Lotte lockbox and parcel management system
AssigneeMilotte
InventorJames Stevenot
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Abstract
A lockbox and parcel management system is implemented in which a lockbox having multiple compartments is controllable via an access device that locks and unlocks respective compartments upon receiving a proper access code input. A user may place an order with an e-commerce service using an e-commerce application or website. The e-commerce service, upon receiving the order, may transmit order information to a lockbox remote service which can communicate with a user device associated with the user who placed the order, the access device for the lockbox, and a deliverer's device from the delivery company. The lockbox remote service or authorized user/owner may set access codes for the deliverer to open and place a parcel in a lockbox's compartment for safe and secure storage until the user arrives home.
Claims20
A system implemented on one or more computing devices, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- one or more hardware-based memory devices having computer-executable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more computing devices to:
- receive an order at an e-commerce service, in which the order is a request from a user to purchase an item;
- and
- generate an access code for an entry point associated with the user, in which the access code enables unlocking of the entry point when input at an access computing device associated with the entry point,
- wherein the access code is active and usable within a given time frame that causes the access device to unlock the entry point, in which the access code is assigned to one or more specific users or user devices.
A method performed by one or more computing devices, comprising:
- receiving, at the one or more computing devices, an order at an e-commerce service, in which the order is a request from a user to purchase an item;
- and
- generating, by the one or more computing devices, access code for an entry point associated with the user, in which the access code enables unlocking of the entry point when input at an access computing device associated with the entry point,
- wherein the access code is active and usable within a given time frame that causes the access device to unlock the entry point, in which the access code is assigned to one or more specific users or user devices.
One or more hardware-based non-transitory memory devices having computer-executable instructions which, when executed by one or more processors disposed in a computing device, cause the computing device to:
- receive an order at an e-commerce service, in which the order is a request from a user to purchase an item;
- and
- generate an access code for an entry point associated with the user, in which the access code enables unlocking of the entry point when input at an access computing device associated with the entry point,
- wherein the access code is active and usable within a given time frame that causes the access device to unlock the entry point, in which the access code is assigned to one or more specific users or user devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.