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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2014
United Parcel Service of America, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Andy Tibbs, Roswell, GA (US);
John Slayton, Brookhaven, GA (US);
Sumeet Shroff, Atlanta, GA (US);
Chris Grubb, Dallas, GA (US);
Linda Touch, Roswell, GA (US);
Mark Estes, Sandy Springs, GA (US);
Robbyn Usherwood, Alpharetta, GA (US);
United Parcel Service of America, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A system, in various embodiments, is configured to redirect undeliverable parcels to alternate delivery locations. The parcels may be undeliverable due to an unavailability of an intended recipient of the parcels to sign for the parcels or otherwise take delivery of the parcels at the delivery address. The system may be configured to determine a suitable alternate delivery location based at least in part on: one or more parcel recipient preferences, one or more parcel shipper preferences, a location of the delivery address, etc. The system may be further configured to notify the parcel recipient of a redirection of the parcel to the alternate delivery address.