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Methods for delivering a parcel to a restricted access area

  • US 9,928,749 B2
  • Filed: 04/28/2017
  • Issued: 03/27/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for accessing a restricted access area by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the method comprising:

  • electronically storing, by a computing entity of the UAV, an access code associated with a restricted access area, wherein (a) the restricted access area is at a serviceable point, (b) a user computing entity at the serviceable point is configured to selectively allow access to the restricted access area in response to receipt of the access code, and (c) the UAV comprises the UAV computing entity;

    after navigation of the UAV proximate the restricted access area at the serviceable point, communicating, by the computing entity of the UAV, the access code to the user computing entity, wherein (a) a parcel is selectively coupled to a UAV chassis of the UAV, and (b) the user computing entity allows entry into the restricted access area responsive to receiving the access code; and

    after the user computing entity allows entry into the restricted access area, navigating, by the computing entity of the UAV, the UAV into the restricted access area of the serviceable point.

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