Optimization of delivery to a recipient in a moving vehicle
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsTAKUYA MATSUNAGA, MASAKUNI OKADA, HAYATO UENOHARA, HIROKI YOSHINAGA
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Abstract
A method includes receiving a first signal originating from a first communication device located in a vehicle, the first signal indicating a requested product or service, a receiving time for the requested product or service, and a moving route of the vehicle, determining a receiving location of the requested product or service based on the receiving time and the moving route indicated by the first signal, and transmitting a second signal to a second communication device associated with the determined receiving location, the second signal indicating an instruction to prepare the requested product or service.
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A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor or programmable circuitry to cause the processor or programmable circuitry to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a first signal originating from a first communication device located in a vehicle, the first signal indicating a requested product or service, a receiving time for the requested product or service, and a moving route of the vehicle;
- determining a receiving location of the requested product or service based on the receiving time and the moving route indicated by the first signal;
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- transmitting a second signal to a second communication device associated with the determined receiving location, the second signal indicating an instruction to prepare the requested product or service.
An apparatus comprising:
- a memory having instructions;
- and
- a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a first signal originating from a first communication device located in a vehicle, the first signal indicating a requested product or service, a receiving time for the requested product or service, and a moving route of the vehicle;
- determining a receiving location of the requested product or service based on the receiving time and the moving route indicated by the first signal;
- and
- transmitting a second signal to a second communication device associated with the determined receiving location, the second signal indicating an instruction to prepare the requested product or service.
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