Patent ID: 11900747
Assignee: FEDEX CORPORATE SERVICES INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B  H | IPC B  G  H

Claim 57:
58. The method of claim 1, wherein the authentication information related to the dispatched logistics operation from the hold-at-location logistics facility includes an identifier of the authorized delivery recipient for the deliverable item for transport as part of the dispatched logistics operation from the hold-at-location logistics facility; and
wherein the step of receiving the delivery recipient authentication input comprises:
detecting, by the modular mobile autonomy control module, an unprompted advertising signal from an external wireless node within a predetermined range of the modular autonomous bot apparatus assembly once the modular autonomous bot apparatus assembly has arrived at the destination location identified by the destination information; and
establishing a secure association between the external node and the modular mobile autonomy control module after detecting the unprompted advertising signal from the external wireless node, the secure association between the external node and the modular mobile autonomy control module allowing secure sharing of information between the external node and the modular mobile autonomy control module and being pre-authorized by the dispatch server as it relates to the dispatched logistics operation from the hold-at-location logistics facility.