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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2017
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromi Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Nakadai, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a delivery assistance device enabling shortening of the time required for delivery in purchase of an item by online shopping. This delivery assistance device is provided with: management means for managing stock information about stock of an item held by each of a plurality of traveling vehicles; first reception means for receiving current position information indicating a current position of the traveling vehicle; first transmission means for transmitting the stock information to a customer terminal; second reception means for receiving order information and delivery address information; specification means for specifying a traveling vehicle arriving earliest at the delivery address; and second transmission means for transmitting the order information to the specified traveling vehicle, wherein the management means updates the stock information about stock of an item held by the specified traveling vehicle, based on the order information.