System for automatic signature for receipt verification

A method of automatically signing for receipt verification, the method comprising:

• recording an authorized signature for a recipient in a database stored on memory of a delivery management server;
• commissioning a secure unattended delivery smart crate to an authorized recipient located at an address of the recipient;
• receiving a request for signature for a delivery at the delivery management server;
• automatically determining at the delivery management server that the recipient is the authorized recipient with the authorized signature stored in the delivery management server and sending confirmation the recipient is the authorized recipient and has the authorized signature stored to a delivery service prior to the delivery service shipping a package;
• receiving a delivery notification at the delivery management server automatically from the secure unattended delivery smart crate in response to the secure unattended delivery smart crate being opened to receive the package and delivery of the package for the authorized recipient to the secure unattended delivery smart crate, wherein, following the delivery notification being sent, additional access by the delivery service to the delivery smart crate is restricted until the package is retrieved by the authorized recipient;
• sending the stored authorized signature for the authorized recipient from the delivery management server to the delivery service in response to receiving the delivery notification;
• and
• sending an authorized recipient notification to the secure unattended delivery smart crate, wherein the secure unattended delivery smart crate processes the authorized recipient notification and will only disengage a locking device of the secure unattended delivery smart crate in response to the authorized recipient requesting access, thereby restricting access to the secure unattended delivery smart crate to only the authorized recipient.

A system for automatic signature for receipt verification, the system comprising:

• a delivery management server, wherein the deliver management server comprises a memory and a processor, wherein a digital copy of an authorized signature for each of a plurality of authorized recipients is stored in the memory of the delivery management server;
• a delivery smart crate utilized by the plurality of authorized recipients for receiving packages unattended, the delivery smart crate in communication with the delivery management server through a network connection;
• and
• a delivery service computing device in communication with the delivery management server through a second network connection, wherein the delivery service computing device is configured to provide communication between a delivery service and the delivery management server, wherein:
• the delivery service notifies the delivery management server of a signature request by a sender for a recipient;
• the delivery management server then processes the notification of the signature request and automatically determines that the recipient an authorized recipient of the plurality of authorized recipients with a signature stored in the delivery service management server and confirms the recipient is an authorized recipient and has the signature stored to the delivery service prior to the delivery service shipping the package;
• the delivery smart crate automatically notifies the delivery management server of a delivery made to the delivery smart crate in response to the delivery smart crate being opened to receive the package and the package being deposited within the delivery smart crate, wherein, following the delivery notification being sent, additional access by the delivery service to the delivery smart crate is restricted until the package in retrieved by the authorized recipient;
• the delivery management server sends the digital copy of the authorized signature to the delivery service;
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• the delivery management server automatically sends an authentication notification to the delivery smart crate, wherein the delivery smart crate processes the authentication notification and will only disengage a locking device in response to the authorized recipient of the plurality of authorized recipients requesting access.