Storage compartment coordination and tracking
US11710083B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 21, 2020 |
| Grant date | Jul 25, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 24, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/0838
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system includes storage compartments, each of the storage compartments being configured to store shipments and having a locking mechanism and a computing system that controls operations of the storage compartments. The computing system performs: receiving a request from a providing entity to reserve a portion of the storage compartments, obtaining identification information of a requesting entity requesting a shipment from the providing entity, generating a scannable code; transmitting the scannable code and the identification code of the requesting entity to the providing entity, determining a compartment of the storage compartments to be reserved to temporarily store the shipment, detecting a scan of the scannable code or an input of the identification code on a computing device at a terminal of a location of or adjacent to the reserved determined compartment, and in response to detecting the scan or the input of the identification code, opening the reserved determined compartment.
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