Item Delivery Optimization

Abstract

Item delivery optimization may be provided. Items may be identified as available for delivery at a first location to at least one second location. A route from the first location to the second location may be calculated and at least a portion of the route from the first location to the second location may be provided to a delivery mechanism, such as an automated delivery device and/or a user.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 identifying at least one item as available for delivery at a first location;   identifying a second location associated with a recipient of the item available for delivery according to a device associated with the recipient;   calculating a route from the first location to the second location; and   displaying at least a portion of the route from the first location to the second location.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the item comprises a food item. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the item comprises a medication item. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the item comprises a mail item. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the item comprises a food item. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein calculating the route from the first location to the second location comprises estimating a travel time between the first location and the second location. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising assigning a delivery coordinator to the item available for delivery. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , further comprising estimating a second travel time for the delivery coordinator to arrive at the first location. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising:
 determining whether a second delivery coordinator is closer to the first location than the assigned delivery coordinator; and   in response to determining that the second delivery coordinator is closer to the first location than the assigned delivery coordinator, replacing the assigned delivery coordinator with the second delivery coordinator.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein displaying at least a portion of the route from the first location to the second location comprises displaying the at least the portion of the route from the first location to the second location on a mobile device associated with the assigned delivery coordinator. 
     
     
         11 . A system comprising:
 a memory storage; and   a processor coupled to the memory storage, wherein the processor is configured to:
 identify a plurality of items as available for delivery at a first location, 
 identify a plurality of receiving locations, wherein each of the plurality of items available for delivery is associated with one of the plurality of receiving locations, 
 calculate a route from the first location to at least one of the plurality of the receiving locations; and 
 display at least a portion of the route from the first location to the at least one of the plurality of the receiving locations. 
   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to
 assign a priority to each of the plurality of items available for delivery.   
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 12 , wherein the priority assigned to each of the plurality of items available for delivery is based on at least one of the following: a time of an order of each of the plurality of items available for delivery, an urgency condition associated with at least one of the plurality of items available for delivery, a recipient priority associated with at least one of the plurality of items available for delivery, and a time each of the plurality of items available for delivery became available for delivery. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to calculate the route from the first location to at least a subset of the plurality of receiving locations based at least in part on the priority assigned to each of a respective subset of the plurality of items available for delivery. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
 identify a plurality of available delivery vehicles; and   calculate the route from the first location to at least a subset of the plurality of receiving locations based at least in part on the identified plurality of available delivery vehicles.   
     
     
         16 . A computer-readable medium which stores a set of instructions that when executed performs a method executed by the set of instructions comprising:
 identifying a plurality of items as available for delivery at a first location;   identifying a respective receiving location for each of the items available for delivery;   calculating a route from the at least one first location to at least one of the plurality of the respective receiving locations; and   causing at least a portion of the route from the first location to the at least one of the plurality of the receiving locations to be displayed.   
     
     
         17 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 16 , further comprising:
 providing an access credential associated with at least one physical access point associated with the route from the at least one first location to the at least one of the plurality of respective receiving locations.   
     
     
         18 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 16 , further comprising:
 determining whether the at least one of the plurality of receiving locations has changed; and   in response to determining that the at least one of the plurality of receiving locations has changed:
 identifying a current location of the item available for delivery associated with the at least one of the plurality of receiving locations, 
 calculating a second route from the current location of the item available for delivery associated with the at least one of the plurality of receiving locations to the changed receiving location, and 
 causing at least a portion of the second route to be displayed. 
   
     
     
         19 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 17 , wherein determining whether the at least one of the plurality of receiving locations has changed comprises receiving a signal from a mobile device associated with a recipient of the item available for delivery associated with the at least one of the plurality of receiving locations. 
     
     
         20 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 17 , further comprising:
 assigning a priority to at least one of the plurality of items available for delivery; and   calculating the route from the at least one first location to at least one of the plurality of the respective receiving locations based at least in part on the priority assigned to the at least one of the plurality of items available for delivery.