A package delivery notification system reports impending package deliveries and
precisely notifies recipients of when to expect the deliveries. The package delivery
notification system utilizes memory, a communications device, and a system manager.
Package data identifying a package that is to be delivered to a recipient is stored
in the memory. The package data indicates that the recipient is to receive the
package and indicates the expected time that the package is to be delivered. When
the package is assigned to a vehicle that will deliver the package to a premises
of the recipient, the system manager transmits, via the communications device,
a notification message to the recipient. The notification message preferably indicates
the approximate time that the package is expected to arrive.