Off network order operations including access code activation for pickup locations

US10810538B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · US

Inventors

• Rucheek Hasmukh Sangani · Kirkland, US
• Piyush Gupta · Bound Brook Junction, US
• Neha Goswami · Seattle, US
• Nicholas John Morren · Seattle, US
• Ameya Rahane · Seattle, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 8, 2018
• Grant date: Oct 20, 2020
• Expiry date: Apr 17, 2039

Classification

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

Abstract

A pickup location is enabled to operate when communication over a network is not available by preemptively synchronizing certain data. For the delivery of an item, an access code that will be used by the user for retrieving the item from a storage compartment at the pickup location may be generated and synchronized between the pickup location and a remote computing resource before the item is delivered. Once the item is delivered to the pickup location, the access code is activated so that it can be used by the user for retrieving the item from the storage compartment.