System and method for automated delivery of refrigerated perishable items
OwnerDaniel Villamarinventor
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Abstract
A method of selling goods to a customer, comprising: loading a variety of goods into a plurality of dispenser robots; receiving an order for goods by a customer over a communications network; causing a delivery vehicle to move along a guideway to at least one location of at least one dispenser robot in the plurality of dispenser robots responsive to receiving the order; causing dispensing of goods from the at least one dispenser robot into the delivery vehicle; causing the delivery vehicle to load onto an aerial tramway responsive to causing dispensing of the goods; causing the delivery vehicle to move to a destination point on aerial tramway; and causing presenting the goods in the delivery vehicle to the customer at the destination point.
Claims20
A method of selling goods to a customer, the method comprising:
- causing, by a processor, loading of a variety of goods into a plurality of dispenser robots;
- receiving, by the processor, an order for goods from the customer over a communications network, via a user device;
- causing, by the processor, a delivery vehicle to move along a guideway to at least one location of at least one dispenser robot of the plurality of dispenser robots responsive to receiving the order, wherein causing the delivery vehicle to move along the guideway comprises engaging with a bicycle wheel wind turbine electricity generator as the delivery vehicle travels along the guideway;
- causing, by the processor, to dispense goods from the at least one dispenser robot into the delivery vehicle, wherein the delivery vehicle comprises a customer container;
- causing, by the processor, to load the delivery vehicle onto an aerial tramway responsive to causing dispensing of the goods;
- causing, by the processor, the delivery vehicle to move to a destination point on the aerial tramway;
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- transmitting, by the processor, a notification to the user device to collect the goods from the delivery vehicle at the destination point.
A system for distribution of goods from a storage facility to a customer, the system comprising:
- a delivery vehicle having a storage area for items purchased by a customer, wherein the delivery vehicle comprises a customer container within the storage area, and wherein the customer container is cylindrical in shape and contains an autonomously rotating axle, disposed within the center of the customer container to which a plurality of rings of vacuum containers or vacuum bags are attached;
- a dispensing robot configured to controllably dispense goods into the customer container on the delivery vehicle;
- a guideway on which the delivery vehicle travels;
- an aerial tramway along which the delivery vehicle is carried;
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- a pier elevator, wherein the pier elevator is configured to move the customer container vertically between the guideway and the aerial tramway or between a customer and either the guideway or the aerial tramway.
A method of selling goods to a customer, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a processor, an order for goods from the customer over a communications network, via a user device;
- causing, by the processor, a delivery vehicle to move along a guideway to at least one location of at least one dispenser robot of a plurality of dispenser robots responsive to receiving the order,
- causing, by the processor, to dispense goods from the at least one dispenser robot into the delivery vehicle, wherein the delivery vehicle comprises customer container, and wherein the customer container is cylindrical in shape and contains an autonomously rotating axle, disposed within the center of the customer container to which a plurality of rings of vacuum containers or vacuum bags are attached;
- causing, by the processor, to load the delivery vehicle onto an aerial tramway responsive to causing dispensing of the goods;
- causing, by the processor, to move the delivery vehicle to a destination point on the aerial tramway;
- and
- transmitting, by the processor, a notification to the user device to collect the goods from the delivery vehicle at the destination point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.