Secure container for package delivery

US11551499B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Schlage Lock Company LLC · US

Inventors

• Joseph W. Baumgarte · Carmel, US
• Robert Prostko · Carmel, US
• Brian C. Eickhoff · Danville, US
• Rockwood T. Roberts, III · Shillington, US
• Robert Martens · Carmel, US
• Scott Baxter · Carmel, US
• Roger Barrett · Zionsville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 2, 2021
• Grant date: Jan 10, 2023
• Expiry date: Mar 2, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L2209/80
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method includes transmitting, by a handler device associated with a package handler, a message to an access control system requesting access to a secure container secured by an electronic lock mechanism; determining, by the access control system, whether the package handler is authorized to access the secure container based on the received message; transmitting, by the access control system, an unlock command to the secure container in response to a determination that the package handler is authorized to access the secure container; and unlocking the electronic lock mechanism of the secure container in response to successful authentication of the unlock command.