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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2014
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Jason Lee Brooks, Seattle, WA (US);
Christa Stephens Glenn, Seattle, WA (US);
Eric George Wallinger, Seattle, WA (US);
Jonathan Pennucci Alexander, Seattle, WA (US);
Thomas Emmanuel Van de Velde, Seattle, WA (US);
Ripley Graeme MacDonald, Seattle, WA (US);
Nicholas Groenke, Seattle, WA (US);
Christopher David Brown, Seattle, WA (US);
Christopher A. Heilman, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Stephen Michael Kidson, Seattle, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for delivering a package to a customer employ an on-demand locker assembly having a plurality of lockers into which a package is placed for retrieval by the customer. A computer-implemented method for delivering a package to a customer includes receiving the package into a facility. The customer is notified that the package has arrived at the facility. In response to receiving a check-in notification from the customer, the package is placed into a locker having a closed configuration that blocks access to the package by the customer. The customer is sent an access code for use by the customer in retrieving the package from the locker. Entry of the access code by the customer is received. In response to receipt of the entry of the access code, the locker is reconfigured so that the customer can retrieve the package from the locker.