System and method for managing transportation and storage of goods

A computer implemented method for managing transportation and storage of packages by crowdsourcing to individuals, the method comprising:

• providing a server;
• providing a first device;
• providing a second device;
• providing a package control device;
• providing a package;
• providing in the server a processor, a memory and a communication network interface;
• providing in the first and second devices a processor, a memory, a communication network interface and a proximity interface,
• wherein the first or the second device is a mobile device of a crowdsourced individual;
• providing in the server and the package control device transport and storage information,
• wherein the transport and storage information comprises authentication information employed to authorize a handover of the package, and the authentication information comprises message authentication information determined using authorization key information of the server;
• attaching the package control device to the package;
• communicating with the server the transport and storage information over the communication network interface to the first and the second device;
• communicating with the first or the second device the transport and storage information over the proximity interface with the package control device;
• comparing with the first or the second device the authentication information communicated with the server and the package control device;
• and
• authorizing with the first or the second device the handover of the package.