Integrated Package and Mail Delivery Security System
AssigneeIMDSS Solutions LLC
InventorsCynthia Lee Chambers, Steven James Frederickson
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Abstract
A system for securely depositing an item includes: a deposit box with a door configured to provide selective access to an interior space in the deposit box; a lock mechanism configured to attach to the deposit box to selectively block the door from opening; a first proximity sensor operatively connected to the lock mechanism to operate the lock mechanism to block the door or allow the door to open; a second proximity sensor configured to be attached to at least one of: a delivery person and a piece of delivery equipment; a third proximity sensor; and a first transmitter operatively connected to the lock mechanism and configured to transmit a signal indicative of operating information regarding the lock mechanism.
Claims20
An integrated package and mail delivery security system, the integrated package and mail delivery security system being configured to limit access to a delivery box, the integrated package and mail delivery security system comprising:
- a lock mechanism, the lock mechanism configured to attach to or be integrated within the delivery box to selectively prevent a door of the delivery box from opening;
- the lock mechanism configured to have a locked configuration that prevents the door of the delivery box from opening;
- the lock mechanism further configured to have an unlocked configuration that allows the door of the delivery box to open;
- the lock mechanism further including a lock body;
- the lock body comprising a movable bolt that retracts into the lock body and extends from the lock body to implement the locked configuration that prevents the door of the delivery box from opening and the unlocked configuration that allows the door of the delivery box to open;
- a sensor operatively connected to the lock mechanism, the sensor configured to be responsive to authorized delivery personnel and send a signal to the lock mechanism;
- the sensor further configured to send the signal to operate the lock mechanism to move the movable bolt to place the lock mechanism in the unlocked configuration that allows the door of the delivery box to open during a delivery of a package and/or mail to the delivery box by the authorized delivery personnel;
- a transceiver operatively connected to the lock mechanism and the transceiver configured to transmit information over a wireless network to a system indicating operation of the lock mechanism;
- a power source configured to provide electrical or battery power to at least the sensor, the lock mechanism, and the transceiver;
- the system configured to receive the information indicating operation of the lock mechanism from the transceiver over the wireless network;
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- the system being further configured to transmit a message over a network to a device regarding operation of the lock mechanism, wherein the device comprises at least one of the following:
- a computer and a wireless device;
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- wherein the message comprises an indication of operation of the lock mechanism.
An integrated package and mail delivery security system, the integrated package and mail delivery security system being configured to limit access to a delivery box, the integrated package and mail delivery security system comprising:
- a lock mechanism, the lock mechanism configured to attach to the delivery box to selectively prevent a door of the delivery box from opening;
- the lock mechanism configured to have a locked configuration that prevents the door of the delivery box from opening;
- the lock mechanism further configured to have an unlocked configuration that allows the door of the delivery box to open;
- the lock mechanism further including a lock body;
- the lock body comprising a movable bolt that retracts into the lock body and extends from the lock body to implement the locked configuration that prevents the door of the delivery box from opening and the unlocked configuration that allows the door of the delivery box to open;
- a sensor operatively connected to the lock mechanism, the sensor configured to be responsive to authorized delivery personnel and send a signal to the lock mechanism:
- the sensor further configured to send the signal to operate the lock mechanism to move the movable bolt to place the lock mechanism in the unlocked configuration that allows the door of the delivery box to open during a delivery of the package and/or mail to the delivery box by the authorized delivery personnel;
- a power source configured to provide electrical or battery power to at least the sensor and the lock mechanism;
- a transceiver operatively connected to the lock mechanism and the transceiver configured to transmit information over a wireless network to a system indicating operation of the lock mechanism;
- the system configured to receive the information indicating operation of the lock mechanism from the transceiver over the wireless network;
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- the system being further configured to transmit a message to a device regarding operation of the lock mechanism;
- wherein the device comprises at least one of the following:
- a computer and a wireless device;
- and
- wherein the message comprises an indication of operation of the lock mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.