Florence Corporation

Kevin A Fee

Zachary A Williams

Michael R Molt

Maroof Choudhury

Dennis Brox

Lowell Scott

Penny D Lasater

A system for securely delivering packages of at least two different sizes by a sender to a receiver is disclosed comprising, installing an array of lockers of at least two different sizes with the number of lockers of each size based on a predetermined installed ratio, a central control unit for controlling the locking portions on the array of lockers having a locker optimization unit adapted to use data collected on the frequency of use of each size of lockers to recommend a ratio of lockers of each size to maximize usage of lockers of appropriate size in the array, wherein if the recommended ratio is different from the installed ratio, changing the sizes of selected lockers after installation of the array to better match the recommended ratio by replacing doors without removing hinge pins and moving and re-fastening the top and bottom walls of the lockers.

Package management system

The disclosure provides a system for delivering purchased items, with each item having an item identifier that includes the price, size and possibly a shape coefficient of the item, to customers by a service provider or store employee comprising, a plurality of lockers, each having a locking portion, a delivery code that associates one or more items with a transaction and a customer, a central control unit comprising an input device for reading a delivery code and open the number of lockers needed to accommodate the items designated in the delivery code. The central control unit communicates with a store management system to provide the customer an authentication code to subsequently retrieve the items. A method and system for picking and placing items in a locker bank for retrieval by a customer is also disclosed.

Package management system with accelerated delivery

Systems, methods and software are provided for providing visual marketing content with a locker system to customers in a retail store environment. The locker system includes an array of lockers, each locker of the array including a door having a flat exterior facing surface. All flat exterior facing surfaces of all lockers of the array are co-planar in their closed positions. The locker system includes a locker central control unit in communication with one or more memory devices. The system includes one or more electronic devices in communication with the locker central control unit for displaying the visual marketing content on one or more of the flat exterior surfaces. In practice, the disclosed systems, methods and software advantageously provide operators the ability to identify customers proximal the locker system, and deliver the visual marketing content in both a generic fashion and in a manner targeted to identified customers.

Purchased item management and promotional system

A system is disclosed for delivering packages by a delivery person in a location with multiple recipients comprising a plurality of lockers, each locker having an interior space and a door that when opened allows access to the interior space, a locking portion associated with each door, a central control unit comprising an identifier to allow the delivery person to specify a recipient, an input device to allow the delivery person to specify the number of packages to be delivered to the recipient, and a controller configured to deactivate the locking portions on the individual lockers, wherein upon identification of a recipient and input of the number of packages to be delivered to the recipient, the controller deactivates the number of locking portions equal to the number of packages to be delivered to the recipient, and the delivery person places a package in each locker opened and closes the door.

The disclosure provides a system for delivering packages in a location to multiple recipients by a service provider comprising, a plurality of lockers, each having a locking portion, a delivery code that associates one or more packages with a designated recipient and designates the number of lockers to be opened for that designated recipient, a central control unit comprising a first input device for reading a delivery code and open the number of lockers designated in the delivery code, a second input device adapted to read each package identifier. When the first input device reads the delivery code, the number of designated lockers is unlocked, and when the second input device reads a package, the package information is transmitted to the central control unit, and the service provider places the read package in the interior space of an unlocked locker and closes the associated door.

The disclosure provides a system for delivering packages by a delivery person in a location with multiple recipients comprising a plurality of lockers, each locker having an interior space, a door, a locker identifier, and a locking portion associated with each door. A central control unit comprises a first input device configured to allow the delivery person to designate the number of lockers to be opened, a second input device adapted to read the package identifier and a locker identifier, and a controller configured to deactivate the locking portions on the designated lockers. Upon delivery, the controller deactivates the number of locking portions equal to the number of designated lockers, and at a location remote from the central control unit, the second input device reads a package and a locker identifier for a designated locker and transmits the package and locker information to the central control unit.

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Manhattan, KS, United States of America

Kevin A Fee