Systems and methods for receiving retail products
First Claim
1. A system for receiving retail products to be delivered at a customer site comprising:
- a temperature controlled storage container at the customer site and comprising;
one or more chambers having corresponding chamber temperatures that are each individually maintained and adjustable based on a particular temperature assigned by a separate electronic control device to each of the one or more chambers;
one or more temperature sensors coupled to the one or more chambers and configured to provide the corresponding chamber temperatures, wherein each of the corresponding chamber temperatures is a temperature read by at least one of the one or more temperature sensors associated with each of the one or more chambers;
one or more additional sensors configured to provide data corresponding to living beings approaching the temperature controlled storage container;
a locking system configured to;
receive a lock signal to disable access to at least one of the one or more chambers; and
receive an unlock signal to enable access to the at least one of the one or more chambers; and
a storage container control circuit operatively coupled to the one or more temperature sensors and the locking system, the storage container control circuit configured to;
receive the particular temperature assigned by the separate electronic control device to each of the one or more chambers;
maintain each one of the corresponding chamber temperatures based on the particular temperature assigned to each of the one or more chambers and the temperature read by the at least one of the one or more temperature sensors;
determine whether a first trigger signal is received from one of the one or more additional sensors;
determine whether a second trigger signal is available from the separate electronic control device; and
provide the unlock signal to the locking system based on the determination that the first trigger signal is received and that the second trigger signal is available to enable access to the at least one of the one or more chambers; and
the separate electronic control device remote from and communicatively coupled to the temperature controlled storage container, the separate electronic control device configured to;
provide the particular temperature assigned to each of the one or more chambers based on an external temperature outside of the temperature controlled storage container, one or more retail products to be delivered and stored in the one or more chambers, and an estimated delivery time of the one or more retail products;
selectively assign each of the one or more retail products to one of the one or more chambers based on at least one of;
a product temperature associated with each retail product of the one or more retail products and the particular temperature assigned to each of the one or more chambers; and
provide the second trigger signal based on at least one of;
the estimated delivery time of the one or more retail products, an authorization to access from a customer associated with the temperature controlled storage container, and an authentication signal received from the customer.
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Abstract
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to receiving retail products. In some embodiments, there is provided a system for receiving retail products including: a temperature controlled storage container and comprising: one or more chambers having corresponding chamber temperatures that are each individually maintained and adjustable based on a particular temperature assigned by a separate electronic control device to each of the one or more chambers; one or more temperature sensors; one or more additional sensors; a locking system; and a storage container control circuit configured to: receive the particular temperature; maintain each one of the corresponding chamber temperatures; determine whether a first trigger signal is received; determine whether a second trigger signal is available; and provide the unlock signal; and the separate electronic control device configured to: provide the particular temperature; selectively assign each of the one or more retail products; and provide the second trigger signal.
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27 Claims
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1. A system for receiving retail products to be delivered at a customer site comprising:
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a temperature controlled storage container at the customer site and comprising; one or more chambers having corresponding chamber temperatures that are each individually maintained and adjustable based on a particular temperature assigned by a separate electronic control device to each of the one or more chambers; one or more temperature sensors coupled to the one or more chambers and configured to provide the corresponding chamber temperatures, wherein each of the corresponding chamber temperatures is a temperature read by at least one of the one or more temperature sensors associated with each of the one or more chambers; one or more additional sensors configured to provide data corresponding to living beings approaching the temperature controlled storage container; a locking system configured to;
receive a lock signal to disable access to at least one of the one or more chambers; and
receive an unlock signal to enable access to the at least one of the one or more chambers; anda storage container control circuit operatively coupled to the one or more temperature sensors and the locking system, the storage container control circuit configured to; receive the particular temperature assigned by the separate electronic control device to each of the one or more chambers; maintain each one of the corresponding chamber temperatures based on the particular temperature assigned to each of the one or more chambers and the temperature read by the at least one of the one or more temperature sensors; determine whether a first trigger signal is received from one of the one or more additional sensors; determine whether a second trigger signal is available from the separate electronic control device; and provide the unlock signal to the locking system based on the determination that the first trigger signal is received and that the second trigger signal is available to enable access to the at least one of the one or more chambers; and the separate electronic control device remote from and communicatively coupled to the temperature controlled storage container, the separate electronic control device configured to; provide the particular temperature assigned to each of the one or more chambers based on an external temperature outside of the temperature controlled storage container, one or more retail products to be delivered and stored in the one or more chambers, and an estimated delivery time of the one or more retail products; selectively assign each of the one or more retail products to one of the one or more chambers based on at least one of;
a product temperature associated with each retail product of the one or more retail products and the particular temperature assigned to each of the one or more chambers; andprovide the second trigger signal based on at least one of;
the estimated delivery time of the one or more retail products, an authorization to access from a customer associated with the temperature controlled storage container, and an authentication signal received from the customer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for receiving retail products to be delivered at a customer site using a temperature controlled storage container comprising:
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a power over ethernet (POE) system configured to provide power to a temperature controlled storage container; the temperature controlled storage container at a customer site and coupled to the POE system, the temperature controlled storage container comprising; one or more chambers having corresponding chamber temperatures that are each individually maintained by the temperature controlled storage container and adjustable based on instructions from a separate electronic control device; a cooling system operable on a first operable power based on the power provided by the POE system, the cooling system configured to selectively decrease one of the corresponding chamber temperatures of the one or more chambers based on a temperature assigned to corresponding one of the one or more chambers; a heating system operable on a second operable power based on the power provided by the POE system, the heating system configured to selectively increase the one of the corresponding chamber temperatures of the one or more chambers based on the temperature assigned to corresponding one of the one or more chambers; and a storage container control circuit operable on a third operable power based on the power provided by the POE system and operatively coupled to the cooling system and the heating system, the storage container control circuit configured to; determine whether the one of the corresponding chamber temperatures is within a threshold of the temperature assigned to the corresponding one of the one or more chambers; initiate a first operation of the cooling system when the corresponding one of the one or more chambers is greater than the threshold; and initiate a second operation of the heating system when the corresponding one of the one or more chambers is less than the threshold; and the separate electronic control device remote from and communicatively coupled to the temperature controlled storage container, the separate electronic control device configured to provide the temperature assigned to the corresponding one of the one or more chambers based on an external temperature outside of the temperature controlled storage container, one or more retail products to be delivered and stored in the one or more chambers, and an estimated delivery time of the one or more retail products, wherein the separate electronic control device adjusts each of the corresponding chamber temperatures based on the temperature assigned to the corresponding one of the one or more chambers that is provided to the temperature controlled storage container. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A method for receiving retail products to be delivered at a customer site comprising:
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receiving, at a storage container control circuit from a separate electronic control device, a particular assigned temperature of a plurality of assigned temperatures to a particular chamber of one or more chambers of a temperature controlled storage container, wherein each of the one or more chambers is assigned, by the separate electronic control device, a corresponding one of the plurality of assigned temperatures; maintaining, by the storage container control circuit, a chamber temperature of the particular chamber based on the particular assigned temperature and a temperature read by at least one of one or more temperature sensors of the temperature controlled storage container associated with the particular chamber; determining, by the storage container control circuit, whether a first trigger signal is received from one or more sensors of the temperature controlled storage container; determining, by the storage container control circuit, whether a second trigger signal is available from the separate electronic control device; providing, by the storage container control circuit, an unlock signal to a locking system of the temperature controlled storage container based on the determining that the first trigger signal is received and the second trigger signal is available, wherein the unlock signal enables access to the particular chamber; providing, by the separate electronic control device, the particular assigned temperature to each of the one or more chambers based on an external temperature outside of the temperature controlled storage container, one or more retail products to be delivered and stored in the one or more chambers, and an estimated delivery time of the one or more retail products; selectively assigning, by the separate electronic control device, each of the one or more retail products to one of the one or more chambers based on at least one of;
a product temperature associated with each retail product of the one or more retail products and the particular assigned temperature to each of the one or more chambers; andproviding, by the separate electronic control device, the second trigger signal based on at least one of;
the estimated delivery time of the one or more retail products, an authorization to access from a customer associated with the temperature controlled storage container, and an authentication signal received from the customer. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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