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US 5,831,860 AGranted
Package special delivery service
AssigneeAT&T Corp.
InventorsMark Jeffrey Foladare, Shelley B. Goldman, David Phillip Silverman
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AssigneeAT&T Corp.
InventorsMark Jeffrey Foladare, Shelley B. Goldman, David Phillip Silverman
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It is possible to redirect a package in mid-transit, so as to deliver it to the addressee who will not be at the location to which the package was originally addressed when the package would otherwise be delivered. To do so, a package carrier, prior to delivering a package to an address specified by the sender, determines if the addressee desires the package to be rerouted to a different address. This determination is prompted by detection of the fact that the addressee is not in the vicinity of the address specified by the sender. The location of the addressee is determined from the location of a two-way pager associated with the addressee as detected by a paging antenna, e.g., tower, of a conventional two-way paging. A comparison is made between the location of the addressee and the address specified by the sender. If there is a disparity and the addressee subscribes to the package special delivery redirection service, the package is then processed according to the instructions of the addressee. One instruction that can be left by the addressee is to call the addressee and ask if he wishes the package to be redirected, and, if so, what should be the new address. Another instruction that can be left by the addressee is to automatically reroute the package to a destination which may be determined as a function of the location of the addressee.
A method for routing a package comprising the steps of:
An apparatus for routing a package comprising:
An apparatus for routing a package, said apparatus comprising:
A method for use in routing a package by a package carrier, said method comprising the steps of:
An apparatus for use in arranging for the delivery of a package, said apparatus comprising:
An apparatus for use in arranging for the delivery of a package, said apparatus comprising:
The apparatus as defined in claim l7 wherein said means for causing includes means for communicating with said intended recipient to determine if said intended recipient intends to be at said associated address at the scheduled time of delivery.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.