Mobile device for safe, secure, and accurate delivery of items
AssigneeUnited States Postal Service
InventorsCharles P. McLellan, Gabriel Michael Yessin, William Albert Tartal
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Abstract
Embodiments of a system and method for using a mobile device to assist with the efficient and secure delivery of item. The mobile device can assist an item deliver to lock or unlock secure item delivery receptacles. The mobile device can also notify an item deliverer about particular delivery conditions associated with particular delivery endpoints. The mobile device can further help the item deliverer to determine whether or not he or she is delivering the item to the correct location.
Claims20
A system for item delivery to secured receptacles comprising:
- a mobile computing device comprising a location module, wherein the location module detects the geographic position of the mobile computing device;
- a server in communication with the mobile computing device;
- a memory in communication with the server, the memory storing the identity an electronic lock securing a receptacle;
- wherein the mobile computing device is configured to communicate an unlock key and an unlock command to the electronic lock based on the detected geographic position of the mobile computing device.
A method for item delivery to secured receptacles comprising:
- detecting, via a location circuit, the geographic location of a mobile computing device;
- storing, in a memory, an identity of an electronic lock securing a receptacle;
- communicating, via a communication circuit, an unlock key and an unlock command to the electronic lock based on the detected geographic position of the mobile computing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.