# US 2023/0054036 A1 · Method and apparatus for transferring access information to a box installation using a first mode of communication > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2023/0054036 A1 - Document ID: US20230054036A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/890,004 - Filed: 2022-08-17 - Published: 2023-02-23 - Earliest claimed: 2021-08-17 - Assignees: Deutsche Post AG - Inventors: Philipp Oberländer; Thomas Baye; Marko Dietrich - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230054036A1 ## CPC - G06Q 10/02: Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events - G06Q 50/60: Business processes related to postal services (shipping G06Q10/083; franking apparatus G07B17/00) - G06Q 10/08365: {Deliveries to storage lockers} - G07C 9/20: involving the use of a pass - G07F 17/13: {the containers being a postal pick-up locker} - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) ## Abstract Disclosed is a method in which first information from an apparatus or a system is obtained. The first information is used to determine a first mode of communication for transferring access information to a box installation. Using the first information, the first mode of communication for transferring the access information to the box installation is determined. The access information is transferred to the box installation using the first mode of communication in order to obtain access to the box installation. Further, apparatuses and computer programs that are able to control and/or perform the respective methods are disclosed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method, for example performed by a mobile apparatus, the method comprising: obtaining first information from an apparatus or a system, the first information being usable to determine a first mode of communication for transferring access information to a box installation; determining, using the first information, the first mode of communication for transferring the access information to the box installation; and transferring the access information to the box installation using the first mode of communication in order to obtain access to one or more boxes of the box installation. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the first mode of communication comprises selecting the first mode of communication from a plurality of modes of communication. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first mode of communication is one of the modes of communication (i)-(iv): (i) a transfer by means of a radio connection, in particular Bluetooth or NFC; (ii) a transfer by means of an optical pattern displayed on a screen of the mobile apparatus for capture by a capture unit of the box installation; (iii) a transfer by means of display of the access information on a screen of the mobile apparatus for visual detection by a person, who then inputs the access information on an input unit of the box installation, in particular a keypad or a touch-sensitive screen; or (iv) an acoustic transfer, for example by virtue of an apparatus or a person reading the access information aloud and the box installation capturing the access information by means of voice recognition. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: obtaining second information that is usable as the access information or that is required for generating the access information. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the mobile apparatus obtains the first and the second information from the same apparatus or the same system, and wherein the obtainment of the first information and the obtainment of the second information are triggered by the same event, for example. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the second information is obtained for a process of collecting at least one consignment from the one or more boxes of the box installation. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: transferring a reservation request to an apparatus that is able to determine reservation information; obtaining the reservation information, the reservation information indicating a reservation for the one or more boxes of the box installation for which access is intended to be obtained with the transfer of the access information, and the reservation information being obtained for example as a reaction to the transfer of the reservation request. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the reservation request is transferred and the reservation information is obtained for a process of depositing a consignment in the one or more boxes of the box installation. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the reservation request comprises location information or wherein, besides the reservation request, location information associated with the reservation request is transferred to the apparatus. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the mobile apparatus obtains the reservation information and the first information from the same apparatus or the same system, and wherein the obtainment of the first information and the obtainment of the reservation information are triggered by the same event, for example. ### Claim 11 A method, for example performed by a box installation, the method comprising: outputting first information to an apparatus or a system that transfers the first information to a mobile apparatus in order to allow the mobile apparatus to use the first information to determine a first mode of communication for transferring access information to the box installation; obtaining the access information using the first mode of communication, the first mode of communication having been determined using the first information; confirming whether the access information authorizes access to one or more boxes of the box installation; and granting access to one or more boxes of the box installation, a necessary condition for the granting of access being that it has been confirmed that the access information authorizes access to the one or more boxes of the box installation. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising: outputting deposit information, the deposit information being usable to confirm that a consignment has been deposited in a box of the box installation. ### Claim 13 A method, for example performed by an apparatus or a system, the method comprising: obtaining or storing first information, the first information being usable to determine a first mode of communication for transferring access information to a box installation; and transferring the first information to a mobile apparatus in order to allow the mobile apparatus to use the first information to determine the first mode of communication for transferring the access information to the box installation. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further comprising: obtaining deposit information from the box installation; confirming, using the deposit information, that a consignment has been deposited in a box of the box installation, the confirmation that a consignment has been deposited in a box of the box installation being a trigger for the transfer of the first information to the mobile apparatus. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the access information is transferred from the mobile apparatus to the box installation in order to obtain access to one or more boxes of the box installation, the method further comprising: obtaining or determining second information that is usable as the access information or that is required for generating the access information; transferring the second information to the mobile apparatus, the transfer of the first information and the transfer of the second information being triggered by the same event, for example. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the second information is obtained or determined and the second information is transferred for a process of collecting at least one consignment from the one or more boxes of the box installation. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further comprising: obtaining a reservation request from the mobile apparatus; determining reservation information, the reservation information indicating a reservation for one or more boxes of the box installation, and the reservation information being determined for example as a reaction to obtaining the reservation request; transferring the reservation information to the mobile apparatus, the transfer of the reservation information and the transfer of the first information being triggered by the same event, for example. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first information is organization information associated with an organization of the box installation. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein the organization information is associated with one or more organization features a), b) or c) of the box installation: a) the availability of a radio communication interface at the box installation, b) the availability of a capture unit, e.g. an optical and/or acoustic capture unit, at the box installation, c) the availability of an input unit, e.g. a touch-sensitive screen or a keypad, at the box installation. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first information is type information, with the result that the first information indicates a type of the box installation or with the result that the first information is usable to determine the type of the box installation.