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Patent No.:

US 12664512 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026

Filed:

Jun. 22, 2023

Enhanced apparatus, systems, and methods for receiving and temporarily maintaining a delivery item and responsively initiating a dispatched logistics operation for a storage receptacle

Applicant:

Federal Express Corporation, Memphis, TN (US);

Inventor:

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

Assignee:

Federal Express Corporation, Memphis, TN (US);

Attorney:

Withers & Keys, LLC

Primary Examiner:

Mustafa Iqbal

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/00 (2026.01); A47G 29/12 (2006.01); A47G 29/14 (2006.01); A47G 29/20 (2006.01); G01P 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/3296 (2019.01); G06K 19/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G06Q 10/08 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0833 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0834 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0836 (2023.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G06Q 10/20 (2023.01); G06Q 20/00 (2012.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); G06Q 30/00 (2023.01); 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 17/00 (2006.01); G07F 17/12 (2006.01); H04L 41/00 (2022.01); H04L 41/069 (2022.01); H04L 41/0816 (2022.01); H04L 41/082 (2022.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.01); H04W 12/00 (2021.01); 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

An enhanced system for maintaining a delivery item within a storage receptacle includes a backend server, a bridge node, and wireless accessory sensor node with at least one sensor monitoring for a change in state of the storage receptacle. The system's wireless accessory sensor node detects the storage receptacle's state change based upon sensor data, records timestamped information reflecting the detected change, and broadcasts a signal with a flag set indicating there is event information available for upload. The system's bridge node is operative to detect the flag set, retrieve the event information available for upload from the wireless accessory sensor node, and transmit a message related to the retrieved event information to the backend server. The backend server is operative to reactively dispatch a logistics asset to the storage receptacle for pickup of the delivery item and initiate a further logistics operation related to other storage receptacles.

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