System and Method for Managing the Delivery of Goods

Abstract

A system and method for managing the delivery of goods ordered by a customer from a provider thereof to at least one Smart Locked Storage Container (SLSC), each SLSC associated with the customer utilizing: a customer server for ordering and managing the goods to be delivered to the at least one SLSC; a delivery server for managing deliveries of the goods to the at least one SLSC by a delivery agent; a smart communicator for enabling communications between the provider of goods, the delivery server, a signaler and/or the customer server; a controller for controlling the communications; a signaler communicatively connected to the SLSC for transmitting a signal to the SLSC allowing access thereinto by the delivery agent, the customer, and/or an agent of the customer, and at least one of: a system comprising at least one server processor enabled to conduct a transaction between the server and customer for the purchase, order, and/or delivery of goods to the SLSC as part of an automated mobile transaction performed with a mobile device, the delivery agent is an unmanned delivery aircraft, at least one security camera associated with at least one SLSC, a delivery associated system which provides the deliveree with discounts, incentives, rewards and other advantages based on the loyalties of the deliveree, a robotic positioner of the goods with a driverless delivery vehicle agent, the at least one SLSC is a plurality of interlocking smart storage appliances, or a system comprising an element for preparing invitations to bid for the delivery of goods to the SLSC; distributing, receiving, and evaluating the bids from a pool of delivery agents in an auction; and selecting a delivery agent.

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