IP Library Patent Application 16507452
Patent Application
App. No. 16/507,452

Processing of Packages Deliveries

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App. No.
16/507,452
Abstract

A method for processing packages is provided. A package is received at an intermediate shipping site and a delivery authorization status corresponding to the package is determined based on a threshold of some characteristic of the package. The package is delivered if the authorization status is that delivery is acceptable and the package is not delivered if the authorization status is that delivery is not acceptable. The acceptability of the package for delivery is determined by a response that an addressee provides to an electronic message notification of package availability. The electronic response preferably contains some authenticating information regarding the package.

Claims (8)

1 . A system, comprising:

a hardware processor; and

a memory device, the memory device storing executable instructions, the executable instructions, when executed by the hardware processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:

optically scanning a package information encoded in a bar code associated with a delivery of a package;

receiving a message from a device associated with an addressee of the package;

comparing the package information encoded in the bar code to the message from the device associated with the addressee of the package;

determining a change for the delivery of the package based on the comparing of the package information encoded in the bar code to the message sent from the device associated with the addressee of the package; and

rerouting the delivery of the package in response to the determining of the change to the physical address.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 18, 2019
From: SILVER, EDWARD MICHAEL; ROBERTS, LINDA ANN; NGUYEN, HONG THI; ZELLNER, SAMUEL N.
To: BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050420/0952 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 18, 2019
From: AT&T DELAWARE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Reel/Frame 050421/0369 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 18, 2019
From: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
To: SHOPIFY, INC.
Reel/Frame 050421/0503 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 18, 2019
From: BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
Reel/Frame 050425/0029 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 18, 2019
From: AT&T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
To: AT&T DELAWARE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
Reel/Frame 050425/0048 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 18, 2019
From: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
To: AT&T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
Reel/Frame 050427/0163 →