Generating product listings using locker sensors

US9842351B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• eBay Inc. · US

Inventors

• Michael George Lenahan · Burlington, US
• Chahn Chung · San Francisco, US
• Myra Sandoval · San Francisco, US
• Ben Mitchell · Oakland, US
• Timothy Sean Suglian · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 22, 2014
• Grant date: Dec 12, 2017
• Expiry date: Dec 6, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L51/52
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods are presented for standardizing delivery of products in an online marketplace using one or more locker systems. In some embodiments, a system of lockers is presented. The locker system may be configured to store one or more products sold in an online marketplace. The locker system may also include a processor coupled to the one or more lockers and configured to generate access code information for a buyer to enable access to a locker storing the product. One or more sensors may be coupled to the one or more lockers and configured to examine the product for a level of product quality. A transmitter of the system may be configured to transmit the access code information to the buyer. The system can later accept the access code information inputted from the buyer and open the locker storing the product after receiving the access code information.