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US 10,950,147 B1Granted
Geofence transport sealing
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsAxel Eggenwirth, Behrad Aria, William DeLorenzo, William Greger, Jennifer Kim, Sergio Mendola, Charles Watson
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Abstract
Features are disclosed for sealing system which is dynamically activated based on a vehicle's location within a geofence via a custom access application. Mobile application features are provided to securely adjust the seal state. Requests to change state are verified against location permissions indicating time or place where the seal may be disabled. The requests may also include specific a code known only to system users for authenticating requests.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- under control of one or more processing devices:
- connecting, via a wireless communication protocol, a mobile device of an operator of a vehicle to a seal attached to the vehicle, wherein the mobile device is associated with first location information and the seal is associated with second location information;
- transmitting, from the mobile device, a seal engage message to the seal, wherein the seal engage message causes the seal to engage to secure the vehicle;
- generating the first location information for the mobile device, the first location information identifying a current location of the mobile device;
- determining that the current location of the mobile device is within a threshold distance to a destination location for the vehicle;
- initiating display, via the mobile device, of an unseal interface including a control to request transmission of a seal release message, wherein the seal release message causes the seal to disengage to permit access to the vehicle;
- detecting, via the mobile device, activation of the control to request transmission of the seal release message;
- connecting the mobile device to the seal via the wireless communication protocol;
- transmitting, from the mobile device, the seal release message to the seal;
- and
- receiving, from the seal, the second location information, the second location information identifying a seal location.
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A computer implemented method comprising:
- under control of one or more processing devices:
- wirelessly connecting a mobile device to a seal attached to a cargo carrier, wherein the mobile device is associated with first location information and the seal is associated with second location information;
- transmitting, from the mobile device, a first message to the seal, wherein the first message causes the seal to secure the cargo carrier;
- generating the first location information for the mobile device, the first location information identifying a location of the mobile device at a first time the first location information is generated;
- determining that the first location information corresponds to destination location information for the cargo carrier;
- wirelessly connecting the mobile device to the seal;
- transmitting, from the mobile device, a seal release message to the seal, wherein the seal release message causes the seal to disengage to permit access to the cargo carrier;
- and
- receiving, from the seal, the second location information, the second location information identifying a seal location.
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A system comprising:
- a computer-readable memory storing specific computer-executable instructions;
- and
- one or more computer processors in communication with the computer-readable memory, wherein the one or more computer processors are configured to execute the specific computer-executable instructions to at least:
- connect, via a wireless channel, to a seal attached to a storage container, wherein the one or more computer processors are associated with first location information and the seal is associated with second location information;
- transmit, via the wireless channel, a first message to the seal, wherein the first message causes the seal to transfer from a first state to a second state;
- generate the first location information identifying a location of the one or more computer processors at a first time the first location information is generated;
- determine that the first location information corresponds to destination location information for the storage container;
- and
- transmit a second message to the seal, wherein the second message causes the seal to transfer from the second state to the first state to permit access to the storage container;
- and
- receive, via the wireless channel, the second location information, the second location information identifying a seal location.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.