Notification systems and methods that permit change of time information for delivery and/or pickup of goods and/or services

An automated notification system, comprising:

• a data manager that is operable to access information in memory;
• a monitoring module that is operable to access travel or location information associated with one or more mobile things (MTs);
• a message manager that is operable to cause communication of message information to one or more personal communications devices (PCDs);
• a response system feedback analyzer that is operable to analyze response information from the PCDs;
• and
• computer program code executed by one or more processors, the code comprising:
• instructions to engage in a first one or more data transfers with a first PCD for scheduling an order relating to arrival or departure of an MT at a stop location and to pickup or delivery of a good or service at the stop location;
• instructions to, during the first one or more data transfers, request and permit input or selection of time information relating to the pickup and/or delivery of the good and/or service at the stop location;
• instructions to permit the MT to arrive at or depart from the stop location based upon the input or selection of the time information;
• instructions to cause initiation of a second one or more data transfers with the first PCD or a second PCD designated during the first one or more data transfers, prior to expiration of the time information related to the pickup or delivery of the good or service at the stop location;
• instructions to, during the second one or more data transfers, permit a change to the time information associated with the order that was established during the first one or more data transfers;
• and
• instructions to permit the MT to arrive at or depart from the stop location at a later time based upon the change in the time information that was established during the second one or more data transfers.