Shipping Patents (Class 705/330)
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Patent number: 11948122Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are provided herein for facilitating in-garage delivery. In some embodiments, there is provided a system for facilitating in-garage delivery including a memory configured to store computer-readable instructions; communication circuitry configured to receive image data representative of an interior of a garage captured by an imaging device; and a processor operably coupled to the memory and the communication circuitry, the processor configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to: process the image data to determine a characteristic of the interior of the garage; select a packaging for an item to be delivered to the garage based at least in part on the characteristic of the interior of the garage; and effect delivery to the garage of the item with the selected packaging.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: The Chamberlain Group, LLCInventor: David R. Morris
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Patent number: 11938948Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for customized vehicle operator workflows. A vehicle operator workflow includes a set of tasks to be completed by a vehicle operator. The vehicle operator workflow may be presented to the vehicle operator upon satisfaction of a triggering event, such as upon the vehicle operator logging into an account or the vehicle entering a specified geographic region. The vehicle operator workflow may enable the vehicle operator to complete the individual tasks as well as submit evidence that the tasks have been completed.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Samsara Inc.Inventors: Joel Davis, Sean McGee, Joy Chen, Tonia Hsia, Oliver Song
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Patent number: 11941574Abstract: Media, method and system for scheduling trips, and particularly for scheduling trip to transport vehicles from a pick-up location to a drop-off location. To accomplish this, interfaces are provided for describing the desired starting and ending locations for vehicles and automatically allocating drivers to vehicles for each segment of a desired trip and assigning any necessary tasks to the drivers to complete for each waypoint of the trip. Additionally, any other requirements for transporting the vehicles, such as insurance and temporary license plates, can automatically be provided for.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2023Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: DriverDo LLCInventor: Mashhur Zarif Haque
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Patent number: 11941571Abstract: A method for delivering restricted items to users includes detecting that a user has selected a restricted item for delivery. A user profile is accessed, and authorization for delivery of the restricted item associated with the user profile is verified. Upon detecting a first authorization associated with the user profile, authorizing the dispatch of the restricted item to the user at a delivery location. The restricted item is transported to the delivery location by the mobile robot. The mobile robot has an item space with a lid and an electronic lock, which is locked during transit. A second authorization to confirm a user's identity before the user receives the restricted item. If the second authorization fails, communication is established between the user and a remote operator terminal via the mobile robot, and the remote operator terminal performs the second authorization and/or repeats the first authorization.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: STARSHIP TECHNOLOGIES OÜInventors: Rao Pärnpuu, Javier Amate, Phillip Lindberg
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Patent number: 11922749Abstract: A device may obtain a first image depicting contents included in a secure storage container at a first point in time and first user account data associated with the secure storage container. The device may store the first image in a data structure associated with the first user account data. In addition, the device may receive data indicating that an individual associated with a second user account accessed the secure storage container, and receive a second image depicting contents included in the secure storage container at a second point in time. The second image may be stored in the data structure. The device may further receive, from a user device associated with the first user account data, a request to access the data structure, and the device may provide, to the user device, data that causes display of the second image.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Jeremy Phillips, Hannah Volfson, Zhe Liu, Edward Abbott
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Patent number: 11915170Abstract: In some examples, a processor may access past order information for a plurality of merchants to determine, for an upcoming time period, a number of orders predicted to be received by the merchants. The processor may determine geographic locations of delivery agent devices, each associated with a respective delivery agent. The processor may compare, for the upcoming time period, a number of active delivery agents with the number of orders predicted to be received. Based at least on determining a predicted shortage of active delivery agents for the upcoming time period, the processor selects a first delivery agent of the plurality of delivery agents to pick up a first order from a first pickup location of a first merchant and a second order from a second pickup location of a second merchant, and sends a message to a first delivery agent device associated with the first delivery agent.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: DOORDASH, INC.Inventors: Jesse Lee Reiss, Ajit Kalidindi Varma, Jeffrey Frank Iacono, Richard David Din
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Patent number: 11907896Abstract: An apparatus is provided for facilitating label-less returns. The apparatus may include a memory and a processor(s) configured to receive a shipment identifier of an item(s) responsive to a device scanning a label or marking(s) on the item(s) delivered to a customer for a shipper. The processor is also configured to generate a return authorization number (RAN) or indicator for the item(s) and link the RAN/indicator to the identifier responsive to verifying that the customer is registered and that the item(s) qualifies for return. The processor is further configured to cause return delivery of the item(s) to the shipper using the label or the marking(s) on the item(s) responsive to verifying the RAN/indicator is linked to the identifier. Corresponding computer program products and methods are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Robert J. Gillen, Douglas S. Takeuchi, Deborah H. Carpenter, David Kaga
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Patent number: 11850914Abstract: Methods and systems for conveying or operationalizing data from a transport climate control system (TCCS) that provides climate control within an internal space moved by a vehicle are disclosed. A method includes determining, by a controller of the TCCS, a set of TCCS operational measurements; obtaining, by the controller, a set of TCCS operational settings; determining, by the controller, a set of cargo measurements; creating a shipment performance log based on the set of TCCS operational measurements, the set of TCCS operational settings, and the set of cargo measurements; publishing the shipment performance log to a data repository; and retrieving the shipment performance log to facilitate disposition of goods in the internal space.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: THERMO KING LLCInventors: Christos Alkiviadis Polyzois, Wendy K. Foslien, Hardeep Singh, Grant Ovsak, Matthew Srnec, Travis Lumpkin, George Wallace Malheiros, Jordyn Purvins
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Patent number: 11829933Abstract: Some embodiments relate to the use of Bluetooth beacons for enhancing delivery tracking. A Bluetooth beacon may be carried by a delivery agent. A ID of the beacon may be detected by one or more sensors. Tracking of the delivery agent may be performed by determining where the ID is detected.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: CFPH, LLCInventors: Colin Sims, Jay Winters
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Patent number: 11829937Abstract: An apparatus is provided for improved processing of instructions to provide temporal selection to a client when scheduling a load to be transported for a prospective transportation industry customer. The apparatus includes a processor and a non-transitory machine readable memory. The processor is designed to process instructions to provide date and time selection to a client from a server to enable temporal scheduling of a load to be transported for a prospective transportation industry customer. The non-transitory machine readable memory at a host server has stored therein computer instructions programmed to cause the processor to store and access user information and instructions, and to present, enable, receive, store and associate date ranges, time ranges and waypoints for a load and cargo delivery destination. A method is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Freightmonster.com Inc.Inventors: Larry C. Lockhart, Jr., Arlen Anderson, Matt Wilson
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Patent number: 11823113Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for managing shipped physical objects. The methods and systems comprise receiving data associated with a journey of the shipped object and determining, using a processor, alert conditions based on the received data. Alert conditions are representative of risk of damage, loss, or delay associated with the shipped object. In addition, the methods and systems comprise transmitting one or more alternative options for mitigating the alert condition to a user, receiving a selection of one of the alternative options, and modifying the journey based on the received selection.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: FEDEX CORPORATE SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Amber Moriah Williams, Amy Mays, Cheri Bailey Shirokova, John Marshall Veitenheimer, Jessica Jordan Shoup, Surendra Ajmera
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Patent number: 11790304Abstract: A logistics system for managing a network of independent delivery partners may include models to detect delivery defects. The models may generate defect scores for each onboarded delivery partner. The system may collect delivery data to continuously update the models. The updated models may score delivery partners for early detection of delivery defects and determine remediations steps. The system may train one or more models to determine the scores based on a terminating step of the delivery steps. The scores may indicate a likelihood the terminating step was caused by intentional action or by accident. The system may determine remediations steps based on the likelihood of intentional action.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Chengeng Zeng, Minghao Gai, Leah Autumn Thompkins
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Patent number: 11790471Abstract: Generating authentication credentials includes receiving from a first user input identifying a customer identifier for an online account with a business or organization and a residential or business physical address, and sending via a network a notification to a first user system to follow instructions on a mail piece to be received by the first user. The mail piece is physically sent via a distribution network to the physical address and an online application is activated in response to scanning a coded indicia on the mail piece. Data indicative of an identity of the first user is received and the identity of the first user is verified based on at least information associated with the coded indicia and the received data. A recommendation is generated whether to approve the online account and an electronic credential is created for the first user based on acceptance of the online account.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: United States Postal ServiceInventors: Josen Punnoose, Sachin Agarwal
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Patent number: 11779003Abstract: This disclosure relates to system and method for managing an insect swarm using a plurality of drones. The method includes detecting an insect swarm. The method may further include tracking a movement of the insect swarm. The method further includes communicating, with remaining of the plurality of drones, to dynamically align in a position based on the tracking so as to make a drone formation. The method further includes magnetizing, by at least some of the plurality of drones, one or more drone couplers for electromagnetically coupling the at least some of the plurality of drones with each other as per the drone formation. The method further includes casting, by each of the plurality of drones, a net to trap insects in the insect swarm. The method further includes supplying, by each of the plurality of drones, a high voltage to the net to decapacitate the insects.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: HCL Technologies LimitedInventor: Gandhi Karuna K T
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Patent number: 11783274Abstract: System and methods for a decentralized hybrid air-ground autonomous last-mile goods delivery are disclosed herein. A drone can include a controller configured to cause the drone to depart from a docking station of a vehicle, transmit a discovery message to available vehicles in an operating area, the discovery message having drone metadata, select at least one of one of the available vehicles based on response codes received from the available vehicle, or a nearest fixed docking station, and dock with a docking station of the one of the available vehicles or the nearest fixed docking station.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Navid Tafaghodi Khajavi, Mohammad Nekoui, Amin Ariannezhad, Mohsen Bahrami
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Patent number: 11769102Abstract: A server according to the present disclosure includes a communication interface for acquiring ordered product information and vehicle information that are input to an input terminal, wherein the ordered product information relates to an article that is ordered by a user, and the vehicle information relates to a vehicle that the user is scheduled to board, and a controller for determining a delivery schedule for delivery of the article indicated by the ordered product information to the vehicle by a date/time when the user will board the vehicle indicated by the vehicle information.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yukari Suzuki, Naoki Yamada, Toshihiro Arai, Kuniaki Jinnai, Keiichi Uno
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Patent number: 11720850Abstract: Techniques for a package selection feature for selecting subsets of packages and generating instructions to deliver selected packages are described herein. A model may be generated for recursively determining future forecast for potential deliveries associated with a geographic location based at least in part on capacity constraints, delivery vehicle capacity, and historical delivery data for the geographic location. Information that identifies a set of packages for delivery to the geographic location during a first duration may be received. A value for each subset of a plurality of subsets for the set of packages may be determined based on an algorithm that uses the future forecasts and the information. A particular subset may be selected for delivery to the geographic location for a given carrier during a duration based on an algorithm that uses various parametric values for the particular subset, the future forecasts, and the information.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Rohit Malshe, Liron David Yedidsion, Abhilasha Prakash Katariya, Dipal Patel Gupta, Jin Ye, Natarajan Gautam
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Patent number: 11710387Abstract: A method of detecting and responding to a visitor to a smart home environment via an electronic greeting system of the smart home environment, including determining that a visitor is approaching an entryway of the smart home environment; initiating a facial recognition operation while the visitor is approaching the entryway; initiating an observation window in response to the determination that a visitor is approaching the entryway; obtaining context information from one or more sensors of the smart home environment during the observation window; and at the end of the time window, initiating a response to the detected approach of the visitor based on the context information and/or an outcome of the facial recognition operation.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2022Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Jason Evans Goulden, Rengarajan Aravamudhan, Hae Rim Jeong, Michael Dixon, James Edward Stewart, Sayed Yusef Shafi, Sahana Mysore, Seungho Yang, Yu-An Lien, Christopher Charles Burns, Rajeev Nongpiur, Jeffrey Boyd
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Patent number: 11699124Abstract: A method for tracking physical assets can include: receiving a digital asset; determining an asset identifier for the digital asset; generating an asset barcode; optionally facilitating printing and sending of the asset to an asset recipient; determining an asset event for the asset; and notifying a sender of an asset event.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2021Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Lob.com, Inc.Inventors: Leore Avidar, Ami Wang, Manushika Yapa
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Patent number: 11694151Abstract: Media, method and system for scheduling trips, and particularly for scheduling trip to transport vehicles from a pick-up location to a drop-off location. To accomplish this, interfaces are provided for describing the desired starting and ending locations for vehicles and automatically allocating drivers to vehicles for each segment of a desired trip and assigning any necessary tasks to the drivers to complete for each waypoint of the trip. Additionally, any other requirements for transporting the vehicles, such as insurance and temporary license plates, can automatically be provided for.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: DriverDo LLCInventor: Mashhur Zarif Haque
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Patent number: 11655050Abstract: A baggage drop system is disclosed for depositing and checking of baggage into airline flights. The baggage drop system can include a substantially horizontal frame member. The frame member can be mounted above a first conveyor equipped with a static or dynamic weighting scale. The frame member can also be mounted away from an end of the first conveyor at a distance from an upper surface of the first conveyor substantially equal to a maximum allowable height of baggage thereby forming a physical barrier for oversized baggage. A computer can be configured to compare an output of the weighing scale with allowable baggage weights.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Inventors: Jorick Naber, Leander Henricus Albertus Ross, Reinout Vander Meülen, Bart René Yvonne Houlleberghs, Roel Reijnen
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Patent number: 11656631Abstract: Systems and methods for re-purposing autonomous vehicle for package transportation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed comprising receiving a request from an autonomous vehicle; identifying, responsive to the request, a nearby package stored within a delivery structure; transmitting routing instructions to the autonomous vehicle, the routing instructions including a location of the delivery structure; detecting a presence of the autonomous vehicle; instructing the delivery structure to deposit the nearby package into the autonomous vehicle; calculating a waypoint for delivery of the nearby package; and transmitting transport routing instructions to the autonomous vehicle, the transport routing instructions including the waypoint.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventor: Zoltan Szubbocsev
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Patent number: 11644329Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire schedule information, upon acquiring information regarding a need to transport a product of a first shop to a second shop, for at least one user who is staying near the first shop or is scheduled to pass near the first shop, select, based on the schedule information, a user for requesting transportation of the product from among the at least one user, and transmit, to a terminal apparatus of the selected user, information requesting transportation of the product.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satoshi Komamine, Toyokazu Nakashima, Koichi Suzuki, Lei Wang, Jun Karashima, Kenichi Yamada, Hiromitsu Fujii, Shota Minami
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Patent number: 11610216Abstract: A control section of a server apparatus as an information processing apparatus in the disclosure executes: inquiring of a terminal of a user who desires to board a self-driving vehicle operating for pickup-delivery of an item, whether or not the user is able to handle work of pickup-delivery of the item at a pickup-delivery location between the self-driving vehicle and a pickup-delivery service user; and when a response indicating that the user is able to handle the work of pickup-delivery when the user is on board the self-driving vehicle is received from the terminal, transmitting to the self-driving vehicle an instruction to allow the user who desires to board and is able to handle the work of pickup-delivery to board the self-driving vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koichi Suzuki, Toru Nishitani, Jun Usami, Minami Yoda, Kensuke Koike, Tsuyoshi Ogawa, Yohei Tanigawa
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Patent number: 11593752Abstract: Systems and methods which facilitate return shipment of items, such as to provide for the return of goods from a purchaser to a merchant, are shown. Embodiments provide shipping management functionality for managing return requests, processing of return requests, authorizing returns, tracking of the processing of a return request, and/or tracking of return shipments. A shipping management system of embodiments operates to make shipping functionality and/or information utilized with respect to return shipments, which may not otherwise be readily available to the return shipper, conveniently accessible for use by the return shipper. Embodiments provide for some or all return shipping fees to be borne by the merchant rather than the return shipper.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Auctane, LLCInventors: Byron J. Wier, John Roland Clem
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Patent number: 11568383Abstract: The present system is a payment network that implements an ecosystem in which banks can issue financial products (e.g. credit cards, debit cards, and the like) and customers are able to pay in any commerce without the need for card association networks. The streamlined nature of the system allows interchange fees to be substantially reduced over current systems. In addition, the system is all digital, so that physical security features are not required. The system provides an application for a customer that can be used on a mobile phone or other computing device, downloadable point-of-sale (POS) applications that can be used for commerce, and a web based POS application for commerce. The customer application includes a marketplace and an e-wallet in one embodiment. The customer can use the marketplace to acquire and link financial products produced by the banks with the customer's e-wallet.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Zunify, Inc.Inventors: Juan Ignacio Monge Colepicolo, Luis Javier Herrera Espinoza, Luis Alonso Conejo Chaves
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Patent number: 11562316Abstract: Media, method and system for scheduling trips, and particularly for scheduling trip to transport vehicles from a pick-up location to a drop-off location. To accomplish this, interfaces are provided for describing the desired starting and ending locations for vehicles and automatically allocating drivers to vehicles for each segment of a desired trip and assigning any necessary tasks to the drivers to complete for each waypoint of the trip. Additionally, any other requirements for transporting the vehicles, such as insurance and temporary license plates, can automatically be provided for.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2021Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: DriveDo LLCInventor: Mashhur Zarif Haque
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Patent number: 11481858Abstract: A solution for capacity planning includes: for each of a plurality of fulfillment centers (FCs), receiving an inventory allocation; receiving a demand forecast and delivery time information for customer orders; performing a simulation comprising: partitioning a simulation period into multiple simulation stages; for each simulation stage: assigning portions of the demand forecast to a demand pool for one of the FCs; for each FC, determining a backlog, based at least on the demand pool for the FC and a simulation stage fulfillment capacity for the FC; and transferring each existing backlog to a subsequent simulation stage or an alternate FC; and based at least on the simulation, generating at least one planning control logic action, for example, adjusting delivery time options available on an e-commerce node, identifying a change in staffing levels at one or more FCs, adjusting inventory allocation for at least one FC, or another action.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Jie Lu, Yilei Shi, Ruoxuan Wang, Xiaoli Ling
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Patent number: 11475395Abstract: Systems and methods for optimizing delivery vehicle resources (e.g. a plurality of vehicles) are described herein. Available time slots for the plurality of vehicles are determined and presented to a user. In response to receiving a delivery order indicating a selected time slot, the delivery order is assigned to a vehicle from the plurality of vehicles based on a time slot indicated in the delivery order and a set of delivery parameters. A delivery route is calculated for each vehicle having a delivery order based on the set of delivery parameters. An optimized delivery route is calculated for each vehicle having a delivery order based on the set of delivery parameters.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2018Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Anurag Gupta, Mingang Fu, Srinivasan Venkatesan, Deepak Deshpande, Amritayan Nayak, Rohit Jain
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Patent number: 11429907Abstract: Some examples include a processor that accesses past order information for a plurality of past orders received in the past for a plurality of merchants and delivered by delivery agents. Further, for an upcoming time period, based on the past orders received by individual merchants over a past period of time, the processor may determine a predicted number of orders to be received for an upcoming time period for the individual merchants. The processor may execute delivery agent management logic to compare, for the upcoming time period, a number of active delivery agents with the predicted number of orders, and may send a message to a first delivery agent device associated with a first delivery agent to cause one of: activation of the first delivery agent from inactive status to active status, or deactivation of the first delivery agent from active status to inactive status.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2021Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: DOORDASH, INC.Inventors: Jesse Lee Reiss, Ajit Kalidindi Varma, Jeffrey Frank Iacono, Richard David Din
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Patent number: 11429925Abstract: This specification generally discloses technology for optimizing the loading of pallets on trucks and other sorts of vehicles. A pallet loading technique includes receiving pallet information for a shipment, the pallet information describing pallets to be included in the shipment, receiving vehicle constraint information for a vehicle, the vehicle constraint information describing rules for loading pallets on the vehicle, and determining candidate solutions for loading the pallets on the vehicle, each candidate solution (i) satisfying the rules for loading pallets on the vehicle, and (ii) defining, for each pallet to be included in the shipment, a respective position and orientation of the pallet on the vehicle. At least some of the candidate solutions are evaluated, one of the candidate solutions is selected, and the vehicle is loaded according to the selected candidate solution.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Lineage Logistics, LLCInventors: Daniel Thomas Wintz, Julia Long, Peter Greskoff, Chloe Mawer, Caitlin Voegele, Daniel Walet, Elliott Gerard Wolf
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Patent number: 11423245Abstract: One example of the present disclosure can include a server that can determine transport routes for individual objects based on rules. The transport routes can include an intermediary at which the individual objects are to be consolidated into a single container. The server can also receiving a request from a client computer for an object label corresponding to one of the individual objects. In response to receiving the request, the server can determine the intermediary based on a transport route for the object, generate the object label based on the intermediary, and transmit the object label to the client computer for causing the object label to be printed with a printer and coupled to the object.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2021Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Acuitive Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Phillip Marlowe
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Patent number: 11386458Abstract: A system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a computer-implemented method for a geo-fenced zone of commerce are described. Consistent with some embodiments, the method may include subdividing a geographic area, generating corresponding geo-fences, and presenting the corresponding geo-fences as listings in a navigable online marketplace.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: EBAY INC.Inventor: Dennis Cheung
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Patent number: 11379783Abstract: A method of controlling a package storage system may include a storage unit that is loaded in a delivery vehicle and stores one or more packages. The method may include: receiving delivery information of the packages from a scanner; storing slot information of slots in which the packages are stored and the delivery information of the packages, in a matched manner; determining, on the basis of the delivery information and driving information of the delivery vehicle, the package to be withdrawn among the packages; and outputting, on the basis of the delivery information and the slot information, a notification command for providing a notification of the slot in which the package to be withdrawn is stored.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Sungil Cho, Zhimin Choo
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Patent number: 11367126Abstract: Systems, methods, and media for picking-up and delivering products are disclosed. Some embodiments route shoppers to acquire products for multiple customers orders from multiple suppliers using a variety of transportation modes. The transportation modes may differing maximum weight carrying and volume carrying capacities, maximum vehicle speeds. Moreover, some embodiments may account for a different number vehicles for each transportation mode and may further account for the availability of shoppers and vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2019Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Transform SR Brands LLCInventor: Jinxiang Pei
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Patent number: 11361370Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system may include receiving, at an e-commerce order processor, an order comprising at least one product, wherein the order is received in conjunction with an order completion event; receiving an order completion criterion; receiving an order change; and processing an order completion based on the order completion criterion.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2019Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Shopify Inc.Inventors: Aaron Sadhankar, Nicholas McDonald
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Patent number: 11332244Abstract: Provided are a device configuration, method, etc. for performing imaging investigation in an investigation space using an unmanned aerial vehicle. A system includes: a flight start platform; the vehicle which is connected to a line-type member and equipped with an investigation camera, a travel-direction imaging camera, and a vehicle-side communication unit; an external control device which is equipped with a display unit and an external control device-side communication unit, and which receives the travel-direction image data through the external control device-side communication unit, receives an input of control commands for the vehicle while having a video or still image obtained from the travel-direction image data displayed on the display unit, and transmits a signal indicating the control commands from the external control device-side communication unit; and an attraction device which is connected to the line-type member and attracts the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignees: ACSL LTD., NJS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenji Kuroiwa, Shosuke Inoue, Yusuke Inagaki, Patrik Ken Takeuchi
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Patent number: 11257176Abstract: Identifiers are provided within a user interface, where the identifiers correspond to a management of sorting operations for sorting parcels to be shipped. Some aspects include determining whether shipping information has been uploaded by a particular time. In response to the determining, some aspects include providing a first status indicator within a first view of the user interface. The first status indicator indicates whether one or more users have uploaded the shipping information to computing devices by the particular time.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2018Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.Inventor: Tony Baldassari
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Patent number: 11235872Abstract: An apparatus, method and system utilize an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) in order to support the definition and use of routes by bicyclists, pedestrians or scooters. With respect to defining a bicycle route a map database is accessed that represents roads segments in a geographic area. The map database contains map data that indicates attributes of the road segments. The bicycle route is then defined from an origin to a destination based upon the map data indicative of attributes of the road segments. In this regard, the bicycle route is defined to include one or more road segments that allow bicycle traffic unaccompanied by a UAV and one or more road segments for which bicycle traffic is unauthorized unless accompanied by a UAV. The bicycle route is subsequently caused to be provided to the bicyclist or a device accessible to the bicyclist.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2018Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: HERE GLOBAL B.V.Inventor: Frank Kozak
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Patent number: 11228512Abstract: A monitoring device responds to status data pushed from a network device, and also manages a link with another network device, the link allowing the monitoring device to pull status data from the second network device. The monitoring device receives packets including status, the data indicating activity for one or more clock ticks. The monitoring device can compute statistical measures, rather than the network device. The monitoring device maintains the status data in a buffer. The monitoring device lags actual activity, but has is more likely to capture delayed packets. The network device sends packets as wrappers, each wrapper indicating sets of status information. When the information in a wrapper crosses a clock tick boundary, the monitoring device allocates reported activity among clock ticks, assuming that activity follows a uniform distribution.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Virtual Instruments Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Derek Sanders, Rangaswamy Jagannathan, Rosanna Lee
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Patent number: 11200531Abstract: Features are disclosed for an overpackage that can contain an object and provide for automated identification and handling of the object by a robotic retrieval system. The automated identification and handling are enabled through self-identifying marks on the overpackage that indicate the identity of the overpackage as well as the relative location of the mark on the overpackage. Using the location information, a robot or other autonomous actor of the robotic retrieval system can identify a path to a pick point and detect whether the proper pick point is engaged through additional identifiers on the overpackage or a pick point.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2018Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Tye Michael Brady, John Gregory Longtine, Timothy Stallman
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Patent number: 11157864Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method and device for displaying logistics information, and computer readable storage medium. The method includes acquiring a logistics waybill identifier of at least one item from at least one e-commerce client that is installed on an operating system of a terminal and is configured to display a logistics page; acquiring logistics information corresponding to the logistics waybill identifier, wherein the logistics information indicates a logistics progress of the at least one item; aggregating the acquired logistics information of the at least one item; and displaying the aggregated logistics information in a preset display area provided by the operating system.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2017Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Shang Ming Xue Kang, Yi Zhan Lu
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Patent number: 11157866Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: obtaining order information for a plurality of package delivery orders, wherein the order information includes one or more package pickup stop and one or more package drop off stop; and determining one or more optimized package delivery route for one more vehicle using the order information, wherein an optimized package delivery route of the one or more optimized package delivery route includes a first stop associated to a first order of the plurality of package delivery orders and a second stop associated to a second order of the plurality of package delivery orders.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2016Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: James E. Bostick, John M. Ganci, Jr., Martin G. Keen, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
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Patent number: 11150646Abstract: Embodiments include apparatus and methods for dispatching package delivery by aerial vehicles. The embodiments include a route module, a wind model, and a dispatcher. The route module is configured to generate a route for package delivery. The wind model configured to store wind factors associated with geographic areas and provide one or more wind factors associated with the route for package delivery. The dispatcher is configured to identify one or more aerial vehicles for assistance of package delivery in response to the one or more wind factors associated with the route and send a message to the one or more aerial vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: HERE Global B.V.Inventors: Pavel Ivanov, Artem Vassilyev, Stanislav Krainikov, Tatiana Vyunova
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Patent number: 11151486Abstract: A routing system of a call center determines a plurality of advisor clusters to be assigned to each of a plurality of lead records stored in a lead model database. The predictive machine learning model inputs lead model data and advisor model data into a clustering analysis. Various modeling data are extracted from source lead data, sales data, and advisor data, in which the advisor data has been flattened for modeling. The predictive machine learning model applies a combination of a clustering analysis, a cluster model, and an aggregate conversion model to lead model data and user model data. The clustering analysis utilizes unsupervised clustering and supervised clustering, and outputs a plurality of advisor clusters and sales conversion scores. The clustering analysis clusters each of the advisors into one of the plurality of advisor clusters based on degree of similarity of a clustering vector.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2018Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: Gareth Ross, Andrew Reagan
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Patent number: 11144870Abstract: An unallocated item/product inventory is maintained in each of a plurality of delivery vehicles traversing service routes within a delivery service area. Upon receipt of an order for delivery of an item/product that may be selected from the item/product inventory maintained within a delivery vehicle and that is to be delivered to a destination location within the delivery service area, a delivery vehicle driver is instructed to deliver an item/product selected from the item/product inventory located on the delivery vehicle during the corresponding service route on the same day that the order was placed. A delivery label for the item/product is printed, and the delivery vehicle driver secures the printed delivery label to an item/product selected from the unallocated item/product inventory, and delivers the item/product to the destination location on the same day the order was placed.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2015Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.Inventor: Paul Loubriel
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Patent number: 11119475Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a controller that is configured to generate control signals for moving vehicles in a yard or other facility. The vehicle control system is configured to generate the control signals responsive to a determination that a user selection of vehicle movement is possible within the yard or other facility.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2020Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLCInventor: David Bell
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Patent number: 11115780Abstract: Various embodiments include a system that can comprise one or more processing modules and/or one or more non-transitory memory storage modules storing computing instructions on the one or more processing modules.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: WALMART APOLLO LLCInventors: Eytan Daniyalzade, Berk Atikoglu, David Nelms
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Patent number: 11093890Abstract: A method and system for determining a delivery location is provided. The method includes enabling a UAV delivery application specifying a delivery location for delivery of a package. A street address defining the delivery location is received and an eyewear based video device is enabled and directed towards a geographical area associated with the delivery of the package. GPS data associated with the geographical area is retrieved from the eyewear based video device and first GPS coordinates identifying a location of an embedded computing device are retrieved from a GPS system. A distance between the first GPS coordinates and the geographical area is calculated. Additionally, second GPS coordinates identifying the geographical area are calculated based on the GPS data, the distance, and the first GPS coordinates and it is determined if the second GPS coordinates are located within a specified perimeter surrounding the street address defining the delivery location.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ahamed Jalaldeen, Chivukula Venkata L. Narayana
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Patent number: 11093892Abstract: Navigation data to a first location on a delivery route for a first delivery is sent to a navigation components of a delivery vehicle. Upon receipt of a notification that the first delivery to the first location is canceled, the availability of a backup delivery is determined. The location of each of a pre-determined set of potential buyers is compared to the current location of the delivery vehicle, and in real-time, a consumption of resources is calculated for a backup delivery and the return the one or more items to a designated return location. A determination of whether the backup delivery to a particular potential buyer is favorable as compared to the return the one or more items to the designated return location and, if favorable, navigational instructions are transmitted in real-time to the delivery vehicle to deliver the one or more items to the particular potential buyer.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2016Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: James E. Bostick, John M. Ganci, Jr., Martin G. Keen, Sarbajit K. Rakshit