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Patent No.:

US 12260368 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 25, 2023

Apparatus, systems, and methods for receiving and temporarily maintaining a delivery item and dynamically initiating a dispatched logistics operation for a storage receptacle

Applicant:

Fedex Corporate Services, Inc., Collierville, TN (US);

Inventor:

Ole-Petter Skaaksrud, Germantown, TN (US);

Assignee:

FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION, Memphis, TN (US);

Attorney:

WITHERS & KEYS, LLC

Primary Examiner:

Jeff Zimmerman

Assistant Examiner:

Wayne S Murray

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/0833 (2023.01); A47G 29/12 (2006.01); A47G 29/14 (2006.01); A47G 29/20 (2006.01); G01P 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/3296 (2019.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G06Q 10/08 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0834 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0836 (2023.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G06Q 10/20 (2023.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); G06Q 30/0202 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2023.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01); G07C 9/20 (2020.01); G07C 9/22 (2020.01); G07C 9/27 (2020.01); G07C 9/38 (2020.01); G07F 17/12 (2006.01); H04L 41/069 (2022.01); H04L 41/0816 (2022.01); H04L 41/082 (2022.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); G05D 105/28 (2024.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/0836 (2013.01); A47G 29/12095 (2017.08); A47G 29/1214 (2013.01); A47G 29/141 (2013.01); A47G 29/20 (2013.01); G01P 13/00 (2013.01); G06F 1/3296 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06315 (2013.01); G06Q 10/08 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0833 (2013.01); G06Q 10/08345 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06Q 10/20 (2013.01); G06Q 20/382 (2013.01); G06Q 20/389 (2013.01); G06Q 20/401 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0202 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0267 (2013.01); G07C 9/00309 (2013.01); G07C 9/00571 (2013.01); G07C 9/00896 (2013.01); G07C 9/215 (2020.01); G07C 9/22 (2020.01); G07C 9/27 (2020.01); G07C 9/38 (2020.01); G07F 17/13 (2020.05); H04L 41/069 (2013.01); H04L 41/0816 (2013.01); H04L 41/082 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/38 (2018.02); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); A47G 2029/12105 (2017.08); A47G 2029/143 (2013.01); A47G 2029/145 (2013.01); A47G 2029/149 (2013.01); G05D 2105/285 (2024.01); G06K 19/0723 (2013.01); G07C 2009/0092 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02);
Abstract

A system for receiving and temporarily maintaining a delivery item and dynamically initiating a dispatched logistics operation for a storage receptacle. The storage receptacle has an entrance opening for receiving the delivery item, a temporary storage area for temporarily maintaining the delivery item once deposited with the storage receptacle, and a retrieval door providing selective access to the temporary storage area. The system includes a backend server that maintains a management profile related to the storage receptacle, a bridge node mounted to the storage receptacle, and a wireless accessory sensor node having at least one sensor that monitors for a change in state of the storage receptacle. The wireless accessory sensor node broadcasts an updated advertising signal. The bridge node transmits retrieved event information to the backend server at a reporting time, and the backend server initiates the dispatched logistics operation from comparing the retrieved event information to location information.

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