| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 705341000 | Historical data | 28 |
| 20100191663 | Method of testing item availability and delivery performance of an e-commerce site - An inventory management, and a shipping/returns management system can be analyzed to determine various performance characteristics of an e-commerce operator, such as whether the latter maintains sufficient items to meet demand, whether distribution is occurring in a timely fashion, etc. The systems are analyzed using one or more anonymous proxy accounts. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20110093405 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SWAPPING OF TANGIBLE ITEMS - Systems and methods are provided for displaying geographical information regarding where a member shipped a tangible item to and received a tangible item from. A web site is provided to allow a user to view information regarding a first member that lists a tangible item. Geographical information is tracked regarding one or more source members that ship a tangible item to the first member and one or more destination members that receive a tangible item from the first member using a server computer. The geographical information regarding the one or more source members and the one or more destination members is stored in an electronic database using the server computer. On a map of the web site, a location of the first member and the geographical information regarding the one or more source members and the one or more destination members are displayed using the server computer. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110238593 | Systems and Methods for Identifying Suspicious Orders - Various embodiments of the present invention generally relate to systems and methods for identifying suspicious orders for controlled substances based on performing checks on a received order using historical information on previous orders. According to various embodiments, these checks may include: (1) comparing the order quantity for the received order with the order quantity history for the customer who placed the order for the controlled substance; (2) comparing the order quantity and the days since the last order was shipped to the customer for the same controlled substance with the order quantity history and the days between orders for the particular customer and controlled substance; (3) comparing the order quantity with order quantity history for orders received by customers of the same type for the controlled substance; and (4) comparing the order quantity with order quantity history for any customer for the particular controlled substance. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20120158610 | Methods of monitoring propofol through a supply chain - Methods of monitoring Propofol through a supply chain are disclosed herein. Consequently, the methods perform authentication of propofol as it is transported through the supply chain to the end user whereby propofol manufacturers and distributors can achieve data and product integrity and ultimately minimize cost. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120173450 | PACKAGE SHIPPING SYSTEM AND METHOD, INCLUDING USAGE OF HISTORICAL ANALYTIC DATA - Embodiments provide methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media associated with using historic analytic data to identify shipping options for a user to use when shipping a package. Historic analytic data may be received and maintained by a package shipment facilitation system. The analytics may then be used to generate business rules which may be applied to parameters for a package that is to be shipped. Through application of the business rules, one or more preferred shipping options may be identified. Business rules may be received after being manually-generated by a user, or may be automatically generated based at least in part on the maintained historic analytics. After a shipping option is chosen for the package, a shipping label may be printed for the package, and the package may be entered into a carrier's system for processing. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120226625 | SHIPMENT EVALUATION SYSTEM - A system and method for receiving scheduled shipping information, including information on scheduled package delivery time and billing information, receiving actual shipping information including actual delivery time, and actual billing information for said package, comparing the schedule information to actual information, and reporting the results including billing discrepancies or late deliveries. Certain embodiments may check climate conditions on the route of travel and determine if any shipping refund is due. Certain embodiments may also identify other carrier service anomalies and apply for and mage refunds. Indicia are used to display the status of a shipment, the status of a refund. Shipping information from multiple carriers may be aggregated into a single comprehensive system. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20130060712 | Bulk Distribution Method - Fractionating and allocating a cost of delivery of a product to at least one customer from at least one plant where the at least one customer is at a first location and requires a first amount of product, and wherein the plant is at a second location and has a capacity to produce and distribute a second amount of product, the method comprising: obtaining, historical actual trip data; eliminating, outlier data to calculate cleaned trip data; calculating a fixed cost for delivery to the at least one customer; calculating a variable cost for the delivery to the at least one customer; calculating an actual fractional cost for the delivery of the product to the at least one customer: and calculating a predicted fractional cost for the delivery of the product to the at least one customer. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130144800 | Identifying Recommended Merchants - Merchants are classified according to their reliability in shipping products when promised and ability to resolve complaints. A merchant trustworthiness evaluator (MTE) automatically gathers data from users about purchases online from a merchant, including an order identifier and an estimated ship date. In one embodiment, the MTE collects data from customers about their purchases through the use of a conversion pixel, transmitted to the customer by the merchant at the time of purchase. The MTE obtains shipment information from the merchant or shipment carrier once an order has been shipped. The MTE correlates the shipment data with the order data and compares for each order the estimated or promised and actual shipment dates. The MTE scores merchants and classifies each merchant based on its score. Merchant classifications can then be provided to prospective customers. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130151436 | 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. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130191301 | Method and System for Reconciling Transportation Records - Aspects of the present invention are directed to a system for next day reconciliation of transportation records. The system having a transportation record storage provider (TRSP) that receives and stores storage medium transportation requests; an outside service provider (OSP) inventory manager that receives and maintains records of transported storage mediums scanned at the OSP; and a reconciliation provider that receives a first list from the TRSP and a second list from the OSP inventory manger, for reconciliation. The reconciliation provider includes receivers for receiving the first and second list; a processing engine that reconciles the first list and the second list; and a reporting unit that reports the results of the reconciliation. The processing engine matches inbound and outbound records of the first list and second list, and processes invalid records; and analyzes and accounts for un-matched records. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130212037 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING AND USING A HYBRID-DIGITAL MAILBOX - A method, electronic device, and computer-readable storage medium are. In one embodiment, a method is provided for receiving a request to display a calendar associated with a delivery point of a user, accessing shipment information associated with the user, the shipment information including a record of physical delivery items and electronic delivery items, and displaying, for each day on the calendar, a count of the physical delivery items and electronic delivery items. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130262337 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC REPORT SENDING - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to an automatic report system and method and may include storing parameters related to the report in a memory of a data logger, collecting during shipment transit, data related to a content of the shipment, generating a report based on the parameters upon arrival of the shipment to a destination and automatically sending the report to a contact person. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130339267 | System for the Electronic Exchange of Freight Documentation and Proof of Delivery Data - An information exchange system for handling shipment documentation and information, comprising an exchange server configured to process and exchange the shipment documentation and information for a plurality of parties comprising a carrier, a customer, and a third party and to communicate with an interface, a first terminal for the carrier, and a second terminal for the third party, wherein the interface is configured to electronically capture shipment documentation upon delivering shipment to the customer and forward the captured shipment documentation to the exchange server, wherein the first terminal is configured to receive the captured shipment documentation from the exchange server and forward shipment information of the carrier to the exchange server, and wherein the second terminal is configured to receive the shipment information of the carrier from the exchange server and forward additional shipment information of the third party to the exchange server. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140067710 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SHIPPING OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH CUSTOMER PERSONAL INFORMATION - A shipping system and method for managing shipping of electronic devices with customer personal information. One or more electronic devices are scanned prior to shipping to a destination. A determination is made whether the one or more electronic devices include customer personal information in response to the scanning. An identification and metadata of the one or more electronic devices are recorded in response to determining the customer personal information is included on the one or more electronic devices. The one or more electronic devices are prevented from shipping by stopping generation of a shipping label for the one or more electronic devices. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140074746 | PACKAGE SOURCE VERIFICATION - Verification of a source of a package is facilitated. A data terminal certified by an authority obtains location data from a location detection component. The location data indicates a source location from which the package is to be shipped, and is detected by the location detection component at the source location. Secure package shipment information, including the location data, is provided with the package to securely convey the detected source location to facilitate verifying the source of the package. The data terminal can be a portable data terminal certified by the authority and have a tamper-proof boundary behind which resides the location detection component and one or more keys for securing the package shipment information. Upon tampering with the tamper-resistant boundary, the certification of the portable data terminal can be nullified. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140089221 | Smart Ordering System for Proactive Mitigation of System Scarcity in a Cloud or Data Center Environment - A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for automating the procurement of a physical server when the remaining number of available servers in a server pool reaches a predetermined threshold value. A target server pool is monitored for commitment of its associated physical servers. If the number of available servers falls below a predetermined threshold, then an automated procurement template associated with the target server pool is retrieved. The automated procurement template is then provided to the physical server manufacturer, which converts the information it contains into manufacturing and delivery data. In turn, the manufacturing data is used to manufacture the physical server, which is then delivered to the customer for implementation. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140164280 | SHIPPING ADDRESS DETERMINATION BASED ON DEVICE LOCATION - The location of a user's device is first determined. An address corresponding to the location is then determined. When a user makes a purchase from the device location, a shipping address is automatically filled in based on the address determination from the device location. As a result, the user is not required to manually enter a shipping address for a purchase. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140180959 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERY OF AN ITEM - Generally, embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods that can identify the location of a consignee and propose one or more alternative delivery location(s). The proposed delivery location may be based on the current location of the consignee, current address on the package to be delivered, information located in a social network (private or public), “to-be” location as determined by the consignee which would be transmitted to the carrier and/or a predicted consignee location. In other embodiments, the consignee or “carrier” may suggest an alternative fixed location or alternative mobile location. In some embodiments, the consignee may indicate an alternative recipient of the item. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140279669 | Predictive Order Scheduling - A method includes receiving an order for materials, analyzing the order to obtain selected order characteristics, executing a query in a database containing a history of orders to find previous orders having similar characteristics, and determining an estimated transit time for the order as function of the previous orders having similar characteristics. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140304188 | 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. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140330741 | DELIVERY ESTIMATE PREDICTION AND VISUALIZATION SYSTEM - A first delivery estimate prediction model and a second delivery estimate prediction model are generated using historical data from an online marketplace. Transaction information related to an item listed in the online marketplace is determined. A first time estimate is calculated by applying the transaction information to the first delivery estimate prediction model. A second time estimate is calculated by applying the transaction information to the second delivery estimate prediction model. A delivery time estimate is generated based on the lowest of the first time estimate and the second time estimate. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140379608 | CARTON INVENTORY OPTIMIZATION - Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities for carton inventory optimization are provided. An example method comprises: (a) receiving historical shipping data corresponding to a time period, the historical shipping data comprising items that were shipped during the time period and their respective dimensions; (b) associating a rank to each of a plurality of carton sizes for each item; (c) associating a highest ranked carton size for each item at least in part on step (b); and (d) determining whether a desired level of optimization has been reached. Another example method may further comprise: (e) after determining that the desired level of optimization has not been reached, identifying at least one carton size; and (f) re-associating items that were associated with the at least one identified carton size to the next highest ranked carton size for each item. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150046365 | UNIVERSAL ADDRESS SERVICE - A system and method for universal address service are described. Shipping delivery data related to a user is accessed. The shipping delivery data comprises a history of shipping delivery addresses with corresponding shipping delivery dates. A predicted shipping delivery address for the user is determined based on an estimated delivery date of an order from the user and the shipping delivery data related to the user. The order is generated with the predicted shipping delivery address. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150127573 | VIRTUAL POSTAGE BASED ON IMAGE RECOGNITION - A number of approaches for using a camera or other device to capture an image of an arbitrary signature, drawing and/or other scribble rendered on a package and utilizing the captured image as electronic postage for shipping the package to the recipient destination. A sender wishing to send a package handwrites a signature or other scribble directly onto the package that is to be shipped. A mobile device (e.g., smartphone) can be used to capture an image of the scribble and perform image recognition to determine whether the captured image contains sufficient features to be distinct from other images stored in a database. If the image is sufficiently distinct, the image can be accepted as electronic postage for the package. When the package is picked up, the delivery person scans the scribble and matches it to the image on file to determine the recipient address and other shipping information. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20160012392 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A PAPERLESS DELIVERY RECEIPT WITH ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160042319 | Shipment Planning - Systems and techniques are provided for generating a drop plan for a mailing containing a plurality of mailpieces. Tracking data may be received for mailings sent by a plurality of mailers, and estimated delivery times determined based upon the tracking data. A mailer may specify a delivery goal for a mailing and, based upon the estimated delivery times and the delivery goal, a drop plan for the mailing may be generated, which specifies at least one drop location for at least a portion of the mailing. The mailer also may modify the drop plan, such as by specifying additional constraints, modified attributes of the drop plan, additional or updated goals for the mailing, or the like. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160189100 | Apparatus for Managing Transportation Vehicles - Apparatus for managing transportation vehicles includes a plurality of containers each attached to a respective one of the vehicles and containing a memory, a wireless transmitter, a receiver and a writer for storing data in the memory, where data includes a secure section of data defining for the vehicle cargo packing slip information and a non-secure section of data defining for the vehicle safety information relating to the current vehicle contents. The apparatus further includes a first reader for receiving the data in the secure section and second portable reader for receiving the data in the non-secure section where the second reader is arranged to provide to a person in possession of the second reader only data from the non-secure section defining for the vehicle said safety information relating to the current vehicle contents and not the data from the secure section. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20220138680 | ORDER AGGREGATION SOFTWARE APPLICATION AND METHOD - A method operable to aggregate orders from a plurality of alternate sources wherein the orders require delivery of a good and wherein the present invention provides a correlation analysis of order evaluation parameters so as to suggest to a user of the software application of the present invention which orders to accept. The present invention is operated via a software application interface on a portable computing device. The software application of the present invention is communicably coupled to alternate applications that provide delivery service of a good such as but not limited to food. The present invention receives information about the orders available for delivery from the alternate applications and executes a correlation analysis based on a set of order evaluation parameters. After an analysis is performed a user is provided suggestions on which orders to take in combination. | 05-05-2022 |
