Patent ID: 11887039
Assignee: HOME VALET, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A system for managing the order, purchase and/or delivery of goods from a provider thereof to at least one smart locked storage container (SLSC), each SLSC respectively associated with a respective customer, the system comprising:
a customer server for purchasing, ordering and/or managing the goods to be delivered to the at least one SLSC;
a delivery server for managing deliveries of the goods to the at least one SLSC by a delivery agent;
a scheduler for determining the availability of the at least one SLSC to receive said goods and a time for said delivery;
a smart communicator for enabling communications between the provider of goods, the delivery server, the scheduler, a signaler and/or the customer server;
a controller for controlling the communications;
a signaler communicatively connected to the at least one SLSC for transmitting a signal to the at least one SLSC allowing access thereinto by the delivery agent, the customer, and/or an agent of the customer, and
at least one of:
a system comprising at least one server processor enabled to conduct a transaction between the server and customer for the purchase, order, and/or delivery of goods to the at least one SLSC as part of an automated mobile transaction performed with a mobile device,
the delivery agent is an unmanned delivery aircraft,
at least one security camera associated with said at least one SLSC,
a delivery associated system which provides the deliveree with discounts, incentives, rewards and other advantages based on the loyalties of the deliveree,
a robotic positioner of the goods with a driverless delivery vehicle agent, or
a system comprising an element for preparing invitations to bid for the delivery of goods to the at least one SLSC; distributing, receiving, and evaluating the bids from a pool of delivery agents in an auction; and selecting a delivery agent,

wherein the at least one smart storage container is positioned to communicate with a base that comprises at least one element capable of electronic communication with the at least one smart storage container.