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Secure Lockers for Use as Item Exchange Points

  • US 20180033235A1
  • Filed: 07/24/2017
  • Published: 02/01/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A locker bank comprising:

  • a plurality of lockers, each respective locker comprising;

    (A) a housing defining an interior storage portion that is dimensioned for selectively receiving and storing one or more items, and(B) at least one door for selectively preventing access to one or more items stored within the interior storage portion;

    one or more computer systems, comprising a computer processor and memory, adapted for;

    (A) receiving a request, from a seller, to store an item within the locker bank for later pickup by a purchaser who has purchased the item;

    (B) at least partially in response to receiving the request, opening a particular door of a particular locker of the plurality of lockers to permit access to an interior storage portion of the particular locker,(C) registering the closing and locking of the particular door, after the locker bank receives one or more particular items into the particular locker'"'"'s interior storage portion;

    (D) after the step of registering the closing of the particular door, receiving a request, by the purchaser of the item to retrieve the one or more particular items from the locker;

    (E) at least partially in response to receiving the request to retrieve the one or more particular items from the locker, facilitating payment for the one or more particular items by the purchaser;

    (F) confirming that payment has been received for the one or more particular items; and

    (G) at least partially in response to confirming that payment has been received for the one or more particular items, unlocking a door of the particular locker so that the purchaser can retrieve the one or more particular items from the interior storage portion of the particular locker.

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