PICKUP COORDINATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A method of coordinating pickups, the method comprising:
- for each of a plurality of entities to be picked up, storing respective pickup instructions to at least one nontransitory computer-readable medium, the stored pickup instructions which specify an entity authorized to pick up the respective entity to be picked up; and
at least within a first threshold time of a scheduled pickup;
determining, by at least one processor, an estimated time to arrival of the entity authorized to pick up the respective entity to be picked up; and
providing, by at least one processor, the estimated time to arrival of the entity authorized to pick up the respective entity to be picked up to a device logically associated with a monitor entity that monitors the respective entity to be picked up until the respective entity to be picked up is picked up by the entity authorized to pick up the respective entity to be picked up.
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Abstract
A system that coordinates pickups of entities to be picked up includes a number of monitor devices, a number of authorized pickup entity devices, at least one communications network, at least one time to arrival estimation server, at least one coordination server, and at least one administration server. Each of the time to arrival estimation server, coordination server, and administration server may have respective databases stored on respective nontransitory computer- or processor-readable media. The coordination server permits interaction between the monitor devices and authorized pickup entity devices while maintaining privacy of entities logically associated with such devices and while addressing a plurality of technical problems that one of ordinary skill in the art may face when implementing the system that coordinates pickups.
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31 Claims
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1. A method of coordinating pickups, the method comprising:
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for each of a plurality of entities to be picked up, storing respective pickup instructions to at least one nontransitory computer-readable medium, the stored pickup instructions which specify an entity authorized to pick up the respective entity to be picked up; and at least within a first threshold time of a scheduled pickup; determining, by at least one processor, an estimated time to arrival of the entity authorized to pick up the respective entity to be picked up; and providing, by at least one processor, the estimated time to arrival of the entity authorized to pick up the respective entity to be picked up to a device logically associated with a monitor entity that monitors the respective entity to be picked up until the respective entity to be picked up is picked up by the entity authorized to pick up the respective entity to be picked up. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system that coordinates pickups, the system comprising:
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at least one processor; at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium which stores at least one of processor-executable instructions or data, which when executed by the at least one processor cause the at least one processor to; for each of a plurality of entities to be picked up, store respective pickup instructions to the at least one nontransitory computer-readable medium, the stored pickup instructions which specify an entity authorized to pick up the respective entity to be picked up; and at least within a first threshold time of a scheduled pickup; determine an estimated time to arrival of the entity authorized to pick up the respective entity to be picked up; and provide the estimated time to arrival of the entity authorized to pick up the respective entity to be picked up to a device logically associated with a monitor entity that monitors the respective entity to be picked up until the respective entity to be picked up is picked up by the entity authorized to pick up the respective entity to be picked up. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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