US 2026/0300897 A1Published application

Enhanced authentication for secure package delivery

AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation

InventorsArielle Micaela Goldberg, Nadia Salahuddin, Michael S. Gordon, Kyle Marshall, Kimberly Dyan Laynes

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Abstract

A system of authenticating secure package delivery is provided which includes a client memory and a client processor, The client processor is configured to acquire encoded package data representing package information which identifies a package and encoded location data representing location information which identifies a delivery location, determine whether or not the delivery location identified by the location information is a target delivery location for the package based on a plurality of portions of package information each identifying a package and a plurality of portions of location information each identifying a target delivery location and associated with a corresponding portion of package information, and provide a notification that the delivery location is the target delivery location, or is not the delivery location, based on the determination.

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Dependent claims

A system for authenticating secure package delivery, the system comprising:

a client memory;
and
a client processor configured to:
acquire encoded package data, representing package information which identifies a package;
acquire encoded location data, representing location information which identifies a delivery location;
determine whether or not the delivery location, identified by the location information, is a target delivery location for the package based on:
a plurality of portions of package information, each portion of package information identifying one of a plurality of packages;
a plurality of portions of location information, each portion of location information identifying one of a plurality of target delivery locations for a corresponding package and each portion of location information being associated with a corresponding portion of package information;
and
in a case that it is determined that the delivery location is the target delivery location for the package, provide a notification that the delivery location is the target delivery location;
and
in a case that it is determined that the delivery location is not the target delivery location for the package, provide a notification that the delivery location is not the target delivery location.

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A computer program product comprising:

one or more computer-readable storage media;
and
program instructions stored on the one or more computer-readable storage media to perform operations comprising:
acquiring encoded package data, representing package information which identifies a package;
acquiring encoded location data, representing location information which identifies a delivery location;
determining whether or not the delivery location, identified by the location information, is a target delivery location for the package based on:
a plurality of stored portions of package information, each stored portion of package information identifying a different package;
and
a plurality of stored portions of location information, each stored portion of location information identifying a different target delivery location for a corresponding package and each stored portion of location information being associated with a corresponding stored portion of package information;
and
in a case that it is determined that the delivery location is the target delivery location for the package, providing a notification that the delivery location is the target delivery location;
and
in a case that it is determined that the delivery location is not the target delivery location for the package, providing a notification that the delivery location is the not target delivery location.

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A computer implemented method of authenticating secure package delivery, the method comprising:

acquiring, by a client processor, encoded package data, representing package information which identifies a package;
acquiring, by a client processor, encoded location data, representing location information which identifies a delivery location;
determining, by a client processor, whether or not the delivery location, identified by the location information, is a target delivery location for the package based on:
a plurality of stored portions of package information, each stored portion of package information identifying a different package;
and
a plurality of stored portions of location information, each stored portion of location information identifying a different target delivery location for a corresponding package and each stored portion of location information being associated with a corresponding stored portion of package information;
and
in a case that it is determined that the delivery location is the target delivery location for the package, providing, by a client processor, a notification that the delivery location is the target delivery location;
and
in a case that it is determined that the delivery location is not the target delivery location for the package, providing, by a client processor, a notification that the delivery location is the not target delivery location.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.