Patent ID: 9479390
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: G06K,G06Q,G07B,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method of a multimodal communication server, the multimodal communication server being part of a mailing service, comprising: processing, through the multimodal communication server, event data associated with a mailed item in transit between a source location and a destination location based on scan data of a logistical node between the source location and the destination location, the source location and the destination location comprising a plurality of logistical nodes therebetween including the logistical node associated with the scan data, the scan data and the event data being generated through a scan of a code on the mailed item in transit at the logistical node by a set of intermediate servers communicatively coupled to the plurality of logistical nodes, and the set of intermediate servers also being communicatively coupled to the multimodal communication server through a computer network; determining, through the multimodal communication server, if the event data associated with the mailed item in transit between the source location and the destination location is associated with response actions defined in a matching table of the multimodal communication server using a processor and a memory; in response to the determination of the event data being associated with a time notification as a defined response action: determining, through a device incorporated into the mailed item in transit, a temperature reading of an interior of the mailed item in transit based on infrared radiation; automatically communicating, through the device incorporated into the mailed item in transit, the determined temperature reading to scanning equipment associated with the scan data of the logistical node between the source location and the destination location; incorporating, through the multimodal communication server, the communicated temperature reading of the interior of the mailed item in transit into the scan data of the logistical node between the source location and the destination location; in response to the determination of the event data being associated with a temperature notification as another defined response action: transmitting, through the multimodal communication server, data related to weather information about a logistical node encountered by the mailed item in transit to the client device of the recipient when the mailed item is a perishable item whose condition is weather-dependent in accordance with the event data being associated with a weather notification as yet another defined response action.