Patent ID: 7945032

Claim:
A method for connecting and controlling plurality of lockers in a multi tenants building selected from residential apartments and commercial units for delivering and retrieving packages, said building including video interphone system comprising at least one video interphone monitor allotted to each tenant, at least one entry panel and at least one of an entry controller selected from a local concierge station and a virtual doorman station; said lockers selected from a group comprising homogeneous lockers, diverse lockers and diverse storage environment, with each locker including a door, a door sensor for outputting at least one of door open signal and door close signal, a remotely operated electric lock and a door opener for actuating said door to open, wherein said door sensor and said electric lock are connected to an interface for interfacing said controller with said video interphone system; said entry panel includes keys for calling, selecting and processing a delivery, one of a display monitor and a display panel for displaying at least one of tenant list and calling codes, at least one of delivery procedure menus selected from a group comprising said lockers selection, said storage environment selection, acceptance of a fit locker, call divert guide, combinations thereof and are calling link to said delivery procedure menus upon unrealised calling of an addressee, said method comprising the steps of: Selecting said addressee through said keys and one of said calling codes and said tenant list for calling a selected tenant; waiting for one of a reply from said selected tenant and said recalling link upon said unrealised calling; recalling said delivery procedure menu for selecting said fit locker on the basis of availability and proceeding with one of abandoning said delivery and accepting said availability; calling said entry controller through said keys as guided by said call divert guide for identifying the deliveryman; requesting said entry controller to open said fit locker and an entrance to said building for enabling said delivering; entering said building through the opened said entrance and depositing a package into the opened said fit locker; and locking said fit locker for completing said delivering and for generating a delivery message selected from a group comprising display message, voice message, LED indication and a combination thereof to said video interphone monitor of said selected tenant.