公开(公告)号：US10540830B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-21

申请号：US16226041

申请日：2018-12-19

Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.

Inventor： Mark J. Davidson ,  John A. Olsen, III

IPC: G07C5/02 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  G06F17/00 ,  B60R25/34 ,  G07C5/00

Abstract: According to various embodiments, a fleet management system is provided for capturing, storing, and analyzing telematics data to improve fleet management operations. The fleet management system may be used, for example, by a shipping entity (e.g., a common carrier) to capture telematics data from a plurality of vehicle sensors located on various delivery vehicles and to analyze the captured telematics data. In particular, various embodiments of the fleet management system are configured to analyze engine idle data in relation to other telematics data in order to identify inefficiencies, safety hazards, and theft hazards in a driver's delivery process. The fleet management system may also be configured to assess various aspects of vehicle performance, such as vehicle travel delays and vehicle speeds. These analytical capabilities allow the fleet management system to assist fleet managing entities, or other entities, in analyzing driver performance, reducing fuel and maintenance costs, and improving route planning.

公开(公告)号：US10521758B2

公开(公告)日：2019-12-31

申请号：US16180479

申请日：2018-11-05

Applicant: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.

Inventor： David A. Bennett ,  Paul A. Bilibin ,  Mark A. Bjerke ,  Lynn S. Goldhaber ,  Hsiangwen S. Hu ,  Lory E. Moon ,  Jinyue Liu ,  Paul R. McLaughlin ,  Reichie R. Nelson ,  Charles D. Mentzer ,  Matthew J. Smith ,  William W. Smith, III

IPC: G06Q10/08 ,  G06F16/178 ,  G06Q10/10 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0482

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention includes system and methods for the continued operation of a carrier management system having one or more user terminals that normally communicate with at least one data center over a network (online), when the one or more user terminals are unable to communicate with the data center (offline). Once communication is re-established between the one or more user terminal and the data center, local files and data on the user terminals that were used to rate and ship packages while offline are synchronized between the one or more user terminals and the data center.

公开(公告)号：US10482414B2

公开(公告)日：2019-11-19

申请号：US15870101

申请日：2018-01-12

Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.

Inventor： Julio Gil

IPC: B64F1/02 ,  B64F1/10 ,  B60P3/11 ,  B64D1/22 ,  B64F1/22 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64D9/00 ,  B64D45/04 ,  B64F1/32 ,  B65G1/06 ,  B65G1/04 ,  G01S19/42 ,  G08G5/02 ,  E05F15/77 ,  G08G5/00 ,  H04W4/70 ,  H04L29/08

Abstract: Systems and methods include UAVs that serve to assist carrier personnel by reducing the physical demands of the transportation and delivery process. A UAV generally includes a UAV chassis including an upper portion, a plurality of propulsion members configured to provide lift to the UAV chassis, and a parcel carrier configured for being selectively coupled to and removed from the UAV chassis. UAV support mechanisms are utilized to load and unload parcel carriers to the UAV chassis, and the UAV lands on and takes off from the UAV support mechanism to deliver parcels to a serviceable point. The UAV includes computing entities that interface with different systems and computing entities to send and receive various types of information.

公开(公告)号：US10453022B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-22

申请号：US15870122

申请日：2018-01-12

Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.

Inventor： Julio Gil

IPC: B64F1/02 ,  B64F1/10 ,  B60P3/11 ,  B64D1/22 ,  B64F1/22 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64D9/00 ,  B64D45/04 ,  B64F1/32 ,  B65G1/06 ,  B65G1/04 ,  G01S19/42 ,  G08G5/02 ,  E05F15/77 ,  G08G5/00 ,  B64D1/00 ,  H04W4/70 ,  H04L29/08

Abstract: Systems and methods include UAVs that serve to assist carrier personnel by reducing the physical demands of the transportation and delivery process. A UAV generally includes a UAV chassis including an upper portion, a plurality of propulsion members configured to provide lift to the UAV chassis, and a parcel carrier configured for being selectively coupled to and removed from the UAV chassis. UAV support mechanisms are utilized to load and unload parcel carriers to the UAV chassis, and the UAV lands on and takes off from the UAV support mechanism to deliver parcels to a serviceable point. The UAV includes computing entities that interface with different systems and computing entities to send and receive various types of information.

公开(公告)号：US10377206B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-13

申请号：US14626059

申请日：2015-02-19

Applicant: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.

Inventor： Michael Patrick Kehoe ,  Robert Joseph D'Ambrosio

IPC: B60H1/00 ,  G01N33/00 ,  B60H1/26 ,  B60P3/00 ,  B60H1/24

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for removing gas from a vehicle storage unit. The apparatus includes at least one memory and a processor(s) detecting air being drawn, via an exhaust unit, from the front of a vehicle storage space to a rear of the vehicle storage space and through a ventilation unit forcing the air including emitted gas(es) to exit a top of the ventilation unit. The air is initially directed, from a supply unit in an upper part of the ventilation unit, into the rear of the vehicle storage space to the front of the vehicle storage space. The items emitted the gas. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to measure the gas as the air passes through the ventilation unit to determine whether the measured gas equals or is below a predetermined threshold. Corresponding computer program products and methods are also provided.

公开(公告)号：US10354216B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-16

申请号：US14472895

申请日：2014-08-29

Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.

Inventor： Robert J. Gillen ,  Jessica Catherine Grimes ,  David Daniel Alery ,  David Louis Molvik ,  Du Phung ,  Randy Campbell

IPC: G06Q10/08 ,  G06Q30/02

Abstract: According to various embodiments, system, methods and computer program products are configured for providing at least one customized communication to a recipient of one or more packages shipped by a consignor via a common carrier. One or more computer processors are configured to: receive at least a portion of customized content; retrieve at least a portion of consignee data, the portion comprising one or more parameters established by the recipient; compare the one or more components of the customized content with the one or more parameters established by the recipient so as to identify one or more correlations there-between; in response to identifying at least one correlation, generate at least one customized communication for provision to the recipient, the at least one customized communication containing at least a portion of the customized content; and in response to identifying no correlations, generate at least one standard communication containing no customized content.

公开(公告)号：US10325239B2

公开(公告)日：2019-06-18

申请号：US13788156

申请日：2013-03-07

Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.

Inventor： Lawrence Gittleman

IPC: G06Q10/08

Abstract: Various embodiments provide a shipping request system for dynamically identifying one or more restricted items within shipping requests. The system comprises: one or more memory storage areas containing data and one or more computer processors. The computer processors are configured to: receive input content data comprising one or more terms descriptive of one or more items for which shipment is requested, and retrieve trigger data from the one or more memory storage areas, the trigger data being associated with one or more terms related to one or more restrictions placed upon shipment of an item. The input content data is then dynamically compared against the trigger data to identify one or more correlations indicative of the presence of one or more restricted items. If correlations are identified, further shipment request processing is prevented; otherwise processing may continue. Associated computer program products and computer implemented methods are also provided.

公开(公告)号：US10311396B2

公开(公告)日：2019-06-04

申请号：US15800663

申请日：2017-11-01

Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.

Inventor： Robert J. Gillen ,  Mark S. Lewis

IPC: G06K7/10 ,  G06F17/00 ,  G06K19/06 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  G06Q10/10

Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for arranging for shipping a package without the customer needing to generate or apply a shipping label, or any other information, to the package. In one embodiment, a system may comprise a carrier server and a carrier device. The carrier server may receive and store a smart code and shipping information associated with the package, which it may link together. The carrier device may capture the smart code from the package and send a request, including the smart code, to the carrier server for related shipping information. The carrier server may receive the request from the carrier device, retrieve the shipping information based on the smart code, and send the shipping information to the carrier device. The carrier device may receive the shipping information and generate a shipping label for the package based on the shipping information.

公开(公告)号：US10309788B2

公开(公告)日：2019-06-04

申请号：US14708624

申请日：2015-05-11

Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.

Inventor： Mark J. Davidson

IPC: G01C21/26 ,  G01C21/34 ,  G01C21/32 ,  G06Q10/04 ,  G09B29/00

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, computer program products, and apparatuses for determining whether a street segment is a one-way street segment or a bi-directional segment, validating map data, and/or updating map data. In one embodiment, a method for determining whether a street segment is a one-way street segment or a bi-directional segment is provided. The method comprises receiving vehicle telematics data associated with one or more vehicles during one or more time periods, the vehicle telematics data indicating a street segment traveled by the one or more vehicles during the one or more time periods; and based at least in part on the vehicle telematics, determining whether the street segment is a one-way street segment or a bi-directional segment.

公开(公告)号：US10288445B2

公开(公告)日：2019-05-14

申请号：US15343837

申请日：2016-11-04

Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.

Inventor： Robert Santilli ,  Steve Snyder ,  Elisabeth Defronzo ,  Svetlana Inskeep ,  Joel Tantzer ,  Karen Levin

IPC: G01C21/36 ,  G01C21/34 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  G06F17/30

Abstract: Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided for creating, modifying, and viewing geographic areas and their corresponding routes and items of work. For example, an interface can be provided with a map display area and a route display area. The map display area and the route display area can be synchronized to create new routes, modify existing routes, and/or view information about various routes and/or items of work.