公开(公告)号：US20240046198A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-08

申请号：US18490388

申请日：2023-10-19

申请人： United States Postal Service

发明人： Michael J. AMATO

IPC分类号： G06Q10/083 ,  H04N1/00

CPC分类号： G06Q10/0838 ,  H04N1/00222 ,  H04N1/32144

摘要： Systems and methods for enhancing digitally informed delivery of delivery items, such as mail or packages. A delivery item has an associated digital resource(s), such as electronic text, a digital file, an image, a web page(s), or the like. The delivery item includes an indicia, such as a bar code, that provides access to, or references, the digital resource. When the delivery item is processed during transit from the sender to the recipient of the delivery item, the indicia is scanned, read, or decoded, and the associated digital resource is identified therefrom. The delivery service transmits, to the recipient, an electronic notification indicating that the delivery item is enroute to the recipient and also indicating the associated digital resource. The recipient can then access the digital resource, e.g., the custom text, files, images or web pages associated with the delivery item.