Patent ID: 11941575
Assignee: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A system comprising:
a dimensional scanner for detecting dimensional data of a parcel, the dimensional data including at least one of: a height, a length, or a width of the parcel;
at least one of a computing entity or a mobile device associated with a delivery vehicle having a location module for acquiring location data;
a carrier server configured to:
receive a request to reserve available space for an unallocated parcel, wherein the request comprises a geographic area;
determine, based at least in part on the location data, that the delivery vehicle services the geographic area by having a route that includes the geographic area;
cause the dimensional scanner to scan each parcel of one or more allocated parcels associated with the delivery vehicle to acquire the dimensional data;
predict a remaining space in the delivery vehicle based at least in part on the dimensional data;
identify that the unallocated parcel would fit within the remaining space; and
cause, based at least in part on determining that the delivery vehicle services the geographic area and identifying that the unallocated parcel would fit within the remaining space, a loading of the unallocated parcel onto the delivery vehicle;

a processor configured to receive, after the unallocated parcel is loaded into the delivery vehicle, a purchase request for the unallocated parcel having a target delivery location within the geographic area; and
a printer inside the delivery vehicle and communicatively coupled to the processor, the printer being configured for printing a label for the unallocated parcel while the delivery vehicle is dispatched,
wherein the processor is further configured to:
instruct the printer to print the label indicative of the target delivery location, and
instruct delivery of the unallocated parcel with the label attached to the target delivery location indicated in the purchase request.