US 11,842,318 B2
Sharing location information with a recipient
Sumeet Pradeep Shroff, Chamblee, GA (US); Kenny Takano Takahashi, Sandy Springs, GA (US); Jeffrey J. Horne, Alpharetta, GA (US); Thomas V. Hoffmann, Atlanta, GA (US); Michael J. Donohue, Cumming, GA (US); Ferdinand So, Suwanee, GA (US); Julian Pulfrey, Jacksonville, MD (US); Michael Kerr, Owings Mills, MD (US); Larry Augsburger, Freeland, MD (US); Todd Brown, Fallston, MD (US); Susan Ruggles, Westminster, MD (US); Shane Hennessy, New Freedom, PA (US); and John Brelesky, Fallston, MD (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 Jul. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/379,673.
Application 17/379,673 is a continuation of application No. 15/600,069, filed on May 19, 2017, granted, now 11,151,510.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/339,319, filed on May 20, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0027846 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/0833 (2023.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); G06Q 10/0832 (2023.01); G11B 27/28 (2006.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01)
CPC G06Q 10/0833 (2013.01) [G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01); G06Q 10/0832 (2013.01); G11B 27/28 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
continuously receiving location information of a carrier vehicle from one or more location sensors associated with at least one of the carrier vehicle or a mobile computing device located within the carrier vehicle, wherein the location information of the carrier vehicle corresponds to a current location of an item;
generating, by one or more computer processors, a graphical user interface, wherein the graphical user interface is configured to display a dynamic map and a dynamic icon generated using renderable map data, and the dynamic map and the dynamic icon identify the current location of the item based on the location information of the carrier vehicle; and
automatically updating, by the one or more computer processors and based at least in part on the location information, display of the dynamic map and the dynamic icon via multiple access views to indicate the current location of the item as the carrier vehicle moves closer to a final delivery destination for the item by:
determining the carrier vehicle is within a first range of locations;
responsive to determining the carrier vehicle is within the first range of locations, rendering a wide view of the dynamic map and the dynamic icon in a first size on the graphical user interface;
determining the carrier vehicle is within a second range of locations;
responsive to determining the carrier vehicle is within the second range of locations, rendering a moderate view of the dynamic map and the dynamic icon in a second size on the graphical user interface; and
determining the carrier vehicle is within a third range of locations; and
responsive to determining the carrier vehicle is within the third range of locations, rendering a close view of the dynamic map and the dynamic icon in a third size on the graphical user interface.