Patent ID: 7528722

Claim:
A method for notifying a package recipient of package proximity, the method comprising the steps of: installing a first wireless communications device in a recipient setting, the first wireless communications device being cooperatively associated with a personal area network and comprising data-receiving means, recipient-signaling means, message-displaying means, and a first power source, the personal area network being defined by a range distance; simultaneously carrying a second wireless communications device and a package by a package carrier, the second wireless communications device comprising data-transmitting means and a second power source, the first and second wireless communications devices being communicable within the range distance; finally reducing the package distance intermediate the recipient setting and the package via the package carrier, the finally reduced distance being lesser in magnitude than the range distance as ascertained by the package carrier thereby enabling data transmission intermediate the first and second wireless communications devices; inputting package-associable data into the second wireless communications device by the package carrier upon package delivery; sending the package-associable data to the first wireless communications device from the second wireless communications device, the package-associable data comprising a package-delivery message; receiving the sent package-associable data via the data-receiving means; signaling a package recipient located at the recipient setting via the recipient-signaling means; and perceiving the package-delivery message by the package recipient, the perceived package-delivery message notifying the package recipient of package delivery by the package carrier.