PACKAGE DELIVERY AND RECEPTION WITH DRONES
First Claim
1. A method for automatically delivering a physical mail, the method comprising:
- sending delivery information, from a computer system, to an unmanned aerial vehicle, the delivery information comprising information about a first secure mailbox and information about a second secure mailbox;
in response to the unmanned aerial vehicle not being able to deliver the physical mail to the first secure mailbox, rerouting the unmanned aerial vehicle carrying the physical mail from the first secure mailbox to the second secure mailbox according to a predefined rerouting rule received from the computer system, wherein the second secure mailbox comprises a plurality of individually lockable compartments controlled by a mailbox controller;
sending from the computer system to the unmanned aerial vehicle one or more security credentials associated with the second secure mailbox;
exchanging one or more security credentials associated with the unmanned aerial vehicle and the one or more security credentials associated with the second secure mailbox; and
in response to the one or more security credentials associated with the unmanned aerial vehicle and the one or more security credentials associated with the second secure mailbox matching, opening at least one compartment of the plurality of individually lockable compartments to deliver the physical mail.
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Abstract
A method for automatically delivering a physical mail includes receiving, by an unmanned aerial vehicle from an unmanned aerial vehicle management system, a delivery information, the delivery information includes information about a first secure mailbox and information about a second secure mailbox, the first secure mailbox being related to a first target user, delivering the physical mail to the first secure mailbox, and rerouting the unmanned aerial vehicle carrying the physical mail from the first secure mailbox to the second secure mailbox in response to the physical mail being delivered to the first secure mailbox.
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8 Claims
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1. A method for automatically delivering a physical mail, the method comprising:
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sending delivery information, from a computer system, to an unmanned aerial vehicle, the delivery information comprising information about a first secure mailbox and information about a second secure mailbox; in response to the unmanned aerial vehicle not being able to deliver the physical mail to the first secure mailbox, rerouting the unmanned aerial vehicle carrying the physical mail from the first secure mailbox to the second secure mailbox according to a predefined rerouting rule received from the computer system, wherein the second secure mailbox comprises a plurality of individually lockable compartments controlled by a mailbox controller; sending from the computer system to the unmanned aerial vehicle one or more security credentials associated with the second secure mailbox; exchanging one or more security credentials associated with the unmanned aerial vehicle and the one or more security credentials associated with the second secure mailbox; and in response to the one or more security credentials associated with the unmanned aerial vehicle and the one or more security credentials associated with the second secure mailbox matching, opening at least one compartment of the plurality of individually lockable compartments to deliver the physical mail. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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