Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Delivery to an unattended location
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Application No.: US16058682Application Date: 2018-08-08
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Publication No.: US11144872B2Publication Date: 2021-10-12
- Inventor: Robert J. Gillen , Roberta Walton Hensley
- Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
- Current Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
- Main IPC: G06Q10/08
- IPC: G06Q10/08 ; G01S19/14 ; G06Q50/00

Abstract:
Generally, embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods that can facilitate delivery and access to an unattended home. A location of the unattended home for a drop off of the item is determined based on information received from a user or information associated with a user profile, the information including permission to enter the unattended home. Location data for a carrier device is determined based on receiving satellite positioning data from the carrier device, the location data of the carrier device indicating that the carrier device corresponds to the location of the unattended home. Information associated with an identifier affixed to the item is also determined. Access to the unattended home is granted based on transmitting a signal to at least one of a home monitoring system and a networked home device at the unattended home when the information corresponds to the location data from the carrier device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180365645A1 DELIVERY TO AN UNATTENDED LOCATION Public/Granted day:2018-12-20
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