System and method for enabling unattended package delivery to multi-dwelling properties
US11288620B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 17, 2019 |
| Grant date | Mar 29, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 7, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47G2029/149
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In one aspect, a method is provided including receiving, at a server computer, a communication that indicates controllability of an access control device by a client application associated with an e-commerce service. The access control device associated with a property and configured to selectively allow access to the property relative to interaction with the client application. The method further includes determining that the property is constituted by dwellings beyond the access control device and identifying, based on a reconciliation of addresses of the dwellings with information of user accounts of an e-commerce service, at least one of the dwellings associated with the e-commerce service. The method further includes causing relative to the reconciliation an update to at least one of the user accounts associated with the at least one of the dwellings, the update opting-in the at least one of the user accounts to a feature of the e-commerce service.
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