Apparatus and method of notifying a party of a pending delivery or pickup
DCFirst Claim
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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Abstract
An apparatus and method for notifying a party of a pending delivery or pickup of an item. A mobile vehicle or carrier is equipped with a satellite receiver, a controller and a communicator. The mobile vehicle determines its location based on positioning signals received by the satellite receiver. The controller compares the current location of the vehicle to the location of the party receiving the delivery/pickup. The communicator conditionally communicates with the party to notify the party of the pending delivery/pickup.
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16 Claims
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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:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. 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:
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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 voice generator operating under control of the processor and operatively connected to said processor for automatically generating voice signals for communicating with said party; and a communicator operating under control of the processor for automatically communicating voice signals generated by said voice generator, 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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