Method And System For Anticipatory Package Shipping
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsJoel R. Spiegel, Michael T. McKenna, Girish S. Lakshman, Paul G. Nordstrom
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Abstract
A method and system for anticipatory package shipping are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method may include packaging one or more items as a package for eventual shipment to a delivery address, selecting a destination geographical area to which to ship the package, shipping the package to the destination geographical area without completely specifying the delivery address at time of shipment, and while the package is in transit, completely specifying the delivery address for the package.
Claims28
-20. (canceled)
A system, comprising:
- a first computer system configured to identify a destination geographical area to which to ship a package comprising one or more items destined for eventual shipment to a delivery address;
- and
- a second computer system configured to communicate with said first computer system via a network;
- wherein, subsequent to said package being shipped to said destination geographical area without said delivery address being completely specified at time of shipment, said first computer system is further configured to convey a complete specification of said delivery address to said second computer system;
- and
- wherein, in response to receiving said complete specification of said delivery address, said second computer system is further configured to assign said delivery address to said package.
A computer-accessible medium comprising program instructions, wherein the program instructions are computer-executable to:
- identify a destination geographical area to which to ship a package comprising one or more items destined for eventual shipment to a delivery address;
- subsequent to said package being shipped to said destination geographical area without said delivery address being completely specified at time of shipment, convey a complete specification of said delivery address to a common carrier;
- and
- direct said common carrier to assign said delivery address to said package.
-70. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.