Smart postal box in support of autonomous delivery nodes
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsCharles Calvin Byers, Gonzalo Salgueiro, Aparna Vellala, Salini Kumar Bogadapati, Jagadish Chandra Prasad Mynampati
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a controller determines a particular compartment of a smart postal box in which a package is to be delivered. The controller associates the particular compartment with an authorized entity. The controller provides the authorized entity access to the particular compartment by aligning rolling doors of the smart postal box with the particular compartment.
Claims17
An apparatus, comprising:
- a smart postal box having a plurality of compartments;
- rolling doors of the smart postal box which are configured to actuate and move to expose a particular compartment of the plurality of compartments in which a package is to be received;
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- an intelligent controller configured to determine the particular compartment of the plurality of compartments which the package is to be delivered, associate the particular compartment to an authorized entity, and actuate and move the rolling doors to only expose the particular compartment.
The apparatus of 13, wherein the registration server generates the private key in response to a recipient of the package scheduling delivery of the package.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.