Inspiration
We order everything online. Most of time, everything just works perfectly well, However, there are chances that some conflicts can happen between the package receiver and the delivering man. We sometimes do not know whether the package is truly lost, or the customer is lying. To be specific, some customers who actually received their packages said they did not receive it. Usually, in the view of company, we value the feedback of customers and want to build a good reputation. Therefore, we resend the package. Although the cost of one package is tiny, but the summation of them might cause big profits lost. Parceusign aims to provide the legal evidence when the conflicts occur.
What it does
When the package is deliver in front of our door, the NFC sensor inside the door can read the name tag of the package and send it to the customer’s cellphone by Twilio’s API. The customers can therefore know which packages are arrived at what exact time. Moreover, to receive this package, the customer can click the link in the message, which directs to Docusign’s API. As long as the customer sign on that link, it means that the customer has successfully received that package and the delivery company does not have any responsibility to that package any more. Meanwhile, we provide three modes of signing dependent on different situation of customers. The customer can choose “AutoSign” (user can select certain time interval, which can automatically sign all the packages without signing it one by one.), “DeliverLater” (if user is not convenient to receive the package, he or she can click this choice to delay the receiving time.) or “ReceiveNow” (user is convenient to receive it now) in the web page that we create.
How I built it
Using twilio's API to send message to the customer and he or she can sign for conforming their packages under the API of Docusign.
Challenges I ran into
We ran into some problems when setting up the hardware. We also ran into some time issues to learn how to use API due to our first experience in hackathon.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
It is our first time to use API and learn hardware programming.
What I learned
I learned Arduino, Java, Twilio’s API and Docusign’s API and how to programming hardware.
What's next for Parceusign
Next, we plan to use the visual sensor in the front door to detect the package and send the message to the customers. In reality, most people have cameras in the front door for security. Thus, the customers would not bother install an NFC receiver on the door while the delivery company would not put NFC tags in the package every time.
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