Sharing location information with a recipient

US11151510B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC. · US

Inventors

• Sumeet Pradeep Shroff · Chamblee, US
• Kenny Takano Takahashi · Sandy Springs, US
• Jeffrey J. Horne · Alpharetta, US
• Thomas Hoffmann · Mooresville, US
• Michael Donohue · Cumming, US
• Ferdinand So · Suwanee, US
• Julian Pulfrey · Jacksonville, US
• Michael Kerr · Phelps, US
• Larry Augsburger · Freeland, US
• Todd Brown · Springfield, US
• Susan Ruggles · Westminster, US
• Shane Hennessy · New Freedom, US
• John Brelesky · Fallston, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 19, 2017
• Grant date: Oct 19, 2021
• Expiry date: Apr 14, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W4/40
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities for tracking an item delivery are provided. In one embodiment, an item is associated with a vehicle (e.g., manned or unmanned terrestrial vehicle, nautical vehicle, and/or aerial vehicle) by updating item data in a database. An item tracking session is then generated based on the item data. Upon the determination that session availability trigger has occurred, access to the item tracking session is provided to a user. Data representing an updated location of the delivery vehicle is then used to update the item data to indicate the current location of the item as the updated location of the vehicle.