US 11,720,848 B2
Location-based pick up and delivery services
Robert J. Gillen, Alpharetta, GA (US); David Sisco, Atlanta, GA (US); Sara Zoromsky, Atlanta, GA (US); Jeff Enyart, Alpharetta, GA (US); Kalin Robinson, Alpharetta, GA (US); and David Carder, Cumming, GA (US)
Assigned to UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by United Parcel Service of America, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on May 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/322,116.
Application 17/322,116 is a continuation of application No. 15/130,311, filed on Apr. 15, 2016, granted, now 11,023,846.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/152,155, filed on Apr. 24, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0272049 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/083 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0833 (2023.01); G06Q 50/28 (2012.01); G01S 19/13 (2010.01)
CPC G06Q 10/083 (2013.01) [G01S 19/13 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0833 (2013.01); G06Q 50/28 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon computer-usable instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, implement a method for establishing a pick up location for an item to be shipped, the method comprising:
determining, by a processor, a current physical location of the item based at least on item location information received via a network and storing the current physical location of the item in a data store as first location coordinates;
determining, by the processor, a location of an entity that receives items for shipping;
determining by the processor, a distance between the item and the entity based at least in part on the first location coordinates of the current physical location of the item and second location coordinates of a known location of the entity;
determining, by the processor, whether the item is located within a first configurable proximity of the entity based at least in part on the distance determined from the item and the entity;
responsive to determining that the item is located within the first configurable proximity of the entity, requesting, by the processor, a first determination of a current physical location of a customer and a second determination of the current physical location of the customer, wherein the first determination of the current physical location of the customer and the second determination of the current physical location of the customer are made based on receiving customer location data from at least two of one or more customer computing entities, a carrier computing entity, or a vehicle associated with the customer that are distinct from each other;
determining, by the processor, whether the customer is within a second configurable proximity of the entity based at least in part on the first determination of the current physical location of the customer and the second determination of the current physical location of the customer and storing 1) the first determination of the current physical location of the customer, 2) the second determination of the current physical location of the customer, and 3) the determination of whether the customer is within the second configurable proximity of the entity in a data store in a association with the customer;
determining, by the processor, that one or more parameters for providing an alert are satisfied based on the determination that the item is located within the first configurable proximity of the entity and the customer is within the second configurable proximity of the entity; and
responsive to determining that one or more parameters for providing the alert are satisfied, automatically transmitting, by the processor, a notification via a network to one or more customer computing entities for display via a user interface notifying the customer of the first configurable proximity of the entity from which the item may be shipped.