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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2020
United States Postal Service, Washington, DC (US);
Christopher James Karpenko, Rochester, NY (US);
William G. Ackerman, Washington, DC (US);
Dominik Heinrich, New York, NY (US);
Christiane Braun-Rubino, Long Island City, NY (US);
Anthony Jones, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Daniel Karlsson, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Jordan Diatlo, New York, NY (US);
Daniel Bersak, New York, NY (US);
United States Postal Service, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A receptacle device which detects when mail has been delivered to the receptacle using a pressure sensor, IR beam, and/or a magnetic sensor. The receptacle device is connected to a wireless or wired network and is configured to communicate with a smart home system at the delivery point. The receptacle detects mail delivery and communicates this information via a network bridge to the smart home device of the recipient. The network bridge also gathers information from an informed delivery system which includes information regarding and images of mailpieces being delivered for a given day. The network bridge sends images of mailpieces which were delivered and additional mailpiece information to the recipient on the smart home system. For parcel, the network bridge can receive information regarding parcels to be delivered and can provide delivery estimates and visual tracking on a map.