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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2016
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
David Bruce McCalib, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);
Harrison Holmes Jones, Seattle, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A system for providing access to delivery locations with added security. The system can include a database of images (or other data) of keys associated with a plurality of delivery addresses, or secure delivery locations. When a special handling item—i.e., one that cannot safely be left outside the delivery location—is ordered, the system creates a key to provide access to the secure delivery location. The key can be a one-time use, disposable, shreddable, or otherwise temporary key. The system can also utilize one or more video cameras to record some or all of the delivery process to ensure the delivery driver delivers the item(s), destroys or leaves the key, and leaves the secure delivery location locked, among other things. The manufacturing of a key and/or the choice to use secure delivery can be based on the delivery location, product, delivery value, perishability, or other factors.