Package delivery systems and methods

The present invention provides a method and system for delivering packages to a depot delivery destination selected by a customer for package pickup. Participating home shopping merchants allow customers to purchase goods at home and to ship their purchases to a nearby depot delivery destination to...

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1. Verfasser:	ROSS KENNETH J
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CALCULATING COMPUTING COUNTING DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES PHYSICS SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Zusammenfassung:	The present invention provides a method and system for delivering packages to a depot delivery destination selected by a customer for package pickup. Participating home shopping merchants allow customers to purchase goods at home and to ship their purchases to a nearby depot delivery destination to be picked up when convenient. The packages from the home-shopping merchants are stored in a secure unit at the depot's customer service center until customer pickup. The delivery system of the present invention is designed to provide consumers with package security from order to final delivery. The delivery system present invention may also provide the customers with the ability to track their orders at any time without the intervention of merchant customer service personnel.