Dynamic Delivery Position Stipulation via User Apparatus
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing delivery methods for shipments to mobile shipment holding apparatuses, such as vehicles, require advance notification of the delivery position, limiting flexibility and convenience for recipients, as they must remain at the specified location for delivery.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that allows users to easily stipulate and communicate delivery or pickup positions and periods using a user apparatus, which captures the current position and communicates this information to a delivery service apparatus, enabling automated notification to the delivery agent, thereby increasing flexibility and convenience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If advance notification of delivery position is required, then the delivery agent can be prepared for delivery, but the recipient's flexibility and convenience are restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically capturing the recipient's position and notifying the delivery agent in advance, without requiring the recipient to manually specify a fixed delivery position beforehand. This maintains delivery preparation while enabling flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The delivery position is made dynamic rather than fixed. The system captures the recipient's actual position at the time of delivery using location services, allowing the delivery position to adapt to the recipient's movements while still providing advance notification to the delivery agent.
2Reliability
If the recipient must remain at the specified delivery position, then the delivery can be completed, but the convenience and flexibility of the delivery process is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically tracking the recipient's position and managing the delivery notification process without requiring the recipient to manually specify or remain at a predetermined position. The recipient simply needs to be available for delivery.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors the recipient's position and provides feedback to both the recipient and delivery agent, enabling real-time updates on delivery status and position without restricting the recipient's movement or convenience.
3Productivity
If a fixed delivery position is predetermined, then the delivery agent can plan the delivery route, but the recipient cannot park the vehicle in a different position
Solution Approach 1:
The delivery position transitions from a static predetermined location to a dynamic position that is automatically determined by the recipient's actual location at the time of delivery. This allows the recipient to park anywhere while the system adapts the delivery position accordingly.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary position capture and notification automatically, enabling the delivery agent to plan the route in advance based on the recipient's actual position rather than a predetermined fixed location.
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AI summary
The disclosure relates, inter alia, to a method comprising the steps of providing, by a user apparatus, an activable user interface for stipulating a delivery and/or pickup position, capturing of a position of the user apparatus when the user interface is activated, and communication of delivery and/or pickup position information associated with the captured position from the user apparatus to a delivery service apparatus.