System and Method for Enabling Unattended Package Delivery to Multi-dwelling Properties

A method of granting access to a secured area for an unattended delivery of an item, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a remote computer, an input from a user placing an order with an e-commerce service for delivery of an item;
• determining the delivery is to a multi-dwelling property including dwellings beyond an access control device;
• transmitting, from the remote computer, a message to a user device associated with the user;
• causing, by the remote computer, the user device to prompt the user to authorize a delivery agent to deliver the ordered item to a secured area beyond the access control device;
• receiving a user input granting authorization to the delivery agent;
• and
• storing, in a memory of the remote computer, the authorization associated with a user account of the user.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method of granting access to a secured area for an unattended delivery of an item, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a computing device, a communication indicating controllability of an access control device, wherein the access control device is located at a property;
• determining the property is a multi-dwelling property including dwellings beyond the access control device;
• identifying, by the computing device, at least one dwelling of the multi-dwelling property associated with an e-commerce service;
• causing, by the computing device, at least one update to a user account associated with the at least one dwelling by:
• notifying a user associated with the user account that the at least one dwelling qualifies for an update to the user account, the update including an opt-in for unattended delivery of items ordered from the e-commerce service to a secured area, and
• receiving a user input accepting the update.