Patent attributes
In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided herein useful to assess or determine available cargo capacity for multiple commercial product delivery vehicles (“delivery vehicles”). In some embodiments, systems are provided to assess delivery vehicles and may include multiple electronic user devices each having a delivery agent interface operating thereon and an association with one or more delivery agents. At least one control circuit is communicatively coupled to the electronic user devices. By one approach, the control circuit may estimate delivery requirements for purchased orders, which includes volume requirements and geometric configurations of purchased orders. The control circuits may evaluate delivery vehicles, utilizing cargo space sensor data, to determine which are suitable for the purchased order by comparing delivery requirements with the available vehicular cargo spaces, and present, to the appropriate electronic user devices, an opportunity to deliver at least a portion of the purchased order to a delivery location.
