US 11,107,054 B2Granted

Kiosk for receiving and delivering packages

AssigneeeBay Inc.

InventorsLindsay Strand, Mekdela Maskal, Anna Rasulova, Anand Ilesh Safi, Christopher Li, Jayni Shah

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Abstract

A computer server for a network-based transaction system is coupled to a kiosk via a data communications network. The kiosk includes a computer processor, an input device, an electronic display unit, a plurality of compartments, and a data communications port. The computer server receives input from a seller of an item. The input includes a listing of the item for sale on the network-based transaction system. The server identifies an available compartment from the plurality of compartments based on the size of the item for sale. The available compartment is configured to receive the item for sale from the seller. The server transmits an identification of the available compartment to the seller via the electronic display unit, and enables access to the available compartment by the seller.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A kiosk comprising:

a computer processor;
an input device coupled to the computer processor;
an electronic display unit coupled to the computer processor;
a plurality of compartments;
and
a communication port coupled to the computer processor, the communication port operable to couple the computer processor to a data communications network and a network-based transaction system;
the computer processor operable to:
receive via an input device an entry from a seller of an item;
generate, based on the entry, a listing of the item for sale on the network-based transaction system;
identify a size of the item based on an identification of the item from the listing;
identify an available compartment from the plurality of compartments based on the size of the item, the available compartment being capable of receiving the item;
transmit an identification of the available compartment to the seller via the electronic display unit;
and
enable access to the available compartment by the seller.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/241,458Filed 7 Jan 2019 · continuation
Priority: 23 Dec 2013
Published: US 2019/0139013 A19 May 2019
Granted: 31 Aug 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

G06Q 10/08365
Recipient pick-ups: deliveries to storage lockers
G06Q 20/18
Payment architectures: involving self-service terminals [SST], vending machines, kiosks or multimedia terminals
G06Q 10/083
Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management: shipping
G06Q 10/0836
Shipping: recipient pick-ups

Family

Application14/139,172Parent of this continuation · filed 23 Dec 2013
Application14/918,987Parent of this continuation · filed 21 Oct 2015
US 2019/0139013 A1Pre-grant publication · published 9 May 2019
US 10,204,326 B2Parent of this continuation
US 9,189,767 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2015/0178677 A1Published application
US 2016/0048819 A1Published application
US 11,107,054 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.