to use of a mobile device to interface with a shipping agent's environment for the purpose of generating a shipping label. The sender can identify shipping label information through a software application operating on the sender's mobile device. The application can facilitate the transfer of the shipping label information to the shipping agent's environment, such as a kiosk or a retail counter, and the like. The shipping agent's environment can then produce or print a hardcopy of the shipping label for use on the mail piece (e.g., parcel or package) to be shipped. | 09-18-2014 |
20140279649 | DEFINITIVE SYSTEM FOR DELIVERY ADDRESS ROUTING - A system and methodology is presented for definitive routing of letters, packages and other physical deliveries to a user's preferred address by reference to personal universal address. The object of the invention is to allow recipients to centrally control and confirm the desired receiving address for various types of deliveries, by creating a user-managed database linking physical addresses to secure personal communications addresses, such as cell phone numbers and electronic mail addresses. | 09-18-2014 |
20140279650 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MANAGING SIGNATURES OF DOCUMENTS - Systems and methods for facilitating the signature of documents. In various embodiments the system is configured to manage the transportation of the documents among users whose signature is required on the documents. The documents may include, for example, legal documents. In particular embodiments, the system is configured to deliver the documents to attended delivery/pickup locations associated with each user required to sign the document, facilitate each user's signature of the documents at the associated attended delivery/pickup location, and deliver the document to an end destination. The ultimate destination of the document may include an address associated with a user requesting signature of the document, or any other suitable location. | 09-18-2014 |
20140279651 | System and Method for Supply Chain Management - A software system for supply chain management is disclosed. The system includes software operable to receive order data from an ordering device; receiving advance shipping notice data from a vendor device; determine that the advance shipping notice data meets certain criteria; generate and send an advance shipping alert to a receiving device; and generate and send a shipping request to a shipping device. | 09-18-2014 |
20140324724 | REDUCING PAYLOAD SIZE OF MACHINE-READABLE DATA BLOCKS IN SHIPMENT PREPARATION PACKING LISTS - Example embodiments provide a Shipment Preparation System (“SPS”), which facilitates the preparation of shipments, such as by producing shipping labels. In one embodiment, the SPS is configured to receive shipment preparation information from a bar code or other machine-readable data block in a packing list. The shipment preparation information identifies a uniform resource identifier (“URI”) that identifies a code module that is remote from the SPS. The SPS determines the URI based on the shipment preparation information, such as by performing a local lookup or requesting the URI from a URI shortening service. The SPS then uses the URI to communicate with the code module in order to obtain information for the preparation of the shipment (e.g., obtaining a destination shipping address) and/or for transmission of information about the preparation of the shipment (e.g., posting an indication that a shipment is ready for pick up). | 10-30-2014 |
20140330735 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SUPPORTING THE PRODUCTION OF SHIPPING LABELS - Methods and systems for supporting the production of shipping labels are provided. Example embodiments provide a Shipment Management System (“SMS”), which facilitates the production of shipping labels. The SMS may be configured to generate a shipping uniform resource identifier (“URI”) that identifies a shipping protocol and includes shipment information and post-back information. The shipping URI may be provided to a shipping label module configured to produce a shipping label in accordance with the shipping protocol by outputting a shipping label based on the shipment information, and automatically posting information about the producing of the shipping label to a code module identified by the post-back information. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and it is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 11-06-2014 |
20140344179 | AUTOMATED SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT PROCESSES - Systems and methods provide for supplier information handling. A trigger event corresponding to a requested change in a supplier relationship status for a prospective supplier may be recognized. Responsive to the trigger event, a supplier profile corresponding to the prospective supplier may be processed to identify missing profile information. A workflow may be launched to collect the missing profile information from the prospective supplier. The missing profile information may be collected from the prospective supplier. Responsive to an approval of changes to the supplier profile based on the missing profile information, a spend authorization workflow may be launched to promote the supplier relationship status. | 11-20-2014 |
20140351158 | USE OF ORGANIZATION CHART TO DIRECT MAIL ITEMS FROM CENTRAL RECEIVING AREA TO ORGANIZATIONAL ENTITIES - Apparatus, methods, media and code for routing a mail item are provided. The apparatus may include a processor device; and machine readable memory. The processor device may be configured to: assign a unique destination identifier to an organizational entity; aggregate into an aggregate documents that were addressed to the entity and received by the entity; and store in the machine readable memory the unique destination identifier and a library that includes unique terms in the aggregate. | 11-27-2014 |
20140351159 | ROUTING FROM A MAIL SORTING ASSEMBLY SIMILARLY ADDRESSED MAIL ITEMS TO DIFFERENT DESTINATIONS - Apparatus, methods, media and code for routing mail items to different destinations. A driven mail conveyor may receive: a first mail item that includes a paper envelope displaying in an addressee segment an institution name and institution address information, the first mail item including a first part; and a second mail item that includes a paper envelope displaying in the addressee segment the institution name and the institution address information and no other institution address information, the second mail item including a second part. A processor may electronically route, based on a first text string vector of the first part, the first mail item to a first mail item destination in the institution; and, based on a second text string vector of the second part, the second mail item to a second mail item destination in the institution. | 11-27-2014 |
20140351160 | ROUTING DIFFERENT PARTS OF A MAIL ITEM TO DIFFERENT DESTINATIONS - Apparatus, methods, media and code for routing a mail item part are provided. A receiver device may electronically receive: an indication that a first mail item part of a mail item is a check; an indication that a second mail item part of a mail item is a payment coupon; and an indication that a third mail item part of a mail item is a message. A processor device may: route the first mail item part and the second mail item part to a first destination; and route the third mail item part to a second destination that corresponds to terms in the message. | 11-27-2014 |
20140351161 | ROUTING INCOMPLETE MAIL ITEMS - Apparatus, methods, media and code for routing a mail item are provided. A conveyor in mechanical communication with a mail item registration station may include a processor for registering a first part of the mail item. The processor may: determine that: the first part is a payment part; and a second part that corresponds to the first part is exceptional; identify a destination that corresponds to the first part; and route the first part to the destination along with an indication corresponding to the missing second part. | 11-27-2014 |
20140351162 | CONTENT MAINTENANCE OPTIMIZATION - In an example embodiment, a delivery unit comprises a plurality of objects. The delivery unit is encapsulated within a transport container for delivery to an entity for installation. As new versions of the objects are created by modifying the source code, the modified versions of objects are included in the delivery unit along with unmodified versions of the remaining objects of the delivery unit. The modified versions of the objects are marked for installation, while the unmodified versions are not marked for installation. Upon installation, the objects marked for installation are extracted from the delivery unit while the objects not marked for installation are discarded. The extracted objects are then installed, thus updating any previous versions of the objects, while unmodified objects are not installed. In one representative embodiment, objects are procedures of a database system, which may be organized hierarchically into folders. | 11-27-2014 |
20140351163 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERSONALIZED DELIVERY VERIFICATION - The methods and systems disclosed enable objective verification of the delivery of goods based on comparative data sets; one associated with a given address location and the other associated with retrieved positional coordinates using a global positioning system (GPS) while at the location of delivery, with the retrieved coordinates tagged to a digital photograph of the intended recipient. Comparative data sets are also obtained from a digitized photograph showing an intended recipient's face, the photograph provided by the customer requesting the delivery, and from a photograph taken at the location of delivery to the recipient. Facial recognition technology is utilized to determine if there is a match between the two images. Satisfaction and assurance of delivery is further achieved by delivery to the customer of the photograph taken at the location of delivery showing the recipient with the goods. | 11-27-2014 |
20140358814 | Aggregation of Emailed Product Order and Shipping Information - Product order and shipping information received via email messages is automatically aggregated for ready user review. Once the user is authenticated, authorization to access their email mailbox is obtained and the email message headers of their emails are analyzed to identify those messages of interest. The bodies of the email messages of interest are parsed to extract the product order and shipping information which is stored and presented for display to the user typically grouped by individual product thus greatly simplifying user review of orders. | 12-04-2014 |
20140372334 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANONYMOUS MAILING OR SHIPPING SERVICES - A method and apparatus for sending a an item via mailing or shipping process to a destination mailing address without the sender of the item obtaining any identifiable information about the recipient of the item. The process also allows the user with the ability to provide unidentifiable information to third party mailing or courier/shipping services. The system and method safeguards personal information about recipients of items. The process involves leveraging a waypoint processing facility and the assignment of unique codes for the final destination locations. The waypoint processing facility is responsible for receiving items mailed or shipped from the original sender, looking up the unique anonymous code provided by the anonymous address to obtain the appropriate final destination address assigned to the code, and sending the item to the final destination address. | 12-18-2014 |
20140379603 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ITEM SHIPMENT BASED ON INCOMPLETE INFORMATION - Methods and systems for coordinating shipping services for items. Generally, the methods and systems assist a user in determining the cost of shipping items where the user does not have all of the information typically required by a carrier. The method includes receiving an inquiry for a shipping cost with a generic description of the one or more items, where the generic description omits a value for at least one physical characteristic of an item. The method includes identifying, responsive to receiving the generic description, an estimate for the omitted value using a knowledge base, and generating a shipping cost. In some implementations, a server receives, from a second party, an improved description of the item including a more accurate value for the omitted characteristic of the item, and the server then updates the knowledge base, storing the second value for the characteristic of the item. | 12-25-2014 |
20140379604 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ITEM SHIPMENT BASED ON AN ITEM IMAGE - Methods and systems for coordinating shipping services for items. Generally, the methods and systems assist a user in determining the cost of shipping items where the user does not have all of the information typically required by a carrier. The method includes receiving an inquiry for a shipping cost with a generic description of the one or more items, where the generic description omits a value for at least one physical characteristic of an item. The method includes identifying, responsive to receiving the generic description, an estimate for the omitted value using a knowledge base, and generating a shipping cost. In some implementations, a user supplies an image of the item. In some implementations, the generic description is automatically generated from the image. In some implementations, a user purchases shipping services based on an image of the item to be shipped. | 12-25-2014 |
20150012456 | DELIVERY STATION AND MTEHOD FOR PROVIDING PROMPT DELIVERY FROM WITHIN AND OUTSIDE A BUILDING - A delivery station and a method for operating the delivery station including a station server, at least one of storage device for controlling storage facility and a delivery device for delivery including confirmation, located in one of a building and distant and connected to at least one e-provider server via a network for gathering and delivering without error at least one of merchandise and service item included in an order received by at least one e-provider from at least one dweller of the building, each of the devices comprising a CPU, a memory, indicators and touch display screen identifying particulars pertaining to a stored item, the order received from a dweller, a barcode reader, an RFID reader, a communication transceiver for verifying and communicating the gathering and the delivery, including updating of the stored item quantity via the station server upon execution or cancellation of the delivery. | 01-08-2015 |
20150026089 | DELIVERING ORDERED ITEMS TO AN APPROPRIATE ADDRESS - A method, system, and computer-readable medium for automatically determining appropriate delivery information for one or more items of an order or potential order is described. A variety of types of information can be considered when determining what delivery information is appropriate for one or more items, such as a type of the items, the particular items, relationships of the items to other items, information about the purchaser, and/or information about the recipient. In addition, the automatic determination of an appropriate address for an item being ordered or potentially ordered by a user can be made in a variety of ways, such as based on inferences from past behavior when ordering items, on inferences from information about the item and from available delivery information for the user, and/or on previous explicit indications from the user. | 01-22-2015 |
20150046361 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING SHIPPED OBJECTS - Methods and systems are disclosed for managing shipped physical objects. The methods and systems comprise receiving data associated with a journey of the shipped object and determining, using a processor, alert conditions based on the received data. Alert conditions are representative of risk of damage, loss, or delay associated with the shipped object. In addition, the methods and systems comprise transmitting one or more alternative options for mitigating the alert condition to a user, receiving a selection of one of the alternative options, and modifying the journey based on the received selection. | 02-12-2015 |
20150066794 | LIQUID COLOR MANAGEMENT USING LIQUID COLOR CONTAINER HAVING READ-WRITE MEMORY - A method and apparatus for managing the supply of liquid color to a process machine utilizes an electronic memory device connected permanently to a container of liquid color and an electronic memory controller that interacts with the electronic memory device, preferably wirelessly over the Internet. | 03-05-2015 |
20150066795 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING A CUSTOMIZED CONTENT EXCHANGE PLATFORM BETWEEN TWO OR MORE PARTIES - According to various embodiments, systems, methods and computer program products are configured for providing a customized content exchange platform between a third party and a consignor shipping one or more packages to one or more consignees. Within such, one or more computer processors are configured to: receive at least a portion of customized content from the third party; compare the one or more components of the received portion of customized content with at least the one or more consignor-defined parameters so as to identify one or more correlations there-between; in response to identifying at least one correlation, generate a match notification; and based at least in part upon approval of the match notification by the consignor, generate at least one customized communication containing thereon at least a portion of the customized content provided by the third party. | 03-05-2015 |
20150066796 | System and Method for Providing Information to a Recipient of a Physical Mail Object - A system and method is provided for transmitting information over a wide area network, such as the Internet, in response to receiving at least a portion of mail data. In one embodiment of the present invention, information is stored in a memory. Mail data is then affixed to a mail object. The mail object is then manually delivered to a recipient. The mail data is then provided to a reception device. The reception device then uses the mail data to retrieve the information from a mail device in communication with the memory. In a preferred embodiment, the mail data includes data corresponding to the recipient of the mail object, and the information includes data that identifies the recipient of the mail object and data that corresponds to a content of the mail object. | 03-05-2015 |
20150081580 | VIDEO RECORD RECEIPT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE - A system is provided to generate a video receipt for purposes of creating evidence of shipment of a package to an intended recipient. The kiosk includes a secure drop box into which packages may be placed for later pick up by a shipping service, a computer system having a user interface and means for communicating wired or wirelessly via a public or private network; an electronic communication application installed on the computer system permitting the electronic transfer of a video receipt and text, and a video camera secured to the kiosk and actuatable by the person desiring to ship one or more packaged items via the user interface of the computer. | 03-19-2015 |
20150081581 | SECURE DELIVERY OF PACKAGES - Delivering packages among a community of participants is carried out using a computer. Software stores information pertaining to senders, couriers, and receivers, including their images. Information is additionally stored pertaining to the package, including a description, an image of the contents, and geographic locations where the package is to be picked up and delivered. A picture of the courier is taken when she is physically in the presence of the sender, and the computer compares this image to the stored image to confirm the identity of the courier. An image of the receiver is similarly compared, and the images of the contents are compared. The GPS coordinates of the pickup and delivery are compared with previously agreed upon locations. Participants are notified if images or coordinates do not match. | 03-19-2015 |
20150081582 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FREIGHT DELIVERY AND PICK-UP - An exemplary nonlimiting ernbodirnent of the present invention provides a system that includes a loading/unloading facility, a user apparatus having a user interface configured to communicate with a driver of a delivery/pick-up vehicle, and an administrator apparatus configured to communicate with the user apparatus and the loading/unloading facility. The user apparatus is located remotely from the loading/unloading facility. The driver checks into the user apparatus and the administrator apparatus coordinates arrival of the delivery/pick-up vehicle at the loading/unloading facility. | 03-19-2015 |
20150088779 | Food Delivery Service - Embodiments provide an integrated real-time, customer-company process that materially improves the end-to-end customer experience for delivery of products and services. The invention enables more efficient management of a company's supply-demand relationship, unit costs, and return on investment. Example embodiments are directed to an inter-related, customer-company management process for a food delivery business. A process on an intelligent, processor-based platform provides an improved end-to-end customer experience, for example, by reducing wait times and using convenient payment options so that customer does not need to handle money. The process further enables a food truck operator to more efficiently manage the business, both at a single site and across multiple sites. There is a substantial, real-time interdependency between the customers and the food truck operator. The process provides ongoing Just-in-Time order status information to customers and ongoing Just-in-Time operating and cooking instructions to the food truck operator. | 03-26-2015 |
20150095254 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEPOSITING AND CHECKING OF BAGGAGE INTO AIRLINE FLIGHTS - The invention relates to a baggage drop system for depositing and checking of baggage into airline flights. The system comprises a conveyor ( | 04-02-2015 |
20150112885 | LIMITED ACCESS INVITATION HANDLING AT A SMART-HOME - This patent specification relates to apparatus, systems, methods, and related computer program products for providing home security/smart home objectives. More particularly, this patent specification relates to a plurality of devices, including intelligent, multi-sensing, network-connected devices, that communicate with each other and/or with a central server or a cloud-computing system to provide any of a variety of useful home security/smart home objectives. | 04-23-2015 |
20150120596 | ROUTING OPTIMIZATION FOR PACKAGE DELIVERY TO A SMART-HOME - This patent specification relates to apparatus, systems, methods, and related computer program products for providing home security/smart home objectives. More particularly, this patent specification relates to a plurality of devices, including intelligent, multi-sensing, network-connected devices, that communicate with each other and/or with a central server or a cloud-computing system to provide any of a variety of useful home security/smart home objectives. | 04-30-2015 |
20150142690 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MASS UPDATES OF DIGITAL MEDIA - A method for providing a storage device with content files for exhibition commences by identifying, from a work order, a needed set of content files. Thereafter, a storage device, whose previously written content files most closely match the needed set of content files identified from the work order, is selected from an inventory of storage devices. The set of content files on the selected storage device undergo adjustment so that the storage device stores at least the needed set of content files. For example, if one or more of the needed set of content files are missing from the selected storage device, these files are replicated onto the selected storage device as part of the content file adjustment process. | 05-21-2015 |
20150142691 | CONCEPTS FOR ELECTRONIC DOOR HANGERS - Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided. In one embodiment, a connection between an electronic door hanger and a customer computing entity can be established at a customer's location. With a connection established, information about an attempted (e.g., successful/unsuccessful) pick-up or delivery can be automatically provided to the customer computing entity. | 05-21-2015 |
20150142692 | CONCEPTS FOR ELECTRONIC DOOR HANGERS - Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided. In one embodiment, a connection between an electronic door hanger and a customer computing entity can be established at a customer's location. With a connection established, information about an attempted (e.g., successful/unsuccessful) pick-up or delivery can be automatically provided to the customer computing entity. | 05-21-2015 |
20150294261 | PACKAGE DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Methods and support systems for synchronizing delivery time and place of a deliverable item to consumers, the method including, upon receipt of the deliverable item at a pre-designated shipping address, establishing communication via a communication network with a communication device of a discrete consumer who purchased the deliverable item from an online merchant; and arranging a delivery date and time for transporting the deliverable item from the pre-designated shipping address to a desired final shipping address over the communication device of the discrete consumer. | 10-15-2015 |
20150294262 | DETERMINING DELIVERY WINDOWS FOR ITEM DELIVERY BASED ON CUSTOMER AND/OR ITEM LOCATION - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for programmatically determining/identifying one or more delivery windows in which an item is available to be delivered and allowing customer selection of one of the delivery windows. One example embodiment may include a method comprising receiving customer location information indicative of a customer location and determining one or more time frames from a plurality of time frames in which delivery of the item is available based on the customer location. The method may also comprise allowing an authenticated customer access to each of one or more features of a carrier system via login information/data associated with the retailer system. | 10-15-2015 |
20150310381 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURE PACKAGE DELIVERY - A computer-implemented method for enabling secure delivery of a package to a designated delivery area of a premises is described. In one embodiment, information regarding a delivery of a package to a premises may be received, a delivery person arriving at the premises may be detected, and instructions may be provided to the delivery person regarding how to deliver the package to the designated delivery area within the premises. | 10-29-2015 |
20150310382 | FOOD PRINTING DISTRIBUTION NETWORK SUBSTRATE STRUCTURE INGESTIBLE MATERIAL PREPARATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computationally implemented system and method that is designed to, but is not limited to: electronically directing control of at least partial preparation of the one or more selected ingestible products subsequent to and based at least in part upon the selection of the at least one candidate ingestible product as the at least one selected ingestible product via the electronically enabled input in response to the electronically outputted one or more selection menus and prior to preparation of the one or more selected ingestible products for ingestion by the particular individual living being of the selected ingestible products, the at least partial preparation of the one or more selected ingestible products occurring within a vicinity of the electronically outputting of the electronically outputted one or more selection menus. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 10-29-2015 |
20150317596 | Mailport for Automated Parcel Carriers - A Mailport that solves a variety of problems caused by the proliferation of Automated Parcel Carriers, including unmanned aerial vehicles (“UAVs”). The preferred embodiment of the invention features an access aperture designed to retrieve and transfer packages to and from Automated Parcel Carriers. The preferred embodiment of the invention also features a storage area for parcels, and a secured aperture to enable intended recipients to receive or send Parcels as appropriate. Various embodiments of the invention may stand alone or otherwise integrate within the structure of a building. | 11-05-2015 |
20150317598 | MULTI-PACKAGE DELIVERY METHODS - The present invention involves methods for the delivery of a plurality of parcels shipped by one or more shippers to a location via a carrier. Methods are disclosed for aggregating parcels shipped by one or more shippers for a single delivery to the location, thereby reducing the need for multiple deliveries to the same location. In one method, the dates of the shipment of the parcels are coordinated such that the plurality of parcels may be delivered substantially simultaneously to the customer. In another method, some parcels are delayed in their shipping route while others may be expedited such that the plurality of parcels are delivered substantially simultaneously to the location by the carrier. | 11-05-2015 |
20150324733 | STATE DEPENDENT ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT LABEL - A transport label for use with a transport container includes one or more controllable, readable indicia for presenting information readable by a reader external to the transport container. Controllable, readable indicia can be updated to present different information based upon a time, location, or physical security parameter of the transport container. The transport label system includes control circuitry and a memory device for storing two or more indicia configurations for the controllable, readable indicia. Controllable, readable indicia, memory device, and control circuitry may be built into a transport container or packaged separately, e.g. for attachment to a transport container. Methods of controlling the transport label system are also described. | 11-12-2015 |
20150324734 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR VERIFYING THAT ONE OR MORE END USER TRANSPORT DIRECTIVES DO NOT CONFLICT WITH ONE OR MORE PACKAGE DELIVERY DIRECTIVES - Computationally implemented methods and systems that are designed for receiving one or more package delivery directives that direct a transportation vehicle unit to deliver one or more packages; receiving one or more end user transport directives that direct the transportation vehicle unit to transport one or more end users; and verifying that the one or more end user transport directives do not conflict with the one or more package delivery directives such that transport of the one or more end users by the transportation vehicle unit in accordance with the one or more end user transport directives will not violate one or more package delivery obligations of the transportation vehicle unit to deliver the one or more packages in accordance with the one or more package delivery directives. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text. | 11-12-2015 |
20150324735 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR VERIFYING THAT ONE OR MORE END USER TRANSPORT DIRECTIVES DO NOT CONFLICT WITH ONE OR MORE PACKAGE DELIVERY DIRECTIVES - Computationally implemented methods and systems that are designed for receiving one or more package delivery directives that direct a transportation vehicle unit to deliver one or more packages; receiving one or more end user transport directives that direct the transportation vehicle unit to transport one or more end users; and verifying that the one or more end user transport directives do not conflict with the one or more package delivery directives such that transport of the one or more end users by the transportation vehicle unit in accordance with the one or more end user transport directives will not violate one or more package delivery obligations of the transportation vehicle unit to deliver the one or more packages in accordance with the one or more package delivery directives. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text. | 11-12-2015 |
20150324736 | SPLIT SHIPMENT PROCESSING - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods, apparatuses, computer readable media and systems for obtaining authorization for a plurality of split shipments associated with a single order. In particular, embodiments of the present invention allow a merchant to submit a separate split shipment authorization request for each of the plurality of split shipments. The split shipments authorization requests are linked to the original order using verifiable linking data. The linking data may be extracted from a previous (e.g., initial) split shipment authorization request and/or a previous (e.g., initial) split shipment authorization request. The linking data may be validated by an authorizing entity (e.g., a payment processing network computer or an issuer computer) to ensure validity of a split shipment authorization request. Additionally, the split shipment authorization requests may be validated using one or more predefined split shipment rules. | 11-12-2015 |
20150332206 | AUTOMATED PACKAGE RELOCATION FROM AN UNMANNED KIOSK - Automated package deliveries comprises a server at a package delivery system that receives a request for a package delivery, the request comprising an identification of a package and an identification of a first kiosk location. The server associates the package with an aerial delivery device and a user authentication to retrieve the package. The server transmits to the delivery device instructions to deliver the package to the first kiosk. Subsequently, the server receives a request from a user computing device to retrieve the package from the first kiosk and deliver the package to an alternate kiosk. The server transmits to the delivery device instructions to retrieve the package from the first kiosk and instructions to deliver the package to the alternate kiosk. The delivery device retrieves the package from the automated kiosk and delivers the package to the alternate kiosk. | 11-19-2015 |
20150332207 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR CONSOLIDATED IDENTIFICATION AND ENGAGEMENT OF ON-DEMAND PACKAGING CUSTOMERS - Various embodiments provide systems, methods, and computer program products for dynamically identifying and engaging at least one on-demand packaging customer in a consolidated fashion. The system comprises one or more computer processors configured to: receive qualification data associated with at least one customer; calculate whether the at least one customer is a qualified customer; in response to identifying the qualified customer, determine whether the qualified customer is a targeted customer; in response to identifying the targeted customer, evaluate a readiness of at least one facility operated by the targeted customer for engagement of an on-demand packaging configuration; in response to determining a positive facility readiness, generate one or more documents for execution by at least the targeted customer, the carrier, and the supplier; and upon execution of the one or more documents, facilitate implementation of the on-demand packaging configuration at the at least one facility. | 11-19-2015 |
20150347956 | System and Method for Providing Mail Verification Data - A system and method is provided for transmitting information over a wide area network, such as the Internet, in response to receiving at least a portion of mail data. In one embodiment of the present invention, information is stored in a memory. Mail data is then affixed to a mail object. The mail object is then manually delivered to a recipient. The mail data is then provided to a reception device. The reception device then uses the mail data to retrieve the information from a mail device in communication with the memory. In a preferred embodiment, the mail data includes data corresponding to the recipient of the mail object, and the information includes data that identifies the recipient of the mail object and data that corresponds to a content of the mail object. | 12-03-2015 |
20150363843 | DYNAMIC PROVISIONING OF PICK-UP, DELIVERY, TRANSPORTATION, AND/OR SORTATION OPTIONS - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for programmatically determining/identifying for determining a delivery time and/or cost for an item to be delivered and allowing customer selection of one of the delivery windows. One example embodiment may include a method comprising receiving customer location information/data indicative of a customer location, querying at least one of (a) a historical database, (b) a dynamic database, (c) predictive database, or (d) a combined database to determine a cost associated with each of the one or more time frames/periods and whether any pick-up, transportation, sortation, and/or delivery criteria associated with the cost, and providing the one or more time frames/periods and the cost associated with each of the one or more time frames. | 12-17-2015 |
20150371178 | TRAIN BASED COMMUNITY - Disclosed are a method and a system of a train based community, according to one embodiment. In one embodiment, a method includes forming a train track adjacent to a set of homes in a residential community, placing a boarding location in a property boundary of each one of the set of homes in the residential community, and routing the train track to a merchant in the residential community. A shopping cart is autonomously routed from at least one boarding location of the property boundary to the merchant based on a request of an occupier of a home associated with the property boundary. | 12-24-2015 |
20160012385 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FREIGHT DELIVERY AND PICK-UP | 01-14-2016 |
20160042318 | CONCEPTS FOR MONITORING SHIPMENTS - Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems and methods for tracking the location of a shipped item. According to various embodiments, the systems and methods may include features designed to determine whether the shipped item is likely to comply with customer-defined shipping requirements throughout the entire shipping process. In various embodiments, the systems and methods are configured to indicate to a user certain shipments that are likely to arrive without complying with all of the customer-defined shipping requirements, such that a user can take remedial action to minimize or eliminate the likelihood of the shipment failing to comply with the customer-defined shipping requirements. | 02-11-2016 |
20160048796 | DELIVERY CONFIRMATION USING A WIRELESS BEACON - There are provided systems and methods for delivery confirmation using wireless beacons. A merchant may include a wireless beacon, such as a small token or device, inside of a package for delivery. The beacon may communicate with a user device for a user when the package is delivered to the user. The beacon may include recipient information of eligible recipients for the package. The beacon may receive identification information for the user when the user device connects to the beacon. A delivery person in possession of the package may then determine if the user is an eligible recipient for the package using the recipient information and the identification information. After delivery of the package, the user may reuse the beacon by erasing the recipient information from the beacon and storing new recipient information on the beacon. The user may then place the beacon in another package for delivery. | 02-18-2016 |
20160110678 | Methods and Systems for Dynamic Selection and Delivery of Relevant Products - Methods and systems for dynamic selection and delivery of relevant products are disclosed. The method may include receiving consumer profile information, monitoring consumer activity, and identifying a first lifecycle event completed by the consumer based at least in part on the consumer activity. The method may include updating the consumer profile information based at least in part on the identified first lifecycle event, determining a consumer category for the consumer, and selecting a first set of items to send to the consumer, based at least in part on the updated consumer profile information and the consumer category. The method may include triggering a first shipment of the first set of items to the consumer, and automatically triggering a second shipment of the second set of items to the consumer, wherein the second shipment is sent after a predetermined amount of time has elapsed since the first shipment. | 04-21-2016 |
20160125351 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING POSTAL MAIL AUTOMATICALLY - The present invention provides an unmanned postal mail delivering method, including: acquiring information of a sender who delivers a postal mail to a delivery box provided in an unmanned postal office; specifying the postal mail through information on a recipient of the postal mail and an address of the unmanned postal office and sending the postal mail to the postal office; sorting the postal mail together with a plurality of other postal mails of the postal office through the address to be included in a delivery quantity which will be delivered to a unmanned postal office; delivering the postal mail to the unmanned postal office; and receiving the postal mail by the recipient through authentication of information of the recipient. | 05-05-2016 |
20160140485 | FREIGHT CONTAINER STORAGE SYSTEM - According to an exemplary embodiment, a configuration system for calculating a feature of each element of a plurality of elements is provided. The system comprises a database in which a set of rules for each element of the plurality of elements is stored, and a processing unit which is designed to automatically vary a first feature of a first element or for automatically replacing the first element by another element, and for calculating the features of the elements in accordance with the set of rules. By allowing to automatically vary a feature of an element or by allowing automatic replacement of an element by another element, the configuration of the elements may be optimized. | 05-19-2016 |
20160140486 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING SHIPPING OF PARCELS - A shipping system, according to various embodiments, is configured for: (1) receiving a request to ship a parcel, the request including shipping information; (2) providing the user with a unique identifier for use in shipping the parcel; (3) receiving an indication that the user has presented the parcel and the unique identifier at an access point; (4) in response to receiving the indication, facilitating placement of a pre-printed bar code (or other indicia) on the parcel at the access point and associating it with the shipping information; (5) facilitating delivery of the parcel from the access point to a handling facility and (6) facilitating placement of a shipping label on parcel at the handling facility. The system may then use the shipping label to facilitate shipment of the parcel from the handling facility to the parcel's final destination. | 05-19-2016 |
20160140487 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING SHIPPING OF PARCELS FOR RETURNING ITEMS - An exemplary item return shipping system is configured to: receive a request to return an item to a retailer; provide the user with a unique identifier associated with the request; and receive an indication that the user has presented the parcel and the unique identifier at an access point. The system may then facilitate placement of a pre-printed machine-readable indicia (e.g., a barcode) on the parcel at the access point and associate it with the retailer information. The system then facilitates delivery of the parcel from the access point to a handling facility and facilitates placement of a shipping label (that includes the address of a returns processing facility that is determined using the retailer information) on the parcel at the handling facility. In various embodiments, the system then facilitates shipment of the parcel to the returns processing facility. | 05-19-2016 |
20160155082 | ESTIMATING DIMENSIONAL WEIGHT OF A PACKAGE | 06-02-2016 |
20160196525 | ACCOMMODATING MOBILE DESTINATIONS FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES | 07-07-2016 |
20160378108 | COLLECTIVE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE CONFIGURATIONS - This disclosure describes a collective UAV in which multiple UAVs may be coupled together to form the collective UAV. A collective UAV may be used to aerially transport virtually any size, weight or quantity of items, travel longer distances, etc. For example, rather than using one large UAV to carry a larger or heavier item, multiple smaller UAVs may couple together to form a collective UAV that is used to carry the larger or heavier item. | 12-29-2016 |
20190147391 | ADDRESS EXCHANGE SYSTEMS AND METHODS | 05-16-2019 |
20190147392 | ADDRESS EXCHANGE SYSTEMS AND METHODS | 05-16-2019 |
20220138667 | MANAGING TRANSPORT DATA EXPIRATION - An example operation includes one or more of utilizing data, by a transport, for a period of time according to a license file, removing a first type of the data, by the transport, while the transport is operating, removing a second type of the data, by the transport when the transport ceases operating, and retaining a third type of data in memory after the transport ceases operating. | 05-05-2022 |
20220138668 | ON-DEMAND TRANSPORTATION OF OBJECTS - Methods and systems for on-demand delivery are described. A processor can receive a request from a user interface to deliver an object from a first location to a second location. The processor can receive provider data from a server that includes information of multiple service providers. The processor can receive a selection of a service provider from the user interface. The processor can receive confirmation data from the server indicating the selected service provider accepted the request and a location of the selected service provider. The processor can pull real-time locations of the selected service provider periodically until the selected service provider is located at the first location. | 05-05-2022 |
20220138669 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR MANAGING DISTRIBUTION OF PRODUCTS AND A METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a communication system for managing distribution of products and a method thereof. The communication system and a method comprise receiving one or more inputs from a plurality of user devices; validating the inputs by using a validation technique; storing the validated inputs, pre-defined filters, products related information, pre-determined conditions and pre-determined rules; creating a plurality of logics based on the stored data; integrating the created logics and generating at least one action; generating at least one real-time response based on the generated action; and triggering the real-time response on the user devices to provide the real-time product delivery information pertaining to each of the product. | 05-05-2022 |
20220138891 | RIDESHARE PARCEL COLLECTION - A system including a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium communicatively coupled to the processor and storing instructions executable by the processor is provided. When executed, the instructions cause the processor to receive, from a user, a rideshare request comprising an origination point and a destination location, determine that one or more parcels destined for delivery to the user are available for collection, identify, based on a collection location associated with each of the one or more parcels and at least one of the origination point and the destination location, a route that enables collection of at least one of the one or more parcels, and direct a rideshare operator to the collection location associated with at least one of the one or more parcels. | 05-05-2022 |