A method and system for anticipatory package shipping are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method may include packaging one or more items as a package for eventual shipment to a delivery address, selecting a destination geographical area to which to ship the package, shipping the package to the destination geographical area without completely specifying the delivery address at time of shipment, and while the package is in transit, completely specifying the delivery address for the package.
As long as you consider being at the store "in transit" they've effectively "invented" physical stores with a digital only interface. The patent even describes a method of giving customers in the region discounts on products that don't sell and are sitting in the "store".
There is nothing novel or new about this and the patent system is broken for more than just software. The entire rest of the patent is a bunch of filler to make it seem like there's something important going on when there in fact is not.
A method and system for anticipatory package shipping are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method may include packaging one or more items as a package for eventual shipment to a delivery address, selecting a destination geographical area to which to ship the package, shipping the package to the destination geographical area without completely specifying the delivery address at time of shipment, and while the package is in transit, completely specifying the delivery address for the package.
As long as you consider being at the store "in transit" they've effectively "invented" physical stores with a digital only interface. The patent even describes a method of giving customers in the region discounts on products that don't sell and are sitting in the "store".
There is nothing novel or new about this and the patent system is broken for more than just software. The entire rest of the patent is a bunch of filler to make it seem like there's something important going on when there in fact is not.