patent related to cargo ships logistics normally are n’t the concern of the populace . But when Google get a patent forelectronic shipping notifications , one has to wonder what that means for online merchant , like Amazon , and major transport caller , like UPS .
The patent synopsis , which wasdrudged upby GeekWire , read something like this :
A broker facilitates client purchases from merchants . Shippers ship despatch containing the purchases from merchants to the client . A shipper identify a shipment using a loading identifier . The broker uses the shipment identifier to obtain the condition info for the cargo from the shipper . The broker analyzes the condition information in combining with other selective information to calculate an appraisal of the fourth dimension that the shipment will arrive at the customer ’s destination . The broker institutionalise an electronic message , such as an email or schoolbook subject matter , to the customer prior to the guess lading reaching time to inform the client of the imminent arriver . The client can thus order for someone to be at the transport name and address to receive the shipment at the estimated arrival fourth dimension .
That fundamentally draw the generic system used by most major shipping troupe today . So to what extent does Google have domain over this base ? Is it just the notification facial expression ( sending an email or SMS ) ? Or do they now own the copyright to any system where a customer enters a trailing number and is throw an estimated delivery time ?
We ’ve say it before : shipping methodsneed to get better . Whether or not this patent will facilitate or obstruct the process persist to be seen . [ PatentviaGeekwire ]
https://gizmodo.com/did-you-miss-your-package-delivery-again-5788216
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