Systems and methods for receiving retail products
AssigneeWalmart Apollo, LLC
InventorsEric A. Letson, Bruce W. Wilkinson
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Abstract
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to receiving retail products. In some embodiments, there is provided a system for receiving retail products including: a temperature controlled storage container and comprising: one or more chambers having corresponding chamber temperatures that are each individually maintained and adjustable based on a particular temperature assigned by a server to each of the one or more chambers; one or more temperature sensors; a locking system; and a storage container control circuit configured to: receive the particular temperature; and maintain each one of the corresponding chamber temperatures.
Claims14
A system for receiving retail products to be delivered at a customer site comprising:
- a temperature controlled storage container at the customer site and comprising:
- one or more chambers having corresponding chamber temperatures that are each individually maintained and adjustable based on a particular temperature assigned by a server to each of the one or more chambers;
- one or more temperature sensors coupled to the one or more chambers and configured to provide the corresponding chamber temperatures, wherein each of the corresponding chamber temperatures is a temperature read by at least one of the one or more temperature sensors associated with each of the one or more chambers;
- a locking system configured to:
- receive a lock signal to disable access to at least one of the one or more chambers;
- and receive an unlock signal to enable access to the at least one of the one or more chambers;
- a storage container control circuit operatively coupled to the one or more temperature sensors and the locking system, the storage container control circuit configured to:
- receive the particular temperature assigned by the server to each of the one or more chambers;
- and
- maintain each one of the corresponding chamber temperatures based on the particular temperature assigned to each of the one or more chambers and the temperature read by the at least one of the one or more temperature sensors;
- one or more additional sensors configured to provide data corresponding to living beings approaching the temperature controlled storage container, wherein the storage container control circuit is further configured to:
- determine whether a first trigger signal is received from one of the one or more additional sensors;
- determine whether a second trigger signal is available from the server;
- and
- provide the unlock signal to the locking system based on the determination that the first trigger signal is received and that the second trigger signal is available to enable access to the at least one of the one or more chambers.
A method for receiving retail products to be delivered at a customer site comprising:
- receiving, at a storage container control circuit from a server, a particular assigned temperature of a plurality of assigned temperatures to a particular chamber of one or more chambers of a temperature controlled storage container, wherein each of the one or more chambers is assigned, by the server, a corresponding one of the plurality of assigned temperatures;
- maintaining, by the storage container control circuit, a chamber temperature of the particular chamber based on the particular assigned temperature and a temperature read by at least one of one or more temperature sensors of the temperature controlled storage container associated with the particular chamber;
- determining, by the storage container control circuit, whether a first trigger signal is received from one or more sensors of the temperature controlled storage container;
- determining, by the storage container control circuit, whether a second trigger signal is available from the server;
- and
- providing, by the storage container control circuit, an unlock signal to a locking system of the temperature controlled storage container based on the determining that the first trigger signal is received and the second trigger signal is available, wherein the unlock signal enables access to the particular chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.