ROUTING OPTIMIZATION FOR PACKAGE DELIVERY TO A SMART-HOME
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1. A system for enhancing delivery of a package by a delivery entity, the system comprising:
- a plurality of smart devices associated with an environment; and
a computing system operative to;
receive environment data from the plurality of smart devices;
process the environment data received from the plurality of smart devices;
generate environment status information of the environment based on the processed environment data; and
share at least a portion of the generated environment status information with the delivery entity for enhancing the delivery of the package by the delivery entity.
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Abstract
This patent specification relates to apparatus, systems, methods, and related computer program products for providing home security/smart home objectives. More particularly, this patent specification relates to a plurality of devices, including intelligent, multi-sensing, network-connected devices, that communicate with each other and/or with a central server or a cloud-computing system to provide any of a variety of useful home security/smart home objectives.
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1. A system for enhancing delivery of a package by a delivery entity, the system comprising:
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a plurality of smart devices associated with an environment; and a computing system operative to; receive environment data from the plurality of smart devices; process the environment data received from the plurality of smart devices; generate environment status information of the environment based on the processed environment data; and share at least a portion of the generated environment status information with the delivery entity for enhancing the delivery of the package by the delivery entity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computing system for enhancing delivery of a package by a delivery entity to a smart environment comprising a plurality of smart devices, the computing system comprising:
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a communication interface; and a processor operative to; receive environment data from the plurality of smart devices via the communication interface; process the received environment data; generate environment status information for the smart environment based on the processed environment data; and share at least a portion of the generated environment status information with the delivery entity via the communication interface for enhancing the delivery of the package by the delivery entity to the smart environment. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A system for enhancing delivery of a package by a delivery entity, the system comprising:
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a plurality of smart devices at an environment; and a computing system operative to; acquire package identification information associated with the package; receive environment data from at least one smart device of the plurality of smart devices; and define a mode setting that is associated with the acquired package identification information and with the environment, wherein the defined mode setting comprises status information based on the received environment data. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for enhancing delivery of a package by a delivery service-provider entity that comprises a delivery computing system to at least one smart environment that comprises at least one smart device, the method comprising:
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determining, at a server, environment status data of the at least one smart environment based on sensor data collected from the at least one smart device located in the at least one smart environment; and exposing, by the server, at least one application program interface for access by the delivery computing system of the delivery service-provider entity to identify at least a portion of the determined environment status data for the purpose of enhancing the delivery of the package by the delivery service-provider entity to the at least one smart environment. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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