Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Containers for crowdsourced delivery
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Application No.: US14811924Application Date: 2015-07-29
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Publication No.: US10657486B1Publication Date: 2020-05-19
- Inventor: Jonathan Andrew Wolter , Wiktor Macura
- Applicant: DOORDASH, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Francisco
- Assignee: DOORDASH, INC.
- Current Assignee: DOORDASH, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Francisco
- Agency: Mattingly & Malur, PC
- Main IPC: G06Q10/08
- IPC: G06Q10/08 ; B65D25/04 ; G06Q50/00

Abstract:
In some examples, a smart container may enable crowdsourced delivery of items from a pickup location to a delivery location. The container may include a location sensor and a communication interface to enable the container to provide its location to at least one of a service computing device, a courier device, a sender device, or a recipient device. In some cases, a service provider may employ public transport vehicles to transport the container along a portion of a delivery route. One crowdsourced courier may pick up the container for placement on the public transport vehicle and another crowdsourced courier may pick up the container from the public transport vehicle and deliver the container to the delivery location. Further, the container may include multiple compartments, and recipients who receive a shipment in the container may be solicited to deliver the container to a delivery location of a next recipient.
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