Smart box
AssigneeIgloo Products Corp.
InventorsJason Emde, Geoff Truskowski, Greg Siwak, John Maldonado, Vasanthi Iyer, Nicholas Dekeyser, Roque Barros, Brad Thompson, Jeff Diamond, Michelle Stone
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Abstract
A smart box cooler having a computing device is provided. The smart box cooler can obtain authorization data, and determine whether the authorization data authorizes access to a cavity of the smart box cooler. The smart box cooler can activate an electrically operated actuator to control access to the cavity.
Claims20
A method of a smart box cooler comprising a computing device, the method comprising:
- transmitting, by the computing device, an identifier over a network;
- obtaining, by the computing device, an initiation action comprising authorization data;
- determining, by the computing device, whether the authorization data is authorized;
- and
- activating, by the computing device, an electrically operated actuator to control access to at least one cavity of the smart box cooler, wherein activating the electrically operated actuator prevents a lock mechanism of the smart box cooler from being unlocked based at least in part by preventing a lock knob from fully turning to an unlocked position.
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A system, comprising:
- a smart box cooler comprising a computing device;
- and
- program instructions executable in the computing device that, when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to:
- transmit an identifier over a network;
- obtain an initiation action comprising authorization data;
- determine whether the authorization data is authorized;
- and
- activate an electrically operated actuator to control access to at least one cavity of the smart box cooler, wherein activating the electrically operated actuator prevents a lock mechanism of the smart box cooler from being unlocked based at least in part by preventing a lock knob from fully turning to an unlocked position.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions executable by a computing device of a smart box cooler, the plurality of instructions being configured to cause the computing device to at least:
- transmit an identifier over a network;
- obtain an initiation action comprising authorization data;
- determine whether the authorization data is authorized;
- and
- activate an electrically operated actuator to control access to at least one cavity of the smart box cooler, wherein activating the electrically operated actuator prevents a lock mechanism of the smart box cooler from being unlocked based at least in part by preventing a lock knob from fully turning to an unlocked position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.