METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME UPDATE, TRACKING, AND NOTIFICATION OF PACKAGE DELIVERY

• US 20180330320A1
• Filed: 05/12/2017
• Published: 11/15/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2017
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mastercard International Incorporated (MasterCard Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Mastercard International Incorporated (MasterCard Incorporated)
• Inventors: KOHLI, Manoneet
• Application Number:
  US15/593,784
• Publication Number:
  US 20180330320A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0833 Tracking

Abstract

A method for package delivery notification includes: storing a predetermined distance and a time interval; receiving a first device identifier of a first computing device associated with purchase of a product for delivery; receiving a second device identifier of a second computing device associated with delivery of the product; receiving a first location notification including the first device identifier and a first geographic location, and a second location notification including the second device identifier and a second geographic location; calculating a distance between the first geographic location and the second geographic location; and repeating receipt of the first location notification and second location notification after subsequent time intervals if the calculated distance is greater than the predetermined distance, or transmitting a notification message to the first computing device indicating that the product is within the predetermined distance of the first computing device.

Claims

1. A method for package delivery notification, comprising:

storing, in a memory of a processing server, a predetermined distance and a time interval;

receiving, by a receiving device of the processing server, a first device identifier of a first computing device associated with purchase of a product for delivery;

receiving, by the receiving device of the processing server, a second device identifier of a second computing device associated with delivery of the product;

receiving, by the receiving device of the processing server after the time interval, a first location notification including at least the first device identifier and a first geographic location, and

a second location notification including at least the second device identifier and a second geographic location;

calculating, by a calculation module of the processing server, a distance between the first geographic location and the second geographic location; and

repeating receipt of the first location notification and second location notification after subsequent time intervals if the calculated distance is greater than the predetermined distance, or

electronically transmitting, by a transmitting device of the processing server, a notification message to the first computing device indicating that the product is within the predetermined distance of the first computing device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing, in the memory of the processing server, a delivery location.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

executing, by a querying module of the processing server, a query on the memory to update the delivery location with an updated delivery address; and

electronically transmitting, by the transmitting device of the processing server, an update message to the second computing device, wherein the update message includes the updated delivery address.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the updated delivery address is the first geographic location.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving, by the receiving device of the processing server, a location update notification from the first computing device, wherein the location update notification includes the updated delivery address.

6. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

calculating, by the calculation module of the processing server after each time interval, a distance between the delivery location and the second geographic location, wherein

receipt of the first location notification and second location notification after subsequent time intervals is repeated if the calculated distance between the first geographic location and the second geographic location and the calculated distance between the delivery location and the second geographic location is greater than the predetermined distance, and

the notification message indicates that the product is within the predetermined distance of the delivery location if the calculated distance between the delivery location and the second geographic location is less than the calculated distance between the first geographic location and the second geographic location.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein

the first location notification is received from the first computing device, and

the second location notification is received from the second computing device.

8. A system for package delivery notification, comprising:

a transmitting device of a processing server;

a calculation module of the processing server;

a memory of the processing server configured to store a predetermined distance and a time interval; and

a receiving device of the processing server configured to receive

a first device identifier of a first computing device associated with purchase of a product for delivery, and

a second device identifier of a second computing device associated with delivery of the product, wherein

the receiving device of the processing server is further configured to receive, after the time interval,

a first location notification including at least the first device identifier and a first geographic location, and

a second location notification including at least the second device identifier and a second geographic location,

the calculation module of the processing server is configured to calculate, after the time interval, a distance between the first geographic location and the second geographic location, and

the receiving device and the calculation module are further configured to repeat receipt of the first location notification and second location notification and calculation of the distance after subsequent time intervals if the calculated distance is greater than the predetermined distance, or

the transmitting device of the processing server is configured to electronically transmit a notification message to the first computing device indicating that the product is within the predetermined distance of the first computing device.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the memory of the processing server is further configured to store a delivery location.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

a querying module of the processing server configured to execute a query on the memory to update the delivery location with an updated delivery address, wherein

the transmitting device of the processing server is further configured to electronically transmit an update message to the second computing device, wherein the update message includes the updated delivery address.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the updated delivery address is the first geographic location.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the receiving device of the processing server is further configured to receive a location update notification from the first computing device, wherein the location update notification includes the updated delivery address.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein

the calculation module of the processing server is further configured to calculate, after each time interval, a distance between the delivery location and the second geographic location,

receipt of the first location notification and second location notification after subsequent time intervals is repeated if the calculated distance between the first geographic location and the second geographic location and the calculated distance between the delivery location and the second geographic location is greater than the predetermined distance, and

the notification message indicates that the product is within the predetermined distance of the delivery location if the calculated distance between the delivery location and the second geographic location is less than the calculated distance between the first geographic location and the second geographic location.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein

the first location notification is received from the first computing device, and

the second location notification is received from the second computing device.