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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2014
Tetsuro Motoyama, Los Altos, CA (US);
Tetsuro Motoyama, Los Altos, CA (US);
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Techniques are provided for receiving a request to store an item at a locker facility; determining a first plurality of locker compartments that are available for storing items at a first locker facility; receiving data that indicates item-physical-dimensions of the item; determining whether, based at least in part on the item-physical dimension of the item and locker-physical-dimensions of each locker compartment from the first plurality of locker compartments that are available for storing items, one or more first locker compartments from the first plurality of locker compartments are available; and if so, selecting a first locker compartment from the one or more first locker compartments; determining a first locker identifier of the first locker compartment from the one or more first locker compartments; and generating and transmitting a first response message, which includes the first locker identifier of the first locker compartment.