Patent ID: 8515663
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: G01C,G06Q,G08G

Abstract:
1. A method for delivery route assistance, the method comprising: receiving in a hardware data processing system a delivery location and an image associated with each of a plurality of items, each of the items being a letter, flat, or parcel; determining in the data processing system a planned delivery route for delivery of the plurality of items; displaying execution instructions for the planned delivery route to a delivery operator; at each delivery location, displaying by the data processing system and to the delivery operator a count of items for delivery at the delivery location and the image associated with each such item to assist the delivery operator in identifying the items for delivery at the delivery location; recording information associated with an actual delivery route by the data processing system; reconfiguring the planned delivery route, by the data processing system, when the actual delivery route is different from the planned delivery route; and displaying, by the data processing system, a comparison between information associated with the planned delivery route and the recorded information associated with the actual delivery route.