Notification systems and methods with notifications based upon prior package delivery
Patent 6859722 Issued on February 22, 2005. Estimated Expiration Date: May 12, 2023. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
701/200, NAVIGATION701/201, Determination of travel data based on the start point and destination point701/204, Determination of E.T.A.340/989, At remote location340/994, Vehicle's arrival or expected arrival at remote location along route indicated at that remote location (e.g., bus arrival systems)340/996, Prerecorded message describes position342/357.07, Tracking or monitoring (i.e., lost or stolen vehicles)342/357.09, With transmission of location-indicative information to or from a remote station455/412.1, Message storage or retrieval455/414.2, User location independent information retrieval455/456.3, Position based personal service250/251, ELECTRICALLY NEUTRAL MOLECULAR OR ATOMIC BEAM DEVICES AND METHODS340/905, Highway information (e.g., weather, speed limits, etc.)379/119, Hardcopy record generating (e.g., ticket printing)379/126, Assembling billing record (e.g., automatic message account (AMA), call detail record (CDR), etc.)705/8, Allocating resources or scheduling for an administrative function209/3.1, Sorting special items or sorting by methods and apparatus includible in subclasses 509 through 707701/207, Employing position determining equipment340/904, Transmitter in one vehicle only379/427, Having plunger and lever linkage370/313, Portable address responsive receiver455/445, Call routing (e.g., to prevent backhaul, routing efficiency, least cost, or alternate routing)379/198, PBX342/457, Land vehicle location (e.g., bus, police car379/120, With line identification or class of service determination701/117, Traffic analysis or control of surface vehicle379/118, Identification of station700/219, Associating or disassociating plural articles379/116, Hardcopy record generating370/259, SPECIAL SERVICES705/400, FOR COST/PRICE705/34, Bill preparation701/209, Including route searching or determining device340/572.8, Specified device housing or attachment means701/202, Route pre-planning700/222, Monitoring or inspection (e.g., incomplete assembly)701/213, Using Global Positioning System (GPS)701/1, VEHICLE CONTROL, GUIDANCE, OPERATION, OR INDICATION340/988VEHICLE POSITION INDICATION
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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