TRANSPORT USING GEOLOCATION

• US 20140297554A1
• Filed: 06/12/2014
• Published: 10/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Armato, Steven S.
• Granted Patent: US 9,070,102 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/338
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08355 Routing methods
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/02 Topology update or discovery
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/70 Admission control; Resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections

Abstract

An apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The processor may receive, from a transporter device, an indication of a problem associated with locating a destination site associated with the first user device. In response to receiving the indication, the processor may request the geocoordinates of the first user device. The processor may confirm that a second user device is located proximate the destination site, wherein the first user device requests the geocoordinates of the second user device in response to a determination that the first user device is not located proximate the destination site. The processor may receive the geocoordinates of the second user device, and communicate, to the transporter device, the geocoordinates of the second user device.

Claims

1-20. -20. (canceled)

21. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:

receive a request for a geocoordinate of a first user device;

determine, in response to receiving the request, that the first user device is not located at a destination site; and

in response to the determination that the first user device is not located at the destination site, forward the request to a second user device, wherein a geocoordinate of the second user device is communicated to a delivery device to resolve a problem locating the destination site.

22. The media of claim 21, wherein a message is communicated to confirm that the second user device is located at the destination site.

23. The media of claim 21, wherein a route from a location associated with the delivery device to the destination site, determined based at least in part on the geocoordinate of the second user device, is communicated to the delivery device.

24. The media of claim 21, wherein the delivery device is associated with a deliverer attempting to make a delivery to the destination site.

25. The media of claim 21 embodying software further operable when executed to communicate an order involving a product to be delivered to the destination site.

26. The media of claim 21, wherein the problem comprises at least one of an incomplete address, an unmarked street, an invalid address, or an ambiguous address.

27. A method comprising:

receiving, by a processor, notice of a problem with finding a location;

requesting, from a first user device, geocoordinates associated with the location;

receiving, from a second user device, the geocoordinates associated with the location, wherein the first user device requested the geocoordinates associated with the location from the second user device; and

communicating the geocoordinates of the location to a transporter device.

28. The method of claim 27, further comprising confirming that the second user device is located at the location prior to requesting geocoordinates for the location.

29. The method of claim 27, further comprising communicating a link associated with a website through which the geocoordinates can be provided.

30. The method of claim 27, wherein the geocoordinates comprise a latitude measurement and a longitude measurement.

31. The method of claim 27, further comprising:

determining a route from a second location associated with the transporter device to the location based at least in part on the geocoordinates associated with the location; and

communicating the route to the transporter device.

32. The method of claim 27, further comprising storing the geocoordinates associated with the location in a memory in association with an address of the location.

33. The method of claim 27, further comprising:

storing geocoordinates for a plurality of addresses in a memory; and

determining whether the geocoordinates for the location are stored in the memory.

34. The method of claim 27, further comprising:

storing geocoordinates for a plurality of addresses in a memory;

determining that an address of the location is different from but associated with at least one of the addresses stored in the memory; and

determining the geocoordinates for the location using geocoordinates for at least one of the addresses stored in the memory.

35. An apparatus, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and operable to;

receive, from a transporter device, an indication of a problem associated with locating a destination site associated with the first user device;

in response to receiving the indication, request the geocoordinates of the first user device;

confirm that a second user device is located proximate the destination site, wherein the first user device requests the geocoordinates of the second user device in response to a determination that the first user device is not located proximate the destination site;

receive the geocoordinates of the second user device; and

communicate, to the transporter device, the geocoordinates of the second user device.

36. The apparatus of claim 35, wherein a transporter associated with the transporter device is attempting to travel to the destination site and the transporter device communicates the indication.

37. The apparatus of claim 35, wherein requesting the geocoordinates comprises communicating a link corresponding to a website, and the geocoordinates of the destination site can be received through the website.

38. The apparatus of claim 35, wherein the geocoordinates are communicated via an application running on the second user device.

39. The apparatus of claim 35, wherein the geocoordinates are based at least in part upon a location of a wireless network associated with the second user device.