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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021
Filed:
May. 19, 2017
United Parcel Service of America, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Sumeet Pradeep Shroff, Chamblee, GA (US);
Kenny Takano Takahashi, Sandy Springs, GA (US);
Jeffrey J. Horne, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Thomas V. Hoffmann, Atlanta, GA (US);
Michael J. Donohue, Cumming, GA (US);
Ferdinand So, Suwanee, GA (US);
Julian Pulfrey, Jacksonville, MD (US);
Michael Kerr, Owings Mills, MD (US);
Larry Augsburger, Freeland, MD (US);
Todd Brown, Fallston, MD (US);
Susan Ruggles, Westminster, MD (US);
Shane Hennessy, New Freedom, PA (US);
John Brelesky, Fallston, MD (US);
United Parcel Service of America, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
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.