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US 10,592,844 B2Granted
Managing notifications of a delivery method based on an active device
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsRaghuram Satyanarayana Rao, Chinmay Hemant Bhagwat, Alan Kipust, Pragyana K. Mishra, Debanjan Mukherjee, Thomas Matthew Ryle
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Abstract
Techniques for managing notifications may be described. In an example, the notifications may relate to an item and may be provided to a user device. An active device may be associated with the item. The active device may store a token for communication with a local area network associated with a location. Based on the communication, a determination may be made that the item may be in proximity to the location. Corresponding notifications may be sent to the user device.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a computer system associated with an electronic marketplace, the computer system configured to provide notifications to a user device about a delivery of an item to a destination associated with the user device, the item available from the electronic marketplace;
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- an active tag configured to attach to a holder of the item for the delivery, the active tag storing a token associated with the delivery, the token configured to facilitate a communication between the active tag and a node of a local area network associated with the destination, wherein:
- the computer system generates a first notification for the user device about a loading of the item on a delivery vehicle, the first notification based at least in part on a first communication link between the active tag and a delivery device associated with the delivery vehicle, and
- the computer system generates a second notification for the user device about a drop-off of the item at the destination, the second notification based at least in part on a second communication link between the active tag and the node of the local area network and on a determination that the second communication link was maintained for a pre-defined period of time, the second communication link established based at least in part on a transmission of the token by the active tag to the node and on an authentication of the active tag by the node, the authentication using the token.
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A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- providing, by a computer system to an active device, a token associated with a delivery of an item to or from a location, the active device attached to at least one of the item or a holder of the item for the delivery;
- receiving, by the computer system from a delivery device associated with a delivery vehicle, an identifier associated with the active device based at least in part on a proximity of the active device and the delivery device;
- determining, by the computer system, a start of the delivery based at least in part on receiving the identifier;
- providing, by the computer system to a user device associated with the delivery, information about the start of the delivery;
- receiving, by the computer system from a node of a local area network associated with at the location, an indication about an event that is associated with the delivery at the location, the indication based at least in part on a communication link between the active device and the node and on a determination that the communication link was maintained for a pre-defined period of time, the communication link established based at least in part on a transmission of the token by the active device to the node and on an authentication of the active device by the node, the authentication using the token;
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- providing, by the computer system to the user device associated with the delivery, information the indication about the event.
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One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing instructions that, upon execution on a system, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
- providing, to an active device, a token associated with a delivery of an item to or from a location, the active device attached to at least one of the item or a holder of the item for the delivery;
- receiving, from a delivery device associated with a delivery vehicle, an identifier associated with the active device based at least in part on a proximity of the active device and the delivery device;
- determining a start of the delivery based at least in part on receiving the identifier;
- providing, to a user device associated with the delivery, information about the start of the delivery;
- receiving, from a node of a local area network at the location, an indication about an event that is associated with the delivery at the location, the indication based at least in part on a communication link between the active device and the node and on a determination that the communication link was maintained for a pre-defined period of time, the communication link established based at least in part on a transmission of the token by the active device to the node and on an authentication of the active device by the node, the authentication using the token;
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- providing, to the user device associated with the delivery, the indication about the event.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.