Method for allocating parcels and a system therefor
AssigneeSwipbox Development Aps
InventorsMiriam Bartholdy Deutsch, Allan Kaczmarek
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Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and systems for parcel allocation. In one example embodiment, a system is disclosed including a server, one or more service points and a user application. In another example embodiment, a method for allocating parcels is disclosed including acts of communicating data to and from the server and the service point, comprising electronic tokens. In various embodiments, the communicated data to or from the service point and/or the server is received by and/or transmitted from a user application and the use of a mobile smart device.
Claims20
A method for synchronizing a service point with a server, the method comprising:
- generating, at the service point, a synchronization electronic token comprising a sequence number of a user event and a piece ID linked to the user event;
- transmitting the synchronization electronic token from the service point to the server via a user application stored on a mobile smart device;
- and
- receiving, at the service point, an acknowledgment electronic token for acknowledgment of the transmitted synchronization electronic token;
- wherein the step of generating the synchronization electronic token and/or transmitting the synchronization electronic token is repeated unless the service point receives the acknowledgment electronic token.
A parcel locker comprising:
- a parcel locker chassis and a plurality of compartments, wherein each compartment of the plurality of compartments has at least one mechanical lockable door,
- wherein the parcel locker further comprises a battery and is configured to be battery operated, and
- wherein the parcel locker is configured for:
- generating a synchronization electronic token comprising a sequence number of a user event and a piece ID linked to the user event;
- transmitting the synchronization electronic token to a server via a user application stored on a mobile smart device;
- wherein the steps of generating the synchronization electronic token and/or transmitting the synchronization electronic token are repeated unless the parcel locker receives an acknowledgment electronic token from the server.
A method for synchronising a server with a service point, the method comprising:
- receiving, at the server via a user application stored on a mobile smart device, a synchronization electronic token, wherein the synchronization electronic token includes a sequence number of a user event related to the service point and a piece ID linked to the user event;
- generating, at the server, an acknowledgment electronic token of the received synchronization electronic token;
- and
- transmitting the acknowledgment electronic token from the server to the service point via the user application stored on the mobile smart device and/or a further user application stored on a further mobile smart device;
- wherein the received synchronization electronic token includes unacknowledged entries of synchronization electronic tokens and the step of generating the acknowledgment electronic token includes acknowledging the unacknowledged entries of synchronization electronic tokens.
A method of synchronizing a service point with a server, comprising:
- receiving, by a user application on a mobile smart device, a synchronization electronic token comprising a sequence number of a user event related to the service point and a piece ID linked to the user event from the service point, and transmitting, by the user application on the mobile smart device, the synchronization electronic token to the server;
- and/or
- receiving, by the user application stored on the mobile smart device, an acknowledgment electronic token from the server, and transmitting, by the user application on the mobile smart device, the acknowledgment electronic token to the service point;
- wherein the service point is a parcel locker and the user event relates to parcel delivery to the parcel locker and/or parcel pickup from the parcel locker.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.