SG11201906869UA - Express package delivery through recipient location detection - Google Patents

Abstract

ATaoBao app acquires \"recipient\" positioning (more than one) _ The courie conducts positioning (recipient address) 1047 Sending an express package There is an express package to be sent in a system Determine whether a recipient address is coincident with the \"red pie nt\" positioning 1107 The system plans a path 117 Confirm that someone is at home for receiving the express package 1027 1067 A courier delivers the express package according to the planned path The \"recipient\" receives a notification for home delivery of an express package (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 16 August 2018 (16.08.2018) WIP0 1 PCT ill IIIIIl °mons °nolo molommoioloimmlimio oimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/148207 Al (51) International Patent Classification: G06Q 10/08 (2012.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2018/017076 (22) International Filing Date: 06 February 2018 (06.02.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 201710066462.7 07 February 2017 (07.02.2017) CN 15/888,617 05 February 2018 (05.02.2018) US (71) Applicant: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED [ /US]; Fourth Floor, One Capital Place, P.O. Box 847, George Town, Grand Cayman (KY). (72) Inventor: JIN, Wenbin; c/o Ants Patent Team, 17F Build- ing B, Huanglong Times Plaza, No. 18 Wantang Road, Hangzhou, 310099 (CN). (74) Agent: STALFORD, Terry, J. et al.; Fish & Richardson P.C., P.O. Box 1022, Minneapolis, MN 55440-1022 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (54) Title: EXPRESS PACKAGE DELIVERY THROUGH RECIPIENT LOCATION DETECTION FIG. 1 100 (57) : An express package delivery request is received from a courier terminal that indicates identifier information of a courier N and first positioning information corresponding to a location of the courier. The express package delivery content information corre- O sponding to a recipient address is retrieved from a database. The identifier information of the courier and the first positioning informa- cc tion corresponding to the location of the courier is determined to be within proximity to the retrieved recipient address. The second positioning information of a recipient that can receive an express package is determined corresponding to an account in the retrieved express package delivery content information. A notification is provided to the courier terminal to deliver the express package identified 00 in the express package delivery request if the determined second positioning information of the recipient coincides with the retrieved O recipient address. O [Continued on next page] WO 2018/148207 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIREEMOMMIVEIMIIHIENVOIS (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))