Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Determining alternative delivery destinations
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Application No.: US14640753Application Date: 2015-03-06
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Publication No.: US10733563B2Publication Date: 2020-08-04
- Inventor: Jeffrey Carl Sager , William Gensburg
- Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
- Current Assignee: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Shook, Hardy and Bacon L.L.P.
- Main IPC: G06Q10/08
- IPC: G06Q10/08 ; B07C3/00

Abstract:
Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for determining alternative delivery destinations. For example, in various embodiments, a method may be provided comprising receiving shipping information/data for an item indicating the item to be delivered to an original consignee by a carrier and comprising at least a default delivery location, determining whether the original consignee has indicated a first priority alternative consignee among one or more alternative consignees, and in an instance in which a determination is made that the original consignee has indicated the first priority alternative consignee among the one or more alternative consignees, delivering the item to the first priority alternative consignee.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150262125A1 DETERMINING ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY DESTINATIONS Public/Granted day:2015-09-17
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