Systems and methods for receiving retail products

A system for receiving retail products to be delivered at a customer site using a temperature controlled storage container comprising:

• a power over ethernet (POE) system configured to provide power to a temperature controlled storage container;
• the temperature controlled storage container at a customer site and coupled to the POE system, the temperature controlled storage container comprising:
• one or more chambers having corresponding chamber temperatures that are each individually maintained by the temperature controlled storage container and adjustable based on instructions from a separate electronic control device;
• a cooling system operable on a first operable power based on the power provided by the POE system, the cooling system configured to selectively decrease one of the corresponding chamber temperatures of the one or more chambers based on a temperature assigned to corresponding one of the one or more chambers;
• a heating system operable on a second operable power based on the power provided by the POE system, the heating system configured to selectively increase the one of the corresponding chamber temperatures of the one or more chambers based on the temperature assigned to corresponding one of the one or more chambers;
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• a storage container control circuit operable on a third operable power based on the power provided by the POE system and operatively coupled to the cooling system and the heating system, the storage container control circuit configured to:
• determine whether the one of the corresponding chamber temperatures is within a threshold of the temperature assigned to the corresponding one of the one or more chambers;
• initiate a first operation of the cooling system when the corresponding one of the one or more chambers is greater than the threshold;
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• initiate a second operation of the heating system when the corresponding one of the one or more chambers is less than the threshold;
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• the separate electronic control device remote from and communicatively coupled to the temperature controlled storage container, the separate electronic control device configured to provide the temperature assigned to the corresponding one of the one or more chambers based on an external temperature outside of the temperature controlled storage container, one or more retail products to be delivered and stored in the one or more chambers, and an estimated delivery time of the one or more retail products, wherein the separate electronic control device adjusts each of the corresponding chamber temperatures based on the temperature assigned to the corresponding one of the one or more chambers that is provided to the temperature controlled storage container.

A method for receiving retail products to be delivered at a customer site comprising:

• receiving, at a storage container control circuit from a separate electronic control device, a particular assigned temperature of a plurality of assigned temperatures to a particular chamber of one or more chambers of a temperature controlled storage container, wherein each of the one or more chambers is assigned, by the separate electronic control device, a corresponding one of the plurality of assigned temperatures;
• maintaining, by the storage container control circuit, a chamber temperature of the particular chamber based on the particular assigned temperature and a temperature read by at least one of one or more temperature sensors of the temperature controlled storage container associated with the particular chamber;
• determining, by the storage container control circuit, whether a first trigger signal is received from one or more sensors of the temperature controlled storage container;
• determining, by the storage container control circuit, whether a second trigger signal is available from the separate electronic control device;
• providing, by the storage container control circuit, an unlock signal to a locking system of the temperature controlled storage container based on the determining that the first trigger signal is received and the second trigger signal is available, wherein the unlock signal enables access to the particular chamber;
• providing, by the separate electronic control device, the particular assigned temperature to each of the one or more chambers based on an external temperature outside of the temperature controlled storage container, one or more retail products to be delivered and stored in the one or more chambers, and an estimated delivery time of the one or more retail products;
• selectively assigning, by the separate electronic control device, each of the one or more retail products to one of the one or more chambers based on at least one of:
• a product temperature associated with each retail product of the one or more retail products and the particular assigned temperature to each of the one or more chambers;
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• providing, by the separate electronic control device, the second trigger signal based on at least one of:
• the estimated delivery time of the one or more retail products, an authorization to access from a customer associated with the temperature controlled storage container, and an authentication signal received from the customer.