Autonomous communication in shipping
First Claim
1. A method for determining whether a service provider needs to make a schedule pickup of an item at a customer location comprising:
- detecting, via a mobile acquisition device, a geolocation comprising global positioning system (GPS) coordinates of a customer location;
retrieving, via the mobile acquisition device, network addresses that correspond to customer computing devices associated with the geolocation;
establishing communication with the customer computing devices by sending electronic communication signals to the customer devices at the corresponding network addresses in response to the mobile acquisition device being within a proximity of the geolocation; and
autonomously receiving, via the mobile acquisition device while the mobile acquisition device is at the customer location, data from at least one of the customer computing devices (i) indicating that an item is to be picked up, for shipment by the service provider, at an additional address at the customer location, (ii) indicating a location in which the item is to be shipped and a designated class identifying a priority of the shipment, and (iii) comprising information about the item.
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Abstract
The invention provides a system and method for the autonomous wireless communication between a service provider device and a customer device. The customer device may notify the service provider device whether the customer has work to be performed by the service provider. The service provider device may provide information to the customer about work to be performed by the service provider. In one embodiment, a shipping service is notified autonomously about items that a customer has for pick up and shipment. The shipping service is also capable of wirelessly transferring information to a customer device about items to be delivered to that customer.
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1. A method for determining whether a service provider needs to make a schedule pickup of an item at a customer location comprising:
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detecting, via a mobile acquisition device, a geolocation comprising global positioning system (GPS) coordinates of a customer location; retrieving, via the mobile acquisition device, network addresses that correspond to customer computing devices associated with the geolocation; establishing communication with the customer computing devices by sending electronic communication signals to the customer devices at the corresponding network addresses in response to the mobile acquisition device being within a proximity of the geolocation; and autonomously receiving, via the mobile acquisition device while the mobile acquisition device is at the customer location, data from at least one of the customer computing devices (i) indicating that an item is to be picked up, for shipment by the service provider, at an additional address at the customer location, (ii) indicating a location in which the item is to be shipped and a designated class identifying a priority of the shipment, and (iii) comprising information about the item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, to cause the apparatus to at least:
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detect, via a mobile acquisition device, a geolocation comprising global positioning system (GPS) coordinates of a customer location; retrieve, via the mobile acquisition device, network addresses that correspond to customer computing devices associated with the geolocation; establish communication with the customer computing devices by sending electronic communication signals to the customer devices at the corresponding network addresses in response to the mobile acquisition device being within a proximity of the geolocation; and autonomously receive, via the mobile acquisition device while the mobile acquisition device is at the customer location, data from at least one of the customer computing devices (i) indicating that an item is to be picked up, for shipment by the service provider, at an additional address at the customer location, (ii) indicating a location in which the item is to be shipped and a designated class identifying a priority of the shipment, and (iii) comprising information about the item. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for determining whether a service provider needs to make a schedule pickup of an item at a customer location comprising:
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detecting, via a mobile acquisition device, a geolocation comprising global positioning system (GPS) coordinates of a customer location; retrieving, via the mobile acquisition device, network addresses that correspond to customer computing devices associated with the geolocation; establishing communication with the customer computing devices by sending electronic communication signals to the customer devices at the corresponding network addresses in response to the mobile acquisition device being within a proximity of the geolocation; autonomously receiving, via the mobile acquisition device while the mobile acquisition device is at the customer location, data from at least one of the customer computing devices indicating that an item is to be picked up, for shipment by the service provider, at an additional address at the customer location; and autonomously receiving, via the mobile acquisition device, data from at least another of the customer computing devices indicating no item is to be picked up, for shipment by the service provider, at another address of the customer location.
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