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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Stamps.com Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Charles John Atkinson, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Michael John Biswas, Los Angeles, CA (US);
John Roland Clem, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
STAMPS.COM INC., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention would project a route and a delivery schedule for relevant mail pieces and would monitor carrier-recorded tracking events for those mail pieces to determine whether or not actual tracking events are following the projected route and the projected schedule, and/or whether or not issues that might impact their delivery and/or their delivery schedule, may have arisen along their projected route; such exemplary embodiments would provide an alert to the relevant user(s) and/or other authorized parties and/or relevant carrier(s) and would facilitate user interaction by the relevant user(s) and/or parties to provide intercept and/or rescue and/or confiscation instructions; exemplary embodiments would facilitate automatic interfaces with the relevant carriers and delivery services for the subject mail piece to resolve rescue, item loss, insurance coverage, postage refund, intervention and/or confiscation instructions and issues.