发明名称 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT PACKAGE DELIVERY AND STORAGE
摘要 A method and system for efficient bulk package delivery to recipeients. Item s ordered by different customers from different retailers, suppliers or manufacturers can be organized by common item identifiers and shipped in bul d from retailers or manufactueres to an origiantion regional distribution center. The items can be sorted at the origination regional distribution center based on the location of destination regional distribtuion centers th at can serve as destination centralized pickup locations chosed by the customer s. Ordered items can be sorted by recipient and the destionation centralized pickup location specified in the customer's order, and can be packed into recipient-specific packages a the destination regional distribution center. The packages can be transported in bulk to the destination centralized picku p locations where they can be randomly loaded into any available locker bins i n an automated system of configurable storage locker bins. During loading, an association can be made between and identifier of the locker bins to alert t he recipient of hte delivery.
申请公布号 CA2441053(A1) 申请公布日期 2002.09.26
申请号 CA20022441053 申请日期 2002.03.15
申请人 BLOOM, GREGG 发明人 BLOOM, GREGG
分类号 G06Q10/00;G06Q20/00;G07F7/00;G07F17/12;(IPC1-7):G06F17/60;B07C3/00;B07C5/34 主分类号 G06Q10/00
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