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

Claim 0:
1. 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; and
a processor 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;
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 volume of reserved space in the delivery vehicle based at least in part on the dimensional data;
determine a remaining space in the delivery vehicle based at least in part on the volume of reserved space;
based at least in part on determining that the delivery vehicle services the geographic area and determining the remaining space in the delivery vehicle, identify that the unallocated parcel would fit within the remaining space;
cause a loading of the unallocated parcel onto the delivery vehicle;
receive, after the unallocated parcel is loaded onto the delivery vehicle, a purchase request for the unallocated parcel;
determine that the purchase request has a target delivery location within the geographic area; and
based at least in part on determining that the unallocated parcel has a target delivery location within the geographic area, generate an instruction to have the delivery vehicle deliver the unallocated parcel to the target delivery location of the purchase request.