Patent ID: 9558673
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: A47G,G01C,G01S,G05D,G06Q,G08G

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method to automate package deliveries, comprising: transporting, by the delivery device, a package to a delivery location, wherein the route of the delivery device is provided to the to a delivery receptacle to provide a basis for directing one or more first beacons; locating, by the delivery device, the one or more first beacons being transmitted by a delivery receptacle at the delivery location; navigating, by the one or more computing devices associated with the delivery device, the delivery device toward the delivery receptacle based on a calculated position of the delivery receptacle; transmitting, by the one or more computing devices associated with the delivery device, a second beacon to the delivery receptacle, the second beacon providing a basis for the delivery receptacle to adjust a direction of the one or more first beacons during navigation of the delivery device toward the delivery receptacle; and depositing, by the delivery device, the package into the delivery receptacle.