Patent ID: 8655795

Claim:
A method for communication using mailbox-mounted devices, comprising: maintaining, by a first electronic device, a registry of users of a plurality of mailbox-mounted devices; detecting, by at least one of the plurality of mailbox-mounted devices, a delivery of mail; receiving, from the at least one mailbox-mounted device and by the first electronic device, a signal indicating the detected delivery of mail; calculating, by the first electronic device, a probable postal carrier route including estimated times of future deliveries, based on postal carrier map data and based on the received signal; verifying, by the first electronic device, that a second mailbox-mounted device of the plurality of mailbox-mounted devices associated with at least one additional electronic device used by a user listed in the registry is operational; and transmitting, by the first electronic device, data describing the probable postal carrier route to the at least one additional electronic device.