Machine-readable delivery platform for automated package delivery
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method to automate package deliveries, comprising:
- receiving, by one or more computing devices, a request for a package delivery, the request comprising an identification of a package and an identification of a delivery location;
associating, by the one or more computing devices, the package with a delivery device;
associating, by the one or more computing devices, delivery information with the delivery location, wherein the delivery information comprises an image to be printed for display in a particular location for the package to be deposited at the delivery location; and
transmitting, by the one or more computing devices, the delivery information associated with the delivery location to the delivery device for the delivery device to deliver the package to the particular location displaying the printed image at the delivery location.
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Abstract
A user requests a package delivery from a package delivery system. The package delivery system provides the user with a machine-readable code for display at the delivery location. An aerial delivery device receives, from the package delivery system computing device, information associated with the delivery location of the package. The information comprises information matching the information in the machine-readable code associated with the delivery location and a delivery address. The delivery device secures the package for transporting to the delivery location and transports the package to the delivery address. The delivery device locates the machine-readable code on a display at the delivery address and verifies that the information from the machine-readable code is associated with the package. The delivery device deposits the package on the display.
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32 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method to automate package deliveries, comprising:
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receiving, by one or more computing devices, a request for a package delivery, the request comprising an identification of a package and an identification of a delivery location; associating, by the one or more computing devices, the package with a delivery device; associating, by the one or more computing devices, delivery information with the delivery location, wherein the delivery information comprises an image to be printed for display in a particular location for the package to be deposited at the delivery location; and transmitting, by the one or more computing devices, the delivery information associated with the delivery location to the delivery device for the delivery device to deliver the package to the particular location displaying the printed image at the delivery location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 32)
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10. A system to deliver packages to specified user locations, comprising:
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a storage device associated with a delivery device; and a processor communicatively coupled to the delivery device storage device, wherein the processor executes application code instructions that are stored in the storage device to cause the system to; receive, from a package delivery system processor, delivery information associated with a package and a particular delivery location at a delivery address; secure the package for transporting to the delivery location; transport the package to the delivery address; locate a printed image at the particular delivery location at the delivery address, the printed image comprising an image associated with the particular delivery location at the delivery address and with the delivery information associated with the package; verify that the located printed image is associated with the delivery information associated with the package; and deposit the package at the particular delivery location in response to verifying that the located printed image is associated with the delivery information associated with the package. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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16. A computer program product, comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable program instructions embodied thereon that when executed by a computer cause the computer to deliver packages to specified user locations, the computer-executable program instructions comprising; computer-executable program instructions to receive a request for a package delivery, the request comprising an identification of a package and an identification of the delivery location; computer-executable program instructions to associate the package with a delivery device; computer-executable program instructions to associate delivery information with the delivery location, wherein the delivery information comprises a passive machine-readable code for display in a particular location for the package to be deposited at the delivery location; and computer-executable program instructions to transmit the delivery information associated with the delivery location to the delivery device for the delivery device to deliver the package to the particular location displaying the passive machine-readable code at the delivery location. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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