US 11,115,629 B1Granted

Confirming package delivery using audio/video recording and communication devices

AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.

InventorsElliott Lemberger, John Modestine, Joshua Roth, Micah Stone

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Abstract

A method for remotely confirming delivery of a package may be accomplished using a client device and a using a network-connectable audio/video (A/V) recording and communication device. The method includes initiating the two-way communication between the client device and the A/V recording and communication device. The method further includes receiving, via a user interface of the client device, an indication that a package is being delivered to a building associated with the A/V recording and communication device. The method further includes receiving, at the client device, information about the package and displaying, on a display of the client device, the information about the package. The method further includes receiving, via the user interface, an electronic signature indicating acceptance of delivery of the package. The method further includes transmitting, by the client device, the electronic signature to a delivery service server.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by a client device, cause the client device to perform operations comprising:

receiving, at the client device, a signal indicative of a request to begin a two-way audio communication between the client device and a network-connectable audio/video recording and communication device (“A/V device”);
receiving, via a user interface of the client device, a first input indicating an acceptance of the request to begin the two-way audio communication;
receiving, via the user interface during the two-way audio communication, a second input indicating that a package is being delivered to a building associated with the A/V device;
based on the receiving of the second input indicating that the package is being delivered, initiating a delivery confirmation process at the client device, wherein the delivery confirmation process comprises:
receiving, at the client device, information about the package comprising at least one of a description of contents of the package, an identity of a sender of the package, a tracking number associated with the package, or a delivery address of the package;
displaying, on a display of the client device, the information about the package;
receiving, via the user interface, an electronic signature indicating acceptance of delivery of the package;
and
transmitting, by the client device, data representative of the electronic signature to a delivery service server.

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A method comprising:

receiving, at a first network-connectable electronic device from a second network-connectable electronic device:
first audio data representative of first audio captured at the second network-connectable electronic device, and
video data representative of at least one image captured by a camera of the second network-connectable electronic device;
transmitting, from the first network-connectable electronic device to the second network-connectable electronic device, second audio data representative of second audio captured at the first network-connectable electronic device, wherein the receiving of the first audio data and the transmitting of the second audio data comprises a two-way audio communication between the first network-connectable electronic device and a second network-connectable electronic device;
displaying, on a display of the first network-connectable electronic device, the video data received from the second network-connectable device along with a display element for indicating that a package is being delivered, wherein the video data and the display element are displayed together on the display at a same time;
receiving, via a user interface of the first network-connectable electronic device, a signal indicating that a package is being delivered based on a selection of the display element via the user interface;
based on the receiving of the signal indicating that the package is being delivered based on the selection of the display element at the first network-connectable device, initiating a delivery confirmation process at the first network-connectable device, wherein the delivery confirmation process comprises:
receiving, via the user interface, an input indicating acceptance of delivery of the package, wherein the input is received during the two-way audio communication between the first network-connectable electronic device and the second network-connectable electronic device;
and
transmitting, by the first network-connectable electronic device, a message indicating the acceptance of delivery of the package to a server.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.