DETERMINING DELIVERY WINDOWS FOR ITEM DELIVERY BASED ON CUSTOMER AND/OR ITEM LOCATION
First Claim
1. A method for determining a delivery time frame for an item to be delivered, the method comprising:
- receiving customer location information indicative of a customer location, the customer location information selected from the group consisting of entered information, customer profile information, or address information associated with a customer computing entity; and
determining one or more time frames from a plurality of carrier time frames in which delivery of the item is available based on the customer location.
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Abstract
Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for programmatically determining/identifying one or more delivery windows in which an item is available to be delivered and allowing customer selection of one of the delivery windows. One example embodiment may include a method comprising receiving customer location information indicative of a customer location and determining one or more time frames from a plurality of time frames in which delivery of the item is available based on the customer location. The method may also comprise allowing an authenticated customer access to each of one or more features of a carrier system via login information/data associated with the retailer system.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for determining a delivery time frame for an item to be delivered, the method comprising:
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receiving customer location information indicative of a customer location, the customer location information selected from the group consisting of entered information, customer profile information, or address information associated with a customer computing entity; and determining one or more time frames from a plurality of carrier time frames in which delivery of the item is available based on the customer location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus for determining a delivery time frame for an item to be delivered comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including program code, the at least one memory and the program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to at least:
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receive customer location information indicative of a customer location, the customer location information selected from the group consisting of entered information, customer profile information, or address information associated with a customer computing entity; and determine one or more time frames from a plurality of carrier time frames in which delivery of the item is available based on the customer location. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising for:
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receiving customer location information indicative of a customer location, the customer location information selected from the group consisting of entered information, customer profile information, or address information associated with a customer computing entity; and determining one or more time frames from a plurality of carrier time frames in which delivery of the item is available based on the customer location. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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