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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 31, 2018
Applicant:

United States Postal Service, Washington, DC (US);

Inventors:

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);

Assignee:

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Washington, DC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); G07F 17/12 (2006.01); G07F 5/18 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/0836 (2013.01); G06F 21/6218 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0837 (2013.01); G07F 5/18 (2013.01); G07F 17/12 (2013.01); G06Q 2220/00 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01);
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.


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