US 11,600,125 B1Granted

Autonomous device authentication and compartment unlocking

AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.

InventorsRyan David Hapgood, Alexander Edwards, Ryan Koscianski, Scott Laporte, Michael John Neville

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Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for systems and methods for autonomous device authentication and compartment unlocking. Example methods may include determining, by a user device, an identifier associated with a target Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral device, receiving a beacon from a Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral device, and determining, using the beacon, that the Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral device is the target Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral device. Example methods may include establishing a connection with the target Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral device, and sending a signal to the target Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral device to implement an action, where the signal comprises a resource identifier, and where the target Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral device controls access to a plurality of resources, and uses the resource identifier to identify a resource of the plurality of resources at which to implement the action.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

receiving, by a computer system at an offline locker system, an order identifier for an order that is to be picked up at the offline locker system, wherein the order identifier is received via a Bluetooth connection to a delivery user device, and wherein the offline locker system comprises a Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral device;
determining, by the computer system, a locker identifier for a locker in which a package associated with the order is placed;
determining, by the computer system, an encrypted temporal authentication key for the order identifier, wherein the encrypted authentication token can be used to access the locker;
receiving, by a user device, an order pickup notification indicating that the order identifier is ready for pickup at the offline locker system, the order pickup notification comprising (i) an identifier associated with the Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral device, and (ii) geofence data associated with a location of the offline locker system;
monitoring, by the user device, a location of the user device;
determining, by the user device, that the user device is within a predetermined distance of the offline locker system using the geofence data;
triggering, by the user device, a software application at the user device, wherein the software application causes the user device to scan for the identifier associated with the Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral device;
determining, by the user device, that the Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral device is available for a connection;
establishing, by the user device, a connection with the Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral device;
generating, by the user device, the encrypted temporal authentication key;
sending, by the user device, a generic attribute characteristic to the Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral device, wherein the generic attribute characteristic comprises the encrypted temporal authentication key;
determining, by the computer system, that the user device is authenticated using the encrypted temporal authentication key;
and
causing, by the computer system, a locker door of the locker to be unlocked.

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A method comprising:

receiving, by a user device comprising one or more computer processors coupled to memory, an order pickup notification comprising the identifier, the order pickup notification indicating that an order is ready for pickup, and wherein the identifier is associated with a target Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral device;
monitoring a location of the user device;
determining that the user device is within a range of the Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral device;
causing the user device to scan for the identifier;
receiving a beacon from a Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral device;
determining, by the user device using the beacon and the identifier, that the Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral device is the target Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral device;
establishing a connection with the target Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral device;
and
sending a signal to the target Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral device to implement an action, wherein the signal comprises a resource identifier, and wherein the target Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral device controls access to a plurality of resources, and uses the resource identifier to identify a resource of the plurality of resources at which to implement the action.

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A system comprising:

memory configured to store computer-executable instructions;
and
at least one computer processor configured to access the memory and execute the computer-executable instructions to:
receive, by a user device comprising one or more computer processors coupled to memory, an order pickup notification comprising the identifier, the order pickup notification indicating that an order is ready for pickup, and wherein the identifier is associated with a target Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral device;
monitor a location of the user device;
determine that the user device is within a range of the Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral device;
receive a beacon from a Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral device;
determine, using the beacon and the identifier, that the Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral device is the target Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral device;
establish a connection with the target Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral device;
and
send a signal to the target Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral device to implement an action, wherein the signal comprises a resource identifier, and wherein the target Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral device controls access to a plurality of resources, and uses the resource identifier to identify a resource of the plurality of resources at which to implement the action.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.