Locker system, locker controlling method, control center, and recording medium
First Claim
1. A locker system comprising lockers, a control center for remotely controlling said lockers, locker controllers applied to said lockers respectively, and user terminals operated by users of said lockers, wherein, each of said lockers include at least one compartment having an electronically controlled lock system and a display unit for displaying information given by said control center, said control center receives requests from said user terminals via a telecommunications network, and send instructions based on the received requests to said locker controllers via said telecommunications network, and said locker controller receives the instruction from said control center via said telecommunications network, and controls corresponding locker based on the received instruction.
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Abstract
A user access the control center by a user terminal, and send a request for searching an available locker box in a desired area. The control center has database storing data representing which locker box is available. The control center searches the database for the available locker box which matches the user'"'"'s request. The control center transmits information of the available locker to the user terminal. As the user reserves the locker, the control center generates one time password (OTP). The control center sends the OTP to the locker controller, and a display unit of the locker displays the OTP. The user inputs the displayed OTP to the user terminal and sends it to the control center. If the OTP is successfully authenticated, the control center sends commands to unlock the locker, thus, the user can use the reserved locker box.
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18 Claims
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1. A locker system comprising lockers, a control center for remotely controlling said lockers, locker controllers applied to said lockers respectively, and user terminals operated by users of said lockers, wherein,
each of said lockers include at least one compartment having an electronically controlled lock system and a display unit for displaying information given by said control center, said control center receives requests from said user terminals via a telecommunications network, and send instructions based on the received requests to said locker controllers via said telecommunications network, and said locker controller receives the instruction from said control center via said telecommunications network, and controls corresponding locker based on the received instruction.
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9. A locker controlling method for remotely controls lockers via a telecommunications network, comprising the steps of:
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obtaining information representing the status of the lockers via said telecommunications network;
receiving user'"'"'s request via said telecommunication network;
specifying an available locker compartment in said locker which matches the user'"'"'s request based on the obtained status information;
informing the user of the specified locker via said telecommunications network;
informing the specified locker of ID information via said telecommunications network together with an instruction to present the ID information to the user;
receiving the ID information from the user via said telecommunications network; and
providing a locker with an instruction to unlock the specified locker compartment via said telecommunications network, if the received ID information is correct. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18)
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15. A control center for remotely controlling lockers via a telecommunications network, comprising:
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a connector which connects said control center to said telecommunications network;
a status manager which controls said connector to obtain status information of the lockers;
a request receiver which controls said connector to receive user'"'"'s request from user'"'"'s terminals being connected to said telecommunications network;
a locker finder which specifies an available locker compartment based on the status information, which matches the user'"'"'s request received by said receiver;
an ID information generator which generates ID information in response to the specification by said locker finder;
an information presenter which controls said connector to present information representing the locker compartment specified by said locker finder to said user'"'"'s terminal together with the ID information generated by said ID information generator;
an ID information transmitter which controls said connector to provide the specified locker compartment with the ID information together with an instruction to present the ID information to the user;
an ID information receiver which controls said connector to receive the ID information from the user'"'"'s terminal;
an ID information authenticator which determines whether the ID information received by said ID information receiver coincides with the ID information generated by said ID information generator; and
a locker controller which controls said connector to transmit an instruction to unlock the locker compartment if said ID information authenticator determines that the ID information sets coincide with each other.
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17. A computer readable recording medium storing a program which causes a computer to:
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establish a connection with a telecommunications network;
obtain information representing status of lockers being connected to said telecommunications network;
receive a request of a user of the locker from a user terminal via said telecommunications network;
specify an available locker compartment based on the user'"'"'s request and the status information;
transmit information representing the specified locker compartment to the user terminal via said telecommunications network;
generate ID information in response to the specification of the locker compartment;
transmit the generated ID information to the specified locker compartment via said telecommunications network together with an instruction to present the ID information to the user;
receive the ID information from the user terminal via said telecommunications network;
determine whether the received ID information coincides with the generated ID information; and
transmit an instruction to the specified locker via said telecommunications network to unlock the specified locker compartment if it is determined that the received ID information coincides with the generated ID information.
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Specification