Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Michael Richard Crane

Rohit Shrivastava

Unyoung Kim

Calvin Phuong Nguyen

David T Chiu

Vinay P Vaidya

Iain A Kennedy

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.

Remote access monitoring

Techniques for providing a single text field and multiple different types of user input modes for inputting information into the single text field are described herein. In some instances, a user may enter a first portion of text into the text field in a first user input mode before inputting a second portion of text into the field in a second user input mode. The techniques may enforce a first set of rules associated with the first user input mode while the user enters the first portion of text. The techniques may then enforce a second, different set of rules associated with the second user input mode while the user enters the second portion of text. As such, the techniques enable a user to provide two or more different pieces of information into a single text field.

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Seattle, WA, United States of America

Michael Richard Crane