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System and method for secure, privacy-aware and contextualised package delivery using autonomous vehicles

  • US 9,523,986 B1
  • Filed: 12/04/2015
  • Issued: 12/20/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for coordinating the delivery of a payload by a drone to a recipient, the system comprising:

  • a drone;

    where the drone is an autonomous vehicle that is operative to perform one or more functions without human intervention; and

    a facility agent acting on behalf of an external facility in which the recipient is located;

    where the facility agent is autonomous and is operative to act on behalf of either the recipient or the external facility in which the recipient is located; and

    where the facility agent comprises;

    an access option enumerator for computing a set of delivery strategies in accordance with a constraint or a goal; and

    an access negotiator for reaching an agreement between the drone and the facility agent on a delivery strategy for the payload.

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