Blockchain system and method for calculating location of time-crucial shipments according to expectation and smart contracts

A blockchain method for determining the location of a shipment relative to its expected location comprising:

• providing a positioning device adapted for being attached to, adhered to or placed within package(s);
• providing a remote computer, wherein the remote computer is configured for use in connection with a package in-process of being delivered, or being prepared for, staged for, or in-transit of delivery;
• the positioning device comprising:
• a wireless Bluetooth radio module adapted to electronically pair and exchange data between a Bluetooth-enabled positioning device and remote device(s) for multipoint wireless Bluetooth data sharing between a mobile phone, scanner, and/or other Bluetooth-enabled device(s) in range of positioning device;
• and
• wherein the remote device(s) communicate(s) a transmitted package ID and paired associated identification and data transmission(s) received from the Bluetooth-enabled positioning device and/or other reported Bluetooth module data to the remote computer;
• and the remote computer comprising:
• a transit plan schedule database derived from package or other shipment identification data including:
• the paired and associated positioning device, delivery destination and/or a time-crucial delivery expectation(s);
• and
• a processor programmed to determine and report location(s) and time of the Bluetooth-enabled positioning device(s) when entering/exiting a defined Point of Interest geographical area boundary;
• comparing in the remote computer(s) the determined location of the Bluetooth positioning device to an expected location and/or delivery expectation(s) based on common carrier shipment transit plan schedule(s) and/or in-transit package shipment location(s) received from the device and/or location database sources and,
• communicating in real time or near real-time to users that include:
• a common carrier and/or other shipping parties in the chain of custody of a package in-transit, or by data storage into one or more database system(s):
• the reported Point of Interest entering/exiting area boundary informational alerts, notifications or system determined exception(s) to on-schedule delivery expectations(s), and for the remote computer to notify when there is a problem or exception with shipment;
• and
• connecting the package positioning device reported data to enterprise application(s) for the enterprise application(s) and/or system(s) to determine and communicate by machine notification interface when package is not proceeding according to expectation schedule and/or has related shipment exception(s);
• and
• further communicating by the remote computer, the determined location(s) and/or exception(s) based on a blockchain database system with ownership and location journey of package shipment shared and managed in an immutable and distributed ledger.

A system for determining the location of a shipment relative to its expected location comprising:

• a positioning device adapted for being attached to, adhered to or placed within package(s);
• and
• a remote computer;
• the device comprising:
• a wireless telecommunication radio module adapted to receive signal(s) and associated identification data from a mobile carrier network signal receiving antenna(s);
• a radio module with antenna which connects to mobile carrier networks;
• and
• a microcontroller programmed to transmit via the radio module to the remote computer the received signal and identification data from the mobile carrier network antenna(s);
• the remote computer comprising:
• a transit plan schedule database derived from shipment identification data including:
• the device, shipper, ship date, carrier, destination and/or a delivery location;
• a cell tower network location database;
• a radio module and network gateway that includes access to a cellular tower network connected to at least one of:
• a GSM, CDMA, 3G, LTE, 5G, LTE-M1, NB-IoT, or other wireless network;
• and
• a processor programmed to calculate a location of the device reported from the received mobile carrier signal data, the cell tower network location database(s), and the transmitted shipment identification data;
• wherein the remote computer(s) compares the determined location to an expected location based on common carrier shipment transit plan schedule(s) and/or delivery location(s) received from database sources;
• and
• connects to a web services or API to submit short message data that include the received wireless telecommunication radio module data to obtain geographic location, latitude and longitude, and/or indoor location data by a secure M2M/IoT cloud application for the connecting of positioning device and shipment reported data to enterprise system application(s);
• and
• connects the package positioning device reported data to the enterprise application(s) and/or system(s) to determine and communicate that package is not proceeding according to expectation schedule and/or has related shipment exception(s);
• and
• for the enterprise application(s) or system(s) to determine and proactively communicate by machine notification interface when package is not proceeding according to expectation schedule and/or has related shipment exception(s).