United States Postal Service

John David Cranor, Iii

William Albert Tartal

Gabriel Michael Yessin

Matthew Anthony Borgatti

Nathan Lachenmyer

Mihae Mukaida

An intelligent item receptacle, system, and method for providing supplemental media content in response to depositing an item having media indicia disposed thereon. An intelligent item receptacle includes an item receptacle securely enclosing an interior volume, an item sensor configured to detect an inserted item, a camera within the interior volume configured to capture an image of the item, and an output configured to play audio or visual content to bystanders outside the item receptacle. Processing circuitry within the item receptacle analyzes the image to determine if the media indicia are present on the item and, if present, causes the output to play the audio or visual content associated with the media indicia.

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Fort Collins, CO, United States of America

John David Cranor, Iii