Systems and methods for actuating an electronic lock upon payment for delivery services
AssigneeMastercard International Incorporated
InventorsTara L. Sauer, Christopher T. Scholl
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Abstract
A system and computer-implemented method includes the operation of transmitting, via a payment-on-delivery device, a request message to a consumer computing device. The request message includes a request as to whether a consumer wishes to allow a package carrier to actuate an electronic lock. An indication that the package carrier may actuate the electronic lock is received by the payment-on-delivery device, which in response, presents a message to the package carrier asking whether the package carrier wishes to actuate the electronic lock. The package carrier selects to actuate the electronic lock and is presented with an access code for actuating the electronic lock.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for unlocking an electronic lock, said method comprising the operations of:
- receiving, at a payment-on-delivery device, a payment authorization response message indicating completion of a collect-on-delivery payment transaction;
- in response to receiving the payment authorization response message, transmitting, via the payment-on-delivery device, a request message to a consumer computing device, the request message requesting whether a consumer wishes to allow a package carrier to actuate the electronic lock;
- receiving, at the payment-on-delivery device from the consumer computing device, an indication, in response to the request message, that the package carrier may actuate the electronic lock;
- upon receipt of the indication, presenting, via the payment-on-delivery device, a message to the package carrier asking whether the package carrier wishes to actuate the electronic lock;
- receiving, via the payment-on-delivery device, a selection from the package carrier to actuate the electronic lock;
- and
- in response to receiving the selection to actuate the electronic lock, presenting, via the payment-on-delivery device, an access code to the package carrier for actuating the electronic lock.
An access system comprising:
- an electronic lock;
- a carrier mobile computing device;
- and
- a payment-on-delivery device comprising:
- a display device;
- one or more wireless communication modules;
- and
- a processor communicatively coupled to said display device and said one or more wireless communication modules, said processor specially programmed to:
- receive, via the one or more wireless communication modules, a payment authorization response message indicating completion of a collect-on-delivery payment transaction;
- in response to receipt of the payment authorization response message, transmit, via the one or more wireless communication modules, a request message to a consumer computing device, the request message requesting whether a consumer wishes to allow a package carrier to actuate said electronic lock;
- receive, from the consumer computing device, an indication, in response to the request message, that the package carrier may actuate said electronic lock;
- upon receipt of the indication, present a message to the package carrier asking whether the package carrier wishes to actuate said electronic lock;
- receive a selection from the package carrier to actuate said electronic lock;
- and
- in response to receipt of the selection to actuate the electronic lock, present on the display, an access code to the package carrier for actuating said electronic lock.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.