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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2023
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Vikram Rengarajan, Irving, TX (US);
Subil Mathew Abraham, Lewisville, TX (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 15/00 (2006.01); G05F 1/66 (2006.01); G06Q 30/0238 (2023.01); G06Q 50/06 (2012.01); G07F 17/12 (2006.01); H04L 67/125 (2022.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 15/006 (2013.01); G05F 1/66 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0238 (2013.01); G06Q 50/06 (2013.01); G07F 17/12 (2013.01); H04L 67/125 (2013.01); G06Q 20/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A charging locker including a charging station. The charging locker can receive a power connection to a user device via the charging station. The charging locker can actuate a lock for a door of the charging locker to a locked state. the charging station can provide power that charges the user device. Responsive to receiving a user event when the lock for the door of the charging locker is in the locked state, the charging locker can actuate the lock for the door of the charging locker to an unlocked state.