Node-Enabled Proactive Notification of a Shipping Customer Regarding an Alternative Shipping Solution

摘要

Methods and systems are described for proactively notifying a shipping customer using a wireless node network about an alternative shipping solution when shipping a package. A master node in the network related to a shipping facility may detect a signal broadcast by a user access device related to the shipping customer as the device approaches the shipping facility master node with the package to be shipped. The shipping customer's user access device (e.g., smartphone, tablet) is operating as another node in the network. The shipping facility master node then associates with the user access device, and may receive shipping information on the package to be shipped from a server. The shipping facility master node may then provide a proactive notification about an alternative shipping solution to the user access device based upon a shipping status for the shipping facility.

主权项

1. A method for proactively notifying a shipping customer using a wireless node network about an alternative shipping solution when shipping a package, comprising:
detecting, by a master node related to a shipping facility, a signal broadcast by a user access device related to the shipping customer as the device approaches the shipping facility master node, the shipping customer approaching the shipping facility with the package to be shipped, wherein the user access device is operating as a node in the network; associating, by the shipping facility master node, the user access device with the shipping facility master node; and providing, by the shipping facility master node, a proactive notification about an alternative shipping solution to the user access device based upon a shipping status for the shipping facility.