Intelligent Reconfigurable Locker System

• US 20140330603A1
• Filed: 05/01/2014
• Published: 11/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/01/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Air Locker, Inc. (ARB Corporation Limited)
• Original Assignee: Air Locker, Inc. (ARB Corporation Limited)
• Inventors: Corder, Thomas, Mullin, James
• Application Number:
  US14/267,897
• Publication Number:
  US 20140330603A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.12
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations

Abstract

This invention involves the configuration of locker sizes during installation that can be reconfigured periodically to conform to the packages that arrive at the locker location. Locker control software can enable the efficient selection of locker size so that the locker bank can be optimized to the size of the packages that are delivered to the locker location. The reconfigurable lockers also may include a modular locker control module that can assist in the easy facilitation of changing the locker size. Also, the locker software can be flexible enough so that customers can have a direct communication link to the locker software that would allow the customer'"'"'s mobile device to input authentication and access codes that would open up locker door(s). The locker software could also be enabled on the cloud providing an e-commerce goods seller, shipper or locker operator with information about goods that are shipped to locker locations and when customers stop by to pick up their goods or to return their goods to the e-commerce seller.

Claims

1. A reconfigurable locker system, comprising:

a locker bank further comprising a plurality of reconfigurable lockers;

a locker control unit connected to a first communications network;

a cloud based locker management system further comprising a database and locker management software; and

a mobile device that connects to the cloud based locker management system allowing mobile device users to enter codes that enable the locker management system to unlock at least one of the reconfigurable lockers.