Encoded package address for delivery
AssigneeMotorola Mobility LLC
InventorsKrishnan Raghavan, Vijayprakash Idlur, A G Prasad
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Abstract
In aspects of encoded package address for delivery, a server device generates an interactive encoded address for display on a package for delivery. The interactive encoded address is mapped to an address of an intended recipient of the package. The server device receives a request from a mobile device, or client device, to retrieve the address via the interactive encoded address. The server device selectively transmits at least a portion of the address for display to an authorized user. If the user of the mobile device or the mobile device itself is the authorized user, the mobile device receives the portion of the address and displays the portion of the address to a user via a user interface.
Claims20
A server device, comprising:
- at least one processor coupled with a memory;
- and
- an encoded address manager implemented at least partially in hardware and configured to cause the server device to:
- generate an interactive encoded address for display on a package for delivery, the interactive encoded address corresponding to an address of an intended recipient of the package;
- receive, via the interactive encoded address, a request to retrieve the address, wherein the request indicates a user identifier associated with a user;
- determine, based on comparing the user identifier to a list of user identifiers, a level of access of the user to the address;
- selectively transmit, based on the level of access of the user to the address, at least a portion of the address for display to the user;
- receive a message that triggers deactivation of the interactive encoded address based on a final user identifier in the list of user identifiers interacting with the interactive encoded address;
- and
- deactivate, based on the message, the interactive encoded address and access to the address of the intended recipient of the package.
A mobile device, comprising:
- at least one processor coupled with a memory;
- and
- an encoded address manager implemented at least partially in hardware and configured to cause the mobile device to:
- transmit, based on a scan of an interactive encoded address displayed on a package for delivery, a request to retrieve an address of an intended recipient of the package, wherein the request indicates a user identifier associated with a user;
- receive, in response to the request and based on a level of access of the user to the address, at least a portion of the address, wherein the level of access of the user is based on a list of user identifiers;
- display at least the portion of the address to the user;
- and
- transmit a message that triggers deactivation of the interactive encoded address based on a final user identifier in the list of user identifiers interacting with the interactive encoded address, wherein the interactive encoded address and access to the address is deactivated based on the message.
A method, comprising:
- generating an interactive encoded address for display on a package for delivery, the interactive encoded address corresponding to an address of an intended recipient of the package;
- receiving a request to retrieve the address via the interactive encoded address, wherein the request indicates a user identifier associated with a user;
- determining, based on comparing the user identifier to a list of user identifiers, a level of access of the user to the address;
- selectively transmitting, based on the level of access of the user to the address, at least a portion of the address for display to the user;
- receiving a message that triggers deactivation of the interactive encoded address based on a final user identifier in the list of user identifiers interacting with the interactive encoded address;
- and
- deactivating, based on the message, the interactive encoded address and access to the address of the intended recipient of the package.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.