Abstract:
A processing system including at least one processor may obtain information regarding an exchange of an item, the exchange having a sterilization requirement for the exchange, and may identify a network-connected storage locker having at least one sterilization component that is capable of fulfilling the sterilization requirement and that is available for assignment to the exchange. The processing system may then transmit a first notification to the network-connected storage locker of a reservation of the network-connected storage locker for the exchange and transmit to a computing system associated with a source of the item a second notification of the reservation of the network-connected storage locker for the exchange.
Abstract:
The present invention is a system and method for conducting survey using wireless devices. The system architecture of the present invention comprises a location server and a location system. The location server can receive a survey request from a subscriber, delineate a survey area for the survey, broadcast a query containing the survey to a plurality of wireless devices, process responses received from the wireless devices, and deliver a result of the survey to the subscriber. The location system can generate location information for each of the wireless devices that received the query. The location system may be a network-based unit or a portable unit provisioned at each of the wireless devices. In one of the embodiments, the location system is a GPS receiver that generates the longitude and the latitude of the wireless devices at which it is provisioned.
Abstract:
A processing system including at least one processor may monitor a condition of a premises during a time period via at least one sensor, where at least one user is permitted a use of the premises during the time period, detect a change in the condition of the premises during the time period via the at least one sensor, determine a violation of at least one rule relating to the use of the premises by the at least one user, wherein the violation is indicated by the change in the condition, and generate an alert of the violation of the at least one rule relating to the use of the premises by the at least one user.
Abstract:
A processing system including at least one processor may gather first imaging data associated with an infrastructure item via at least a first imaging device, where the first imaging data represents a first condition of the infrastructure item, and gather second imaging data associated with the infrastructure item via at least a second imaging device, where at least one of the at least the first imaging device or the at least the second imaging device is mounted on a vehicle, and where the infrastructure item is visible from a road on which the vehicle operates. The processing system may then determine a second condition of the infrastructure item in accordance with the second imaging data, where the second condition comprises a potentially unsafe condition of the infrastructure item, and generate a report of the potentially unsafe condition of the infrastructure item in response to the determining.
Abstract:
A processing system including at least one processor may identify a demand for a plurality of types of items in an area that is assigned to a delivery vehicle, determine a first route to traverse the area to maximize a fulfillment of the demand, identify items from the plurality of types of items to load onto the delivery vehicle, and dispatch the delivery vehicle on a first trip over the first route, the delivery vehicle carrying the items that are identified.
Abstract:
A processing system including at least one processor may obtain a taste palate profile of a user, wherein the taste palate profile of the user comprises rankings for a plurality of aspects of taste, identify at least one menu item matching the taste palate profile of the user, and provide a menu for the user, where the menu includes an indicator of the at least one menu item matching the taste palate profile of the user.
Abstract:
A processing system may track a location of a user on a journey in connection with an associated group of transport units having commenced a shipment from a same origin to a same destination in a shipping network, detect at least one change related to the journey comprising at least one of: that the location of the user deviates from an expected location or that a user itinerary has changed, and divert the group of transport units in the shipping network, in response to the detecting the at least one change, the diverting comprising transmitting at least one instruction to cause at least one visual display characteristic to be presented when one or more of the transport units are viewed via an augmented reality endpoint device, the at least one visual display characteristic distinguishing the group of transport units from other transport units that are not in the group.
Abstract:
A processing system including at least one processor may capture a video of a preparation area for a consumable item, may identify at least one item in the video, the at least one item comprising at least one of: at least one ingredient of the consumable item, or at least one tool for preparing the consumable item, and may identify annotation content for the at least one item. The processing system may then modify the video to generate a modified video that includes a visual marker associated with the annotation content and present the modified video via a device associated with a user to be served the consumable item.
Abstract:
A location query service is disclosed. The service provides requestors with a location of a device. The service receives a location query from a requestor, retrieves location information associated with the network user, and returns the location information to the requestor. Before returning the location information to the requestor, the service is configured, in some embodiments, to authenticate that the requestor is authorized by the network user to receive the network user's location information. Methods for providing a location query service also are disclosed.
Abstract:
Identity-blocking services are provided. The current physical location of a mobile device may be disclosed to a third party without sending any identity information of the mobile subscriber to the third party. Blocking of the mobile subscriber's identity may be desirable for privacy reasons, to comply with a government regulation, or to implement a telecommunication service option selected by the mobile subscriber.