SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES

Patent №

US 7,828,202

Granted

2010-11-09

Filed 2005

Owner

E-COURIER (BELIZE), INC.

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Lab

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AI components

planning

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

11065474

A system and method for controlling the transport of articles comprises in one embodiment one or more communication devices for receiving and transmitting data, at least one primary server in communication with the primary server for allocating couriers for the collection and delivery of articles, a program for controlling the server, and at least one remote interface for placing orders for the collection and delivery of the articles, wherein the program, upon the execution of an order, compares stored historical travel times from one geographic location to another with actual travel times from one geographic location to another to thereby provide updated estimates for the collection time and delivery time of articles provided in subsequent orders.

PlanningG06Q 10/08G06Q 10/087

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Planning1.00

AI hardware0.43

Knowledge representation0.03

Vision0.01

Machine learning0.01

Natural language0.01

Evolutionary computation0.00

Speech0.00

Ownership

E-COURIER (BELIZE), INC.

assignment · 161830619

E-COURIER (UK) LTD.

assignment · 279100774

Assignors

BREGMAN, JAY P., ALLASON, THOMAS E. M., ATTANASIO, ANDREA L., FIORITE, GIANLUCA, GUICCIONE, MASSIMO, GHIANI, GIANPAOLA, MUSMANNO, ROBERTO

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