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- Patent Title: Systems and methods of delivering parcels using attended delivery/pickup locations
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Application No.: US14199787Application Date: 2014-03-06
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Publication No.: US10521761B2Publication Date: 2019-12-31
- Inventor: Daniel Lievens , Vincent Dethier , Peter Henderickx , Luc Pirenne , Denis Payre
- Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
- Current Assignee: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
- Main IPC: G06Q10/08
- IPC: G06Q10/08 ; G06Q30/02 ; G06Q10/02 ; G06Q10/06 ; G06Q50/28 ; G06Q20/40

Abstract:
Systems and methods for facilitating delivery of parcels to, from, and between attended delivery/pickup locations. In various embodiments, the attended delivery/pickup locations may be associated with brick-and-mortar retail locations and used to facilitate inventory transfer between locations, shipment of goods purchased at the brick-and-mortar-retail locations to other attended delivery/pickup locations or other locations, and to receive delivery of parcels sent from any suitable location. In some embodiments, the attended delivery/pickup locations are configured to receive shipments of items ordered from online retail websites. In other embodiments, the attended delivery/pickups locations are associated with shopping centers and configured to facilitate shipment of items purchased at the associated shopping centers.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140279664A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DELIVERING PARCELS USING ATTENDED DELIVERY/PICKUP LOCATIONS Public/Granted day:2014-09-18
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