Delivery to current location of user determined using real-time location access information of user

• US 20030036962A1
• Filed: 08/19/2001
• Published: 02/20/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Laurence E. Holt
• Original Assignee: Laurence E. Holt
• Inventors: Holt, Laurence E.
• Application Number:
  US09/682,316
• Publication Number:
  US 20030036962A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0635 Processing of requisition or of purchase orders

Abstract

The delivery of an order to the current location of the user who had placed the order, using real-time location access information of the user, is disclosed. The user makes an order for one or more tangible, physical items, providing therewith a number of locations at which the user can receive the order, as well as real-time location access information of the user. A deliverer, at time of delivery, determines the current location of the user from the locations provided by the user, using the real-time location access information provided by the user. The deliverer delivers the order to the user at his or her current location as has been determined.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

a user making an order for one or more tangible, physical items, providing therewith a plurality of locations at which the user can receive the order and real-time location access information;

a deliverer determining at time of delivery a current location of the user from the plurality of locations by using the real-time location access information provided by the user when making the order; and

,

the deliverer delivering the order to the user at the current location of the user that has been determined.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the real-time location access information comprises an instant message address of the user.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the deliverer determining at the time of delivery the current location of the user comprises sending an instant message to the user at the instant message address of the user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the real-time location access information comprises an email address of the user.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the deliverer determining at the time of delivery the current location of the user comprises sending an email to the user at the email address of the user.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the real-time location access information comprises a phone number of the user.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the deliverer determining at the time of delivery the current location of the user comprises calling the user at the phone number of the user.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the real-time location access information comprises position-locating technology information of the user.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the position-locating technology information of the user comprises global positioning system (GPS) information regarding the user.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the position-locating technology information of the user comprises wireless-based position-locating technology information of the user.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the deliverer determining at the time of delivery the current location of the user comprises locating the user using the position-locating technology information of the user.

12. A method comprising:

a user making an order for one or more tangible, physical items, providing therewith a plurality of locations at which the user will receive the order and real-time location access information;

repeating

a deliverer repeatedly determining a current location of the user by using the real-time location access information provided by the user until the current location of the user is one of the plurality of locations at which the user will receive the order; and

,

the deliverer attempting delivery of the order to the user at the current location of the user that has been determined,

until one of two conditions occurs;

the deliverer has successfully delivered the order to the user; and

, the deliverer has attempted delivery a threshold number of times without successfully delivering the order to the user.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the real-time location access information comprises an instant message address of the user, and the deliverer determining the current location of the user comprises sending an instant message to the user at the instant message address of the user.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the real-time location access information comprises an email address of the user, and the deliverer determining the current location of the user comprises sending an email to the user at the email address of the user.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the real-time location access information comprises a phone number of the user, and the deliverer determining the current location of the user comprises calling the user at the phone number of the user.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the real-time location access information comprises position-locating technology information of the user, and the deliverer determining the current location of the user comprises locating the user using the position-locating technology information of the user.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the position-locating technology information of the user comprises one or more of:

global positioning system (GPS) information regarding the user; and

, wireless-based position-locating technology information of the user.

18. A method comprising:

a deliverer receiving a plurality of locations at which a user will receive an order for one or more tangible, physical items previously made by the user;

the deliverer determining a current location of the user by using position-locating technology information of the user; and

,

the deliverer delivering the order to the user when the current location of the user is one of the plurality of locations at which the user will receive the order.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the position-locating technology information of the user comprises at least global positioning system (GPS) information regarding the user.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the position-locating technology information of the user comprises at least wireless-based position-locating technology information of the user.