Systems and methods of managing the capacity of attended delivery/pickup locations

The computer system of claim 3, wherein the one or more characteristics of the one or more parcels associated with the first parcel recipient are characteristics selected from the group consisting of:

• (A) an estimated volume of the one or more parcels;
• (B) an estimated density of the one or more parcels;
• (C) an estimated weight of the one or more parcels;
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• (D) estimated dimensions of the one or more parcels.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer executable instructions for:

• (A) receiving a request to have one or more parcels associated with a particular parcel recipient of a plurality of parcel recipients delivered to a particular attended delivery/pickup location, wherein:
• i) the particular attended delivery/pickup location comprises an area for storing one or more parcels for pickup by the plurality of parcel recipients;
• ii) the particular attended delivery/pickup location is not a residence or employer associated with the particular parcel recipient;
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• iii) the request to have the one or more parcels delivered to the particular attended delivery/pickup location comprises:
• a) an estimated delivery time of the one or more parcels;
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• b) an estimated volume of the one or more parcels;
• (B) receiving capacity information associated with the particular attended delivery/pickup location, wherein the capacity information comprises:
• i) a maximum capacity of the area for accepting one or more parcels for pickup;
• ii) a number of one or more parcels currently stored at the particular attended delivery/pickup location;
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• iii) an average time one or more parcels are stored at the storage area;
• (C) at least partially in response to receiving the request for having the one or more parcels associated the particular parcel recipient delivered to the particular attended delivery/pickup location, determining whether the particular attended delivery/pickup location will accept the one or more parcels associated with the particular parcel recipient based at least in part on:
• i) the estimated volume of the one or more parcels;
• ii) the estimated delivery time of the one or more parcels;
• iii) the maximum capacity of the area for accepting one or more parcels for pickup;
• iv) the number of one or more parcels currently stored at the particular attended delivery/pickup location;
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• v) the average time one or more parcels are stored at the storage area;
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• (D) at least partially in response to determining that the particular attended delivery/pickup location will not accept the one or more parcels associated with the particular parcel recipient, facilitating directing the one or more parcels to a predetermined alternative attended delivery/pickup location.

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• (A) receiving, by at least one processor, capacity information associated with each of a plurality of attended delivery/pickup locations, wherein the attended delivery/pickup locations comprise businesses not primarily for receiving parcels;
• (B) receiving, by at least one processor, an estimated storage time for an average parcel for each of the plurality of attended delivery/pickup locations, wherein the estimated storage time for the average parcel for each of the plurality of attended delivery/pickup locations is based at least in part on:
• i) a number of parcels delivered to the plurality of attended delivery/pickup locations for a predetermined period of time;
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• ii) an average storage time for the number of parcels delivered to the plurality of delivery/pickup locations for the predetermined period of time;
• (C) receiving, by at least one processor, delivery information associated with one or more parcels associated with a particular parcel recipient, wherein the delivery information comprises:
• i) an estimated time of delivery;
• ii) an estimated volume of the one or more parcels;
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• iii) an indication of a particular attended delivery/pickup location of the plurality of attended delivery/pickup locations in which the particular parcel recipient desires to pick up the one or more parcels;
• (D) calculating, by at least one processor, an approximate capacity of the particular delivery/pickup location at the estimated time of delivery of the one or more parcels based at least in part on:
• i) the capacity information associated with the particular attended delivery/pickup location;
• ii) the estimated storage time for the average parcel for the particular attended delivery/pickup location;
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• (E) determining, by at least one processor, whether the particular delivery/pickup location will have sufficient capacity to receive the one or more parcels associated with the particular parcel recipient at the estimated time of delivery based at least in part on estimating the capacity of the particular delivery/pickup location;
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• (F) at least partially in response to determining that the particular delivery/pickup location will not have sufficient capacity of receive the one or more parcels associated with the particular parcel recipient at the estimated time of delivery, facilitating routing the one or more parcels associated with the particular parcel recipient to an alternative attended delivery/pickup location of the plurality of attended delivery/pickup locations.