| CPC G06Q 10/083 (2013.01) [B07C 3/08 (2013.01); B07C 3/10 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |
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1. A system comprising:
a physical kiosk communicatively coupled to a control circuit and a geolocation device, the physical kiosk positioned at a transport terminal being designated for a transporter;
the control circuit configured to perform the steps of:
maintaining a database of transporter profiles, wherein the transporter profile comprises a scheduled travel event associated with the transporter;
maintaining a database of shipping package profiles, wherein the shipping package profile comprises a scheduled shipping event associated with a shipping package; and
accessing the database of transporter profiles and the database of shipping package profiles and matching the transporter profiles and the shipping package profiles via a matching algorithm to determine a suggested shipping package for the transporter, in part, on comparisons between the scheduled travel event of the transporter profile and the scheduled shipping event of the shipping package profile; and
the geolocation device is operable to
calculate in real-time an absolute position of a transporter computing device and estimate time of arrival of the transporter at the transport terminal; and
communicate a signal to the physical kiosk to prepare for dispatch the suggested shipping package prior to the transporter arriving at the transport terminal.
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