Patent ID: 9679322
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: B60R,G01C,G06F,G06Q,G08G,H04L,H04M

Claim:
1. A method for an automated advance notification system, the notification system having one or more computer systems and one or more transceivers designed to communicate data to and from the computer systems, the method enabling safer communications by assuring a first party that a notification communication session concerning an order for a good or service is authentic in that it has been authorized and initiated by a second party that will pick up or deliver the good or service, so that the first party is given assurance that the first party can initiate without risk a subsequent communication session to the second party by selecting a hyperlink that is provided during the notification communication session, the method comprising: engaging in an initial communication session between the one or more computers of the notification system and a personal communication device (PCD) associated with the first party; during the initial communication session, enabling the first party to input or select authentication information with the PCD for use in the notification communication session, the notification communication session giving advance notice of a delivery or pickup of the good or service at a stop location by a mobile thing (MT); storing the authentication information at the one or more computer systems; monitoring location or travel information in connection with the MT at the one or more computer systems; with the one or more computers, initiating the notification communication session to the PCD or a different PCD associated with the first party, in advance of arrival of the MT at the stop location, based at least in part upon the location or travel information associated with the MT; during the notification communication session, providing the authentication information that is recognizable to the first party to indicate to the first party that the notification communication session is authentic and was initiated by the second party, the authentication information comprising at least a part of an account number that was provided by the first party during the initial communication session in connection with payment for the good or service; and during the notification communication session, providing the hyperlink to enable the first party to select whether or not to initiate the subsequent communication session with the second party, the second party having access to particulars of the order.