US 11,887,163 B2Granted

System and method for mobile gig locker

AssigneeProductive Applicant Solutions, Inc.

InventorsPeter Ta, Gerald Maliszewski

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Abstract

A mobile locker system is provided having a security mechanism permitting an agent to access the locker parked at a temporary product exchange station, and an exchange mechanism directing the agent to the station location. The agent can be a delivery agent inserting the product into the locker or a receiving agent removing the product from the locker. The locker may be attached to a mobile platform, such as an automotive vehicle. A communications subsystem transmits an identifier associated with the agent accessing the locker, an identifier associated with the locker, and the geographic location of the locker to a server. An ordering mechanism accepts product orders, product exchange station location requests, or both, from a receiving agent, and has an interface to supply the ordered product to a delivery exchange mechanism. A receiving exchange mechanism passes the locker information to the receiving agent.

Claims33

Dependent claims

A mobile locker system comprising:

a mobile locker capable of holding a product, configured for attachment to a mobile platform parked at a temporary product exchange station location having a weighted value;
a locker security mechanism permitting a package agent to access the locker;
a location subsystem to determine the geographic location of the mobile platform;
an exchange mechanism having an interface directing the package agent to the product exchange station location:
a gig mobile platform mechanism accepting an offer from a platform agent to supply the mobile platform with the attached mobile locker;
wherein the exchange mechanism establishes the product exchange station location for the mobile platform in response to the offer;
a gig parking mechanism supplying the product exchange station location to a parking agent selected from the group consisting of a human being and an autonomous driving software application stored in a non-transitory memory enabling a sequence of processor executable steps for driving an automotive vehicle mobile platform;
a secure mobile platform access mechanism permitting the parking agent to gain control over the mobile platform;
a communications subsystem having an interface to receive verification information including an identification code associated with the parking agent, an identification code associated with the mobile platform, and geographic location, and an interface to transmit the verification information;
and,
wherein an entity associated with the mobile platform receives a reward corresponding to the value of the product exchange station location.

8 more elements

A mobile delivery and storage method comprising:

providing a mobile locker capable of holding a product and configured for attachment to a mobile platform;
parking the locker at a temporary product exchange station location with a weighted value;
directing a package agent to the geographic location of product exchange station location;
permitting the package agent access to the locker;
a gig mobile platform mechanism accepting an offer from a platform agent to supply the mobile platform with the attached mobile locker;
wherein directing the package agent to the product exchange station location includes establishing a product exchange station location for the mobile platform in response to the offer;
permitting a parking agent to gain control over the mobile platform, where the parking agent is selected from the group consisting of a human being and an autonomous driving software application stored in a non-transitory memory enabling a sequence of processor executable steps for driving an automotive vehicle mobile platform;
determining a geographic location of the mobile platform;
transmitting verification information to a server, including an identification code associated with the parking agent, an identification code associated with the mobile platform, and the geographic location;
supplying the parking agent with the product exchange station location;
and,
the parking agent delivering the mobile platform to the product exchange station location.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/097,256Filed 13 Nov 2020 · continuation in part
Priority: 14 Dec 2018
Published: US 2021/0004870 A14 Mar 2021
Granted: 30 Jan 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

G06Q 30/0266
Vehicular advertisement: based on the position of the vehicle
G06Q 10/08365
Recipient pick-ups: deliveries to storage lockers
G06Q 30/0244
Determining effectiveness of advertisements: optimization
G06Q 30/0252
Targeted advertisements: based on events or environment, e.g. weather or festivals

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