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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 9811796 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017

Filed:

Apr. 01, 2015

Method for delivering a shipment by an unmanned transport device

Applicant:

Deutsche Post Ag, Bonn, DE;

Inventors:

Thomas Ogilvie, Bonn, DE;

Matthäus Pruski, Troisdorf, DE;

Ramin Benz, Bonn, DE;

Assignee:

Deutsche Post AG, Bonn, DE;

Attorney:

Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, McNett & Henry LLP

Primary Examiner:

Jonathan M Dager

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/02 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); A47G 29/14 (2006.01); G07F 17/12 (2006.01); G06Q 50/28 (2012.01); B64F 1/04 (2006.01); B65G 67/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); B64D 1/22 (2006.01); B64D 45/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/083 (2013.01); A47G 29/14 (2013.01); A47G 29/141 (2013.01); B60L 11/1809 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 1/22 (2013.01); B64D 45/08 (2013.01); B64F 1/04 (2013.01); B65G 67/00 (2013.01); G06Q 50/28 (2013.01); G07F 17/12 (2013.01); A47G 2029/145 (2013.01); A47G 2029/149 (2013.01); B64C 2201/042 (2013.01); B64C 2201/128 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention relates to a method for delivering a shipment by an unmanned transport device to a receiving container for said shipment, the method comprising the following and additional steps: moving the unmanned transport device into a destination area associated with the receiving container, on the basis of geographical co-ordinates; once the unmanned transport device has reached the destination area, pairing of the transport device with the receiving container and exchanging electronic authorization information between the receiving container and the unmanned transport device.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Ogilvie, Thomas. (2017). Method for delivering a shipment by an unmanned transport device (U.S. Patent No. 9811796). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9811796

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