Granted Patent B2

US 12,210,996 · App. 17/986,534 · Granted Jan 28, 2025

Inventor: Jay Christian Staples (Duluth, GA)

Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.

G06Q10/083

Abstract

Claims (45)

1. A method comprising:

detecting, via at least one of one or more telematics sensors associated with a vehicle or a mobile computing entity being used by an operator of the vehicle, occurrences of a plurality of trigger events during a time the vehicle is on a route to a serviceable address for delivery of an item, wherein each trigger event of the plurality of trigger events comprises at least one of determining that the vehicle has entered or exited a street network, placing the vehicle in a park position, or starting the vehicle;

responsive to detecting each occurrence of the plurality of trigger events, collecting via a location sensor associated with the vehicle, a geo coordinate sample;

obtaining, via one or more processors, the geo coordinate sample collected for each of the plurality of trigger events;

determining, via the one or more processors, a geographic classification for the serviceable address;

based at least in part on the geographic classification, determining, via the one or more processors, a zone of confidence, wherein the serviceable address is associated with a reference latitude and a reference longitude, and the zone of confidence is indicative of a geographical area defined with respect to the reference latitude and the reference longitude within which delivery of the item is acceptable;

comparing, via the one or more processors, the geo coordinate sample for each of the plurality of trigger events to the reference latitude and the reference longitude to determine a quantity of the plurality of trigger events that has occurred within the zone of confidence;

based at least in part on the quantity of the plurality of trigger events that has occurred within the zone of confidence, determining; via the one or more processors, a confidence rating, wherein the confidence rating corresponds to a calculated level of confidence that the item has been delivered to the serviceable address; and

responsive to determining the confidence rating, assigning, via the one or more processors, the confidence rating for delivery of the item to the serviceable address, wherein assigning the confidence rating for delivery of the item to the serviceable address enables at least one of a carrier computing entity or a retailer computing entity to access, via one or more Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), the confidence rating.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the zone of confidence is a specific distance or tolerance from the reference latitude and the reference longitude based on the geographic classification.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the geographic classification is one of: super urban, urban, suburban, rural, and super rural.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the zone of confidence is a defined area outside of the serviceable address.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the zone of confidence is defined based on latitude and longitude coordinates of a center of the defined area.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: based at least in part on assigning the confidence rating to delivery of the item to the serviceable address, enabling at least one of the carrier computing entity or the retailer computing entity to access or retrieve an indicator of the confidence rating for delivery of the item using a unique identifier.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the zone of confidence includes a plurality of addresses, and in response to delivering the item within the zone of confidence at any location, an inference is made that the item has been delivered to the serviceable address.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating a confidence indicator indicative of a confidence level that a trigger event, of the plurality of trigger events, occurred within the zone of confidence.

9. A system comprising:

at least one telematics sensor associated with a vehicle that is configured to detect occurrences of a plurality of trigger events during a time the vehicle is on a route to a serviceable address for delivery of an item, wherein each trigger event of the plurality of trigger events comprises at least one of determining that the vehicle has entered or exited a street network, placing the vehicle in a park position, or starting the vehicle;

a location sensor associated with the vehicle that is configured to, responsive to detecting each occurrence of the plurality of trigger events, collect a geo coordinate sample; and

at least one processor and at least one memory including program code, the at least one memory and the program code configured to cause the at least one processor to at least:

obtain the geo coordinate sample for each of the plurality of trigger events;

determine a geographic classification for the serviceable address;

based at least in part on the geographic classification, determine a zone of confidence, wherein the serviceable address is associated with a reference latitude and a reference longitude, and the zone of confidence is indicative of a geographical area defined with respect to the reference latitude and the reference longitude within which delivery of the item is acceptable;

compare the geo coordinate sample for each of the plurality of trigger events to the reference latitude and the reference longitude to determine a quantity of the plurality of trigger events that has occurred within the zone of confidence;

based at least in part on the quantity of the plurality of trigger events that has occurred within the zone of confidence, determine a confidence rating, wherein the confidence rating corresponds to a calculated level of confidence that the item has been delivered to the serviceable address; and

responsive to determining the confidence rating, assign the confidence rating for delivery of the item to the serviceable address.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the zone of confidence is a specific distance or tolerance from the reference latitude and the reference longitude based on the geographic classification.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the geographic classification is one of: super urban, urban, suburban, rural, and super rural.

12. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the zone of confidence is a defined area outside of the serviceable address.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the zone of confidence is defined based on latitude and longitude coordinates of a center of the defined area.

14. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is further caused to at least, based on assigning the confidence rating for delivery of the item to the serviceable address, enable at least one of a carrier computing entity or a retailer computing entity to access or retrieve an indicator of the confidence rating for delivery of the item using a unique identifier.

15. The system of claim 9 , wherein the zone of confidence includes a plurality of addresses, and in response to delivering the item within the zone of confidence at any location, an inference is made that the item has been delivered to the serviceable address.

16. A system comprising:

a mobile computing entity being used by an operator of a vehicle that is configured to detect occurrences of a plurality of trigger events during a time the vehicle is on a route to a serviceable address for delivery of an item, wherein each trigger event of the plurality of trigger events comprises at least one of determining that the vehicle has entered or exited a street network, placing the vehicle in a park position, or starting the vehicle;

a location sensor associated with the vehicle that is configured to, responsive to detecting each occurrence of the plurality of trigger events, collect a geo coordinate sample; and

at least one processor and at least one memory including program code, that at least one memory and the program code configured to cause the at least one processor to at least:

obtain the geo coordinate sample for each of the plurality of events;

determine a geographic classification for the serviceable address;

based at least in part on the geographic classification, determine a zone of confidence, wherein the serviceable address is associated with a reference latitude and a reference longitude, and the zone of confidence is indicative of a geographical area defined with respect to the reference latitude and the reference longitude within which delivery of the item is acceptable;

compare the geo coordinate sample for each of the plurality of trigger events to the reference latitude and the reference longitude to determine a quantity of the plurality of trigger events that has occurred within the zone of confidence;

based at least in part on the quantity of the plurality of trigger events that has occurred within the zone of confidence, determine a confidence rating, wherein the confidence rating corresponds to a calculated level of confidence that the item has been delivered to the serviceable address; and

responsive to determining the confidence rating, assign the confidence rating for delivery of the item to the serviceable address.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the zone of confidence is a specific distance or tolerance from the reference latitude and the reference longitude based on the geographic classification.

18. The system of claim 16 , wherein the geographic classification is one of: super urban, urban, suburban, rural, or super rural.

19. The system of claim 16 , wherein the at least one processor is further caused to at least, based on assigning the confidence rating for delivery of the item to the serviceable address, enable at least one of a carrier computing entity or a retailer computing entity to access or retrieve an indicator of the confidence rating for delivery of the item using a unique identifier.

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