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- Patent Title: Methods and systems for item delivery along delivery routes
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Application No.: US16850970Application Date: 2020-04-16
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Publication No.: US12062008B2Publication Date: 2024-08-13
- Inventor: Alison Frankowski Turner , Marc D. McCrery , James J. Boldt
- Applicant: United States Postal Service
- Applicant Address: US DC Washington
- Assignee: United States Postal Service
- Current Assignee: United States Postal Service
- Current Assignee Address: US DC Washington
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
- Main IPC: G06Q10/08
- IPC: G06Q10/08 ; G06Q10/083 ; G06Q10/0835

Abstract:
Methods and systems for coordinating item delivery are disclosed. In one aspect, a method comprises receiving delivery route data from a carrier device, generating, based on the delivery route data, a digital route for a delivery resource, the digital route comprising a street portion and an office portion, wherein the street portion comprises: a plurality of delivery points at which the carrier is to perform a service, and a segmented travel course for the carrier to travel to each of the plurality of delivery points in a determined sequence, and wherein the office portion comprises details regarding one or more office activities performed by the carrier to prepare for or conclude the street portion of a delivery route. The method further comprises determining an expected duration of time for: (1) travel of each segment of the travel course, (2) completion of each of the street activities, and (3) completion of the one or more office activities.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200334637A1 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ITEM DELIVERY ALONG DELIVERY ROUTES Public/Granted day:2020-10-22
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