Amazon Technologies, Inc.

David T Chiu

Unyoung Kim

Rohit Shrivastava

Michael Richard Crane

Calvin Phuong Nguyen

Features are disclosed for accurately authenticating a delivery agent for unattended delivery of an item. The systems and methods described confirm the location of the delivery agent and proximity to the delivery location using short range wireless communications between a monitoring device at the delivery location and a communication device associated with the delivery agent. Access may also be conditioned on user specified 'do not disturb' rules indicating when remote access is authorized. The authentication may be dynamically assessed such as based on a type of item being delivered.

Remote access authentication and authorization

Features are disclosed for controlling monitoring devices during unattended delivery of an item. The systems and methods described ensure the monitoring devices are monitoring a delivery location at a specified level before granting unattended access to the delivery location. Access may also be conditioned on user specified 'do not disturb' rules indicating when remote access is authorized.

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Palo Alto, CA, United States of America

David T Chiu