Package delivery techniques
AssigneeVivint, Inc.
InventorsClint Huson Gordon-Carroll, Rongbin Lanny Lin, Brandon Bunker
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Abstract
Methods and systems are described for communicating action instructions between a home automation system and a mobile robotic device. In some embodiments, methods may comprise receiving, from a first device, information regarding a delivery of a package to a first location, determining that a mobile robotic device and the first device are part of a predetermined group of devices operating in a neighborhood network, transporting, by the mobile robotic device, the package to a drop-off location, and initiating a notification for the first device based at least in part on transporting the package.
Claims20
A method for security or automation systems, comprising:
- receiving, from a first device, information regarding a delivery of a package to a first location;
- determining that a mobile robotic device and the first device are part of a predetermined group of devices operating in a neighborhood network based at least in part on receiving the information regarding the delivery of the package;
- determining that the mobile robotic device is wirelessly networked with the first device when the mobile robotic device is within a predetermined distance of the first device or that the mobile robotic device is at a predetermined location based at least in part on determining that the mobile robotic device and the first device are operating in the neighborhood network;
- transporting, by the mobile robotic device, the package to a drop-off location based at least in part on determining that the mobile robotic device is wirelessly networked with the first device when the mobile robotic device is within the predetermined distance of the first device or that the mobile robotic device is at the predetermined location;
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- initiating a notification for the first device based at least in part on transporting the package.
A method for security or automation systems, comprising:
- determining, at a first device, information regarding a delivery of a package to a first location;
- determining that a mobile robotic device and the first device are part of a predetermined group of devices operating in a neighborhood network based at least in part on receiving the information regarding the delivery of the package;
- determining that the mobile robotic device is wirelessly networked with the first device when the mobile robotic device is within a predetermined distance of the first device or that the mobile robotic device is at a predetermined location based at least in part on determining that the mobile robotic device and the first device are operating in the neighborhood network;
- generating a request to transport the package to a drop-off location based at least in part on determining that the mobile robotic device is wirelessly networked with the first device when the mobile robotic device is within the predetermined distance of the first device or that the mobile robotic device is at the predetermined location;
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- transmitting the request to the mobile robotic device.
An apparatus for security and/or automation systems, comprising:
- a processor;
- memory in electronic communication with the processor;
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- instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to:
- receive, from a first device, information regarding a delivery of a package to a first location;
- determine that a mobile robotic device and the first device are part of a predetermined group of devices operating in a neighborhood network based at least in part on receiving the information regarding the delivery of the package;
- determine that the mobile robotic device is wirelessly networked with the first device when the mobile robotic device is within a predetermined distance of the first device or that the mobile robotic device is at a predetermined location based at least in part on determining that the mobile robotic device and the first device are operating in the neighborhood network;
- transport, by the mobile robotic device, the package to a drop-off location based at least in part on determining that the mobile robotic device is wirelessly networked with the first device when the mobile robotic device is within the predetermined distance of the first device or that the mobile robotic device is at the predetermined location;
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- initiate a notification for the first device based at least in part on transporting the package.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.