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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
May. 11, 2022
The Chamberlain Group Llc, Oak Brook, IL (US);
Steven Carlevato, Woodridge, IL (US);
Casparus Cate, Murfreesboro, TN (US);
Edward Thomas Laird, Lombard, IL (US);
James Scott Murray, West Chicago, IL (US);
Robert John Olmsted, Wood Dale, IL (US);
Herman Ji-Heng Yau, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
THE CHAMBERLAIN GROUP LLC., Oak Brook, IL (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, a method associated with delivery of a product to a container. The method comprising, at a server computer, receiving container information from the container. The container information includes a capacity of the container detected by a sensor of the container. The method further includes receiving, from a user device, a request to order a product for delivery to the container and denying the request to order the product in response to a determination of inadequate capacity of the container. The determination of inadequate capacity of the container is based at least in part upon the container information and information indicative of the product. The method further includes communicating a signal to the user device indicating denial of the request to order the product due to the inadequate capacity of the container.