CUSTOMER CONTROLLED MANAGEMENT OF SHIPMENTS

摘要

Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for customer controlled management of shipments. For example, in various embodiments, a customer can provide information prior to a first delivery or pickup attempt of an item by a carrier to receive messages regarding shipment of the item and to have the item delivered or picked up in accordance with an automatic service schedule.

主权项

1. A method for an automatic delivery schedule, the method comprising:
storing, via one or more processors, shipping data corresponding to an item to be delivered to a first delivery point by a carrier for a customer; identifying, via the one or more processors, a customer-defined delivery schedule that identifies customer preferences for delivering items for the customer; and after identifying the customer-defined delivery schedule, automatically updating, via the one or more processors, the shipping data corresponding to the item to reflect that the item should be re-routed for delivery to a second delivery point based on the customer-defined delivery schedule, wherein the item is subsequently delivered to the second delivery point.