US 11,748,695 B2
Systems and methods for delivering an item to a dynamic location
Anthony Barbush, Atlanta, GA (US); Kenneth Bradley Gubler, Marietta, GA (US); and Robert J. Gillen, Alpharetta, 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 Aug. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/396,949.
Application 17/396,949 is a continuation of application No. 14/556,972, filed on Dec. 1, 2014, granted, now 11,087,268.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/910,852, filed on Dec. 2, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0374670 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/0835 (2023.01); G06Q 10/047 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 10/08355 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/047 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer implemented method comprising the steps of:
receiving, by a computing system comprising a processor and a network interface configured to communicate via at least one network, shipment data identifying a delivery location for one or more items;
electronically assigning the one or more items, by the computing system, to a mobile asset based at least in part on a dispatch plan for the mobile asset, wherein the dispatch plan identifies a predetermined delivery route with one or more service stop locations for the mobile asset to perform in a particular time frame, wherein the one or more service stop locations includes the delivery location associated with a consignee for the one or more items;
determining, by the computing system executing a dynamic location module, a candidate dynamic delivery location for the one or more items by comparing the one or more stop locations of the dispatch plan to stop criteria, wherein the candidate dynamic delivery location is different from the delivery location;
subsequent to determining of the consignee, automatically decoding, by an electronic control module (ECM) device, near real-time data, the near real-time data including sensor data received from a location sensor and telematics data received from a telematics sensor coupled to the mobile asset, wherein the sensor data includes a geolocation of the mobile asset, and wherein the telematics data includes attributes of the mobile asset;
in response to the decoding, presenting the decoded near real-time data to a communication bus to transfer the decoded near real-time data to a data collection device;
in response to receiving the decoded near-real time data, providing, by the computing system executing a tracking module and via the network interface, a notification comprising a hyperlink to a webpage providing near real-time current location information for the mobile asset, wherein the near real-time current location information is overlaid onto a digital map, wherein the digital map is displayable to the consignee by a computing device associated with the consignee, wherein the notification is provided to the computing device associated with the consignee based at least in part on a triggering event, (a) while the mobile asset is en route providing a service according the dispatch plan, (b) prior to the one or more items arriving at the candidate dynamic delivery location, and (c) in accordance with communication preferences stored in a consignee profile of the consignee;
removing the consignee's delivery location of the one or more items from the predetermined delivery route; and
automatically updating the dispatch plan to provide an updated delivery route while the mobile asset is en route.