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Apparatus and method of notifying a party of a pending delivery or pickup

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  • US 5,648,770 A
  • Filed: 04/06/1995
  • Issued: 07/15/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/14/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus located on a mobile vehicle for providing separate notices to each of a plurality of parties of a pending delivery/pickup of a different item, each said item being uniquely associated with one of said parties, said apparatus comprising:

  • a satellite receiver for receiving positioning signals from a plurality of satellites;

    a storage device for storing the location of each said party;

    a processor electrically connected to said storage device and said satellite receiver, said processor programmed to perform the following steps for each said item;

    a) determining a current location of the mobile vehicle based upon the received positioning signals;

    b) selecting an item;

    c) comparing the current location of the mobile vehicle to the location of the party associated with said selected item;

    a communicator operating under control of the processor for automatically communicating, based upon said step of comparing, a signal via a cellular communications network from the mobile vehicle to each said party to notify each said party of the pending delivery/pickup of the item uniquely associated with that party.

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