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Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 04, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Simone Bonazzoli, Rome, IT;

Marco Borgianni, Rome, IT;

Claudio Falcone, Rome, IT;

Alessio Fioravanti, Rome, IT;

Giuseppe Longobardi, Naples, IT;

Silvano Lutri, Rome, IT;

Luigi Presti, L'Aquila, IT;

Paolo Salerno, Rome, IT;

Alessandro Tomasi, Aprilia, IT;

Francesca Ziantoni, Rome, IT;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 1/08 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 1/08 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64C 2201/027 (2013.01); B64C 2201/128 (2013.01); B64C 2201/145 (2013.01); B64C 2201/146 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for automatically delivering a physical mail includes receiving, by an unmanned aerial vehicle from an unmanned aerial vehicle management system, a delivery information, the delivery information includes information about a first secure mailbox and information about a second secure mailbox, the first secure mailbox being related to a first target user, delivering the physical mail to the first secure mailbox, and rerouting the unmanned aerial vehicle carrying the physical mail from the first secure mailbox to the second secure mailbox in response to the physical mail being delivered to the first secure mailbox.


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