Container for delivered items and methods for item delivery
AssigneeIdentity Protection, Inc.
InventorsJohn Capouch, James Beardsley, James Nehl
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Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods are provided involving the containers for the delivery of items. One embodiment includes a container for delivery of items. This exemplary embodiment includes an enclosure for the placement of a delivered item, a door for providing access to the enclosure, a locking mechanism to restrict the opening of the door to authorized individuals, and a logic component connected to the locking mechanism to control the actuation of the locking mechanism. The logic component includes logic to identify a code provided in a wireless signal to determine when to open the door.
Claims30
A container for delivery of items, comprising:
- an enclosure for the placement of a delivered item;
- a door for providing access to the enclosure;
- a locking mechanism to restrict the opening of the door to authorized individuals;
- a logic component connected to the locking mechanism to control the actuation of the locking mechanism, wherein the logic component includes logic to identify a code provided in a wireless signal to determine when to open the door.
An authorized item delivery system, comprising:
- a remote device including a logic component and an antenna;
- a container for delivery of items, comprising:
- an enclosure for the placement of a delivered item;
- a door for providing access to the enclosure;
- a locking mechanism to restrict the opening of the door to authorized individuals;
- means for controlling the actuation of the locking mechanism based upon the identification of a code provided in a wireless signal from the remote device to determine when to open the door.
A remote device for providing authorization to access a container, comprising:
- an antenna for receiving a query for an access code;
- a memory for storing the access code therein;
- a logic component for initiating the transmission of the access code via a wireless signal;
- and
- a transmitter for transmitting the wireless signal.
A method, comprising:
- assigning a remote device authorization code to a remote device that is to be matched by a container access controller;
- and
- setting a protocol in the container access controller to actuate a locking mechanism when at least a portion of the remote device authorization code corresponds to at least a portion of a container access authorization code that is stored within the container access controller.
A computer readable medium having a program to cause a device to perform a method, comprising:
- initiating a query by a container access controller of a remote device for a remote device authorization code;
- receiving the query with the remote device;
- wirelessly sending the remote device authorization code from the remote device to the container access controller;
- receiving the remote device authorization code with the container access controller;
- identifying whether at least a portion of the remote device authorization code corresponds to at least a portion of a container access authorization code associated with the container access controller;
- and
- actuating a locking mechanism when a match between at least a portion of the remote device and container access authorization codes has been identified.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.