Automatically caching and sending electronic signatures

• US 10,217,076 B2
• Filed: 09/22/2017
• Issued: 02/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Duquene, Joel, Johnson, Jr., Morris S., Jones, II, Shelton M., Miller, Adrienne Y.
• Primary Examiner(s): Flynn, Kevin H
• Assistant Examiner(s): Zeroual, Omar
• Application Number:
  US15/712,308
• Publication Number:
  US 20180247253A1
• Time in Patent Office: 522 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/604 Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/083 Shipping
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/805 Lightweight hardware, e.g. radio-frequency identification [RFID] or sensor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3247 involving digital signatures

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method for automatically caching and sending electronic signatures is provided. The method includes storing, by a mobile device, a digital signature, wherein the digital signature is associated with information relating to an expected delivery at an expected location, and wherein the mobile device is located within a proximity of the expected location. The method further includes detecting, by the mobile device, that a delivery service has arrived at the expected location with a package. The method further includes, in response to determining, by the mobile device, that the package corresponds to the expected delivery, authorizing, by the mobile device, the package to be left at the expected location by transmitting the digital signature to a delivery device associated with the delivery service.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

storing, by one or more computer processors in a mobile device, a digital signature, wherein the digital signature is associated with information relating to an expected delivery at an expected location, wherein the digital signature includes a tag with information relating to the expected delivery, wherein the tag is utilized in determining that a package corresponds to the expected delivery, wherein the information relating to the expected delivery includes a tracking number, an order number, a merchant or seller, a time of purchase, a delivery company, and an expected date for delivery, and wherein the mobile device is located within a proximity of the expected location;

detecting, by one or more computer processors in the mobile device, that a delivery service has arrived at the expected location with the package, wherein detecting that a delivery service has arrived at the expected location with a package includes;

detecting a sound emitted by a doorbell or a knocking sound on a door,

receiving an indication from a smart doorbell that a delivery service has arrived with the package,

receiving an input from a security camera, and

receiving a transmission from a delivery device relating to the package; and

in response to determining, by one or more processors in the mobile device, that the package corresponds to the expected delivery, authorizing, by one or more processors in the mobile device, the package to be left at the expected location by transmitting the digital signature to a delivery device associated with the delivery service, wherein the transmitting of the digital signature to the delivery device is performed using near-field communication (NFC), and wherein the authorizing is further in response to detecting that an intended recipient of the expected delivery is unavailable to answer the door to sign for the package;

wherein detecting that the intended recipient of the expected delivery is unavailable to answer the door to sign for the package comprises;

determining a proximity value of the intended recipient in relation to the expected location, wherein the proximity value is determined based a location of the mobile device and whether the mobile device is connected to a same network as a smart doorbell installed at the expected location,

determining whether a security system is armed,

determining whether any movements are detected inside a home by one or more motion detectors or one or more security cameras,

determining whether water is running inside the home, and

determining whether any appliances inside the home are being used.