System for confirming the presence at home

• US 20030212799A1
• Filed: 05/09/2003
• Published: 11/13/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Infrontia Corporation (NEC Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NEC Infrontia Corporation (NEC Corporation)
• Inventors: Sera, Yoshinobu
• Application Number:
  US10/434,276
• Publication Number:
  US 20030212799A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management

Abstract

A system for offering a delivery service to a delivery destination includes: at least one subscriber'"'"'s terminal accessible to a communication network; and at least one deliverer'"'"'s terminal accessible to the communication network. The at least one subscriber'"'"'s terminal includes a first function unit for allowing a subscriber to set, in the at least one subscriber'"'"'s terminal, a presence-at-destination information which identifies whether the subscriber is present or absent at the delivery destination. The at least one deliverer'"'"'s terminal includes a second function unit for recognizing whether the subscriber is present or absent at the delivery destination, based on the presence-at-destination information.

Claims

1. A system for offering a delivery service to a delivery destination, said system including:

at least one subscriber'"'"'s terminal accessible to a communication network; and

at least one deliverer'"'"'s terminal accessible to said communication network,

wherein said at least one subscriber'"'"'s terminal includes a first function unit for allowing a subscriber to set, in said at least one subscriber'"'"'s terminal, a presence-at-destination information which identifies whether said subscriber is present or absent at said delivery destination, and

wherein said at least one deliverer'"'"'s terminal includes a second function unit for recognizing whether said subscriber is present or absent at said delivery destination, based on said presence-at-destination information.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1,

wherein said at least one deliverer'"'"'s terminal further includes a third function unit for sending an inquiry for inquiring about said presence-at-destination information to said subscriber'"'"'s terminal, and

wherein said subscriber'"'"'s terminal further includes a fourth function unit for sending said presence-at-destination information as set by said first function unit to said deliverer'"'"'s terminal in response to said inquiry from said deliverer'"'"'s terminal.

3. The system as claimed in claim 2, further including:

a delivery information processor accessible to said communication network,

wherein said deliverer'"'"'s terminal further includes a fifth function unit for sending a notice of outstanding of a requested delivery service to said delivery destination and said delivery information processor.

4. The system as claimed in claim 3,

wherein said subscriber'"'"'s terminal further includes a sixth function unit for sending, to said delivery information processor, a request for offering a requested but outstanding delivery service to said delivery destination, in response to said notice from said deliverer'"'"'s terminal.

5. The system as claimed in claim 4,

wherein said delivery information processor includes a seventh function unit for collating said request with said notice, to confirm a correspondence between said request and said notice.

6. The system as claimed in claim 5,

wherein said delivery information processor includes an eighth function unit for sending, to said subscriber'"'"'s terminal, a delivery schedule which notify when said deliverer plans to offer said outstanding delivery service at said delivery destination.

7. The system as claimed in claim 6,

wherein the delivery information processor includes a ninth function unit for sending delivery-destination-related data to said deliverer'"'"'s terminal, to enable said deliverer'"'"'s terminal to send said inquiry to said subscriber'"'"'s terminal based on said delivery-destination-related data.