Systems and methods for creating and using a hybrid-digital mailbox

US11797913B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• United States Postal Service · US

Inventors

• Chandra A. Briggman · Springfield, US
• Jane Elizabeth Quenk · Washington, US
• Timothy M. Moran · National Harbor, US
• Thomas J. Foti · Annandale, US
• Robert E. Dixon, Jr. · Haymarket, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 7, 2022
• Grant date: Oct 24, 2023
• Expiry date: Jul 7, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L51/214
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method, electronic device, and computer-readable storage medium for delivering supplemental physical and/or electronic content in association with a physical delivery item. Various embodiments include operations for receiving tracking data regarding a delivery item, determining, based on the tracking data, whether supplemental content is associated with the delivery item, and automatically scheduling delivery of the supplemental content when supplemental content is associated with the delivery item. Others embodiments include operations for obtaining tracking data regarding a delivery item; identifying, based on the tracking data, supplemental content associated with the delivery item; generating an electronic command to schedule delivery of the supplemental content at a delivery point of a user, the scheduled delivery being associated with a corresponding delivery date; and generating an electronic command to present, within a user interface, at least one of the electronic items of supplemental content to the user on the corresponding delivery date.