Invention Application
- Patent Title: DETERMINING ESTIMATED PICK-UP/DELIVERY WINDOWS USING CLUSTERING
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Application No.: US15335799Application Date: 2016-10-27
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Publication No.: US20170262803A1Publication Date: 2017-09-14
- Inventor: Sumeet Pradeep Shroff , Issac Azar , Rosalie Piccione , Ed Hojecki , Brian Gerhard
- Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
- Main IPC: G06Q10/08
- IPC: G06Q10/08

Abstract:
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for determining delivery or pick-up windows. In one embodiment a method is provided comprising determining whether sufficient historical information/data to determine an estimated pick-up/delivery time is received for each weekday when deliveries are made and in response to determining that the sufficient historical information/data is available for a first weekday, determining an estimated pick-up/delivery time for the first serviceable point and for the first weekday based on the sufficient historical information/data for the first serviceable point and for the first weekday. Similarly, in response to determining that the sufficient historical information/data is not available for a second weekday, determining an estimated pick-up/delivery time for the first serviceable point and for the second weekday based on the first historical information/data.
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