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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2018
United States Postal Service, Washington, DC (US);
Donald Eugene Irwin, Fredericksburg, VA (US);
Gabriel Michael Yessin, Vienna, VA (US);
Joram Shenhar, Fairfax, VA (US);
Joel Locknauth Dewnandan, Bladensburg, MD (US);
Michael LeRoy Spears, Chantilly, VA (US);
William Albert Tartal, Baltimore, MD (US);
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Systems, devices and methods for storage, delivery, receipt, and/or other handling of an item in an electronically controllable storage receptacle are disclosed. The disclosure provides features for keyless access to the storage receptacle by use of user access information, such as a PIN or bar code. Further, features are disclosed for receiving and/or transmitting data related to the recipient and the item to facilitate the various handling actions of the item.