Kiosk for receiving and delivering packages

US10204326B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• eBay Inc. · US

Inventors

• Lindsay Strand · New York, US
• Mekdela Maskal · Brooklyn, US
• Anna Rasulova · San Francisco, US
• Anand Ilesh Safi · Philadelphia, US
• Christopher Li · Bellevue, US
• Jayni Shah · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 21, 2015
• Grant date: Feb 12, 2019
• Expiry date: May 24, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/087
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A computer server for a network-based transaction system is coupled to a kiosk via a data communications network. The kiosk includes a computer processor, an input device, an electronic display unit, a plurality of compartments, and a data communications port. The computer server receives input from a seller of an item. The input includes a listing of the item for sale on the network-based transaction system. The server identifies an available compartment from the plurality of compartments based on the size of the item for sale. The available compartment is configured to receive the item for sale from the seller. The server transmits an identification of the available compartment to the seller via the electronic display unit, and enables access to the available compartment by the seller.