Notification systems and methods with notifications based upon prior package delivery
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1. A method for an automated notification system, the method comprising the steps of:
- maintaining at a host computer system delivery information identifying a plurality of packages to be delivered or services to be provided;
storing user defined preferences data in memory associated with the host computer system;
monitoring at a host computer system travel data associated with a vehicle transporting the packages or transporting a party that is to provide the services; and
based upon an indication associated with a first delivery of a first package or of a first service by the vehicle and based upon the user preferences data, initiating at the host computer system a communication to a remote general-purpose communications device associated with a second party associated with a subsequent second delivery to notify the second party of impending arrival of the vehicle for delivery of a subsequent second package or of a subsequent second service, wherein the remote general-purpose communications device associated with the second party is designed to communicate with other communications devices that are undedicated to the automated notification system.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed for maintaining a delivery list having a plurality of packages, for monitoring travel data associated with a vehicle in relation to the delivery list, and for sending, before, during, or after a delivery has been made, a communication to a party associated with a subsequent delivery to notify the party of impending arrival.
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1. A method for an automated notification system, the method comprising the steps of:
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maintaining at a host computer system delivery information identifying a plurality of packages to be delivered or services to be provided;
storing user defined preferences data in memory associated with the host computer system;
monitoring at a host computer system travel data associated with a vehicle transporting the packages or transporting a party that is to provide the services; and
based upon an indication associated with a first delivery of a first package or of a first service by the vehicle and based upon the user preferences data, initiating at the host computer system a communication to a remote general-purpose communications device associated with a second party associated with a subsequent second delivery to notify the second party of impending arrival of the vehicle for delivery of a subsequent second package or of a subsequent second service, wherein the remote general-purpose communications device associated with the second party is designed to communicate with other communications devices that are undedicated to the automated notification system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system comprising:
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means for maintaining at a host computer system delivery information identifying a plurality of packages to be delivered or services to be provided;
means for storing user defined preferences data in memory associated with the host computer system;
means for monitoring at a host computer system travel data associated with a vehicle transporting the packages or transporting a party that is to provide the services; and
means for, based upon an indication associated with a first delivery of a first package or of a first service by the vehicle and based upon the user preferences data, initiating at the host computer system a communication to a remote general-purpose communications device associated with a second party associated with a subsequent second delivery to notify the second party of impending arrival of the vehicle for delivery of a subsequent second package or of a subsequent second service, wherein the remote general-purpose communications device associated with the second party is designed to communicate with other communications devices that are undedicated to the system. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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