DYNAMIC PROVISIONING OF PICK-UP, DELIVERY, TRANSPORTATION, AND/OR SORTATION OPTIONS

摘要

Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for programmatically determining/identifying for determining a delivery time and/or cost for an item to be delivered and allowing customer selection of one of the delivery windows. One example embodiment may include a method comprising receiving customer location information/data indicative of a customer location, querying at least one of (a) a historical database, (b) a dynamic database, (c) predictive database, or (d) a combined database to determine a cost associated with each of the one or more time frames/periods and whether any pick-up, transportation, sortation, and/or delivery criteria associated with the cost, and providing the one or more time frames/periods and the cost associated with each of the one or more time frames.

主权项

1. A method for determining a cost for delivering an item to a customer, the method comprising:
receiving, via one or more processors, customer location data indicative of a customer location, the customer location data selected from the group consisting of entered data, customer profile data, and address data associated with the customer; and determining, via the one or more processors, one or more time frames from a plurality of carrier time frames in which delivery of the item is available based on the customer location; querying, via the one or more processors, at least one selected from the group consisting of (a) a historical database, (b) a dynamic database, (c) a predictive database, and (d) a combined database to determine a cost for each of the one or more time frames; and providing, via the one or more processors, the one or more time frames and the respective costs for a user to select at least one of the one or more time frames and the respective cost as part of purchasing the item.