Unmanned aerial delivery to secure location

A store item delivery system, comprising:

• an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that delivers a payload to a destination;
• a delivery box constructed and arranged to receive the payload;
• a geofence system that determines when the UAV is a predetermined distance from the delivery box;
• a delivery management system that controls access to the delivery box in response to a determination of the UAV relative to the geofence system;
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• a dual-validation system that executes an authorization process to confirm access to the delivery box that includes validating both an identity of the delivery box and an identity of the UAV, comprising:
• a first beacon-generating electronic device of the UAV;
• a first beacon reader of the delivery box that exchanges user-authorization data with the first beacon-generating electronic device;
• a second beacon-generating electronic device at the delivery box;
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• a second beacon reader of the UAV that exchanges drone-authorization data with the second beacon-generating electronic device, the store item delivery item further comprising:
• a blockchain processing device that, in response to determining that the UAV is within the predetermined distance from the delivery box, communicates with the delivery management system to validate as part of the authorization process the identity of the UAV using a blockchain to, to allow access to the delivery box, and to authenticate the payload delivered by the UAV to the delivery box;
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• an order generation unit that generates a delivery order for the payload and compares an identified destination for the payload to a list of delivery boxes to determine a flight path for the UAV to the delivery box selected among the list of delivery boxes at or proximal to the identified destination, wherein a blockchain is created for the delivery order in the order generation unit and to provide authentication data for user access to the selected delivery box and authentication data of the payload.

A method for delivery, comprising:

• establishing a communication between an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that delivers a payload and a delivery box constructed and arranged to receive the payload from the UAV when the UAV is a predetermined distance from the delivery box and moving in a direction toward the delivery box;
• executing an authorization process to confirm access to the delivery box that includes validating both an identity of the delivery box and an identity of the UAV, wherein the validating comprises:
• exchanging user-authorization data between a first beacon reader of the delivery box and a first beacon-generating electronic device of the UAV;
• exchanging drone-authorization data with a second beacon-generating electronic device of the delivery box with a second beacon reader of the UAV;
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• in response to determining that the UAV is within the predetermined distance from the delivery box, validating, by a blockchain processing device as part of the authorization process the identity of the UAV using blockchain to allow access to the delivery box, and authenticate the payload delivered by the UAV to the delivery box;
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• generating, by a special purpose computer, an instruction to open the delivery box and outputting, by an autolocker communication device, the instruction to the delivery box in response to a determination that the communication is established between the UAV and the delivery box, and the authorization process;
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• generating, by an order generation unit, a delivery order for the payload and comparing an identified destination for the payload to a list of delivery boxes to determine a flight path for the UAV to the delivery box selected among the list of delivery boxes at or proximal to the identified destination;
• wherein the blockchain is created in the order generation unit for the delivery order to provide authentication data for user access to the selected delivery box and authentication data of the payload.