CONTAINER DEVICE AND DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR USING THE SAME

• Main Authors: Li, Corinna, Wiese, Landry Doyle, Moray, Nerissa, Rothbard, Sandra, Manglani, Jiten, Aggarwala, Rohit Thomas, Ng, Willa
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 24.12.2020
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDEDFOR ELSEWHERE; CALCULATING; CHECKING-DEVICES; COFFEE MILLS; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; FURNITURE; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT; HUMAN NECESSITIES; PHYSICS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS

Container devices and delivery systems for using the same are provided. In accordance with some embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, a method for delivering packages is provided that includes: receiving, at a delivery hub, a first package to be delivered to a recipient; causing the first package to be placed in a container to be delivered to the recipient; associating an identifier of the first package and an identifier of the container with the recipient; determining, at a first time point, whether the container is ready to be delivered to the recipient; in response to determining that the container is not ready to be delivered to the recipient, waiting for a second package to be delivered to the recipient; receiving the second package to be delivered to the recipient; causing the second package to be placed in the container; associating an identifier of the second package with the identifier of the container; determining, at a second time point, whether the container is ready to be delivered to the recipient; and, in response to determining that the container is ready to be delivered to the recipient, causing the container to be loaded onto a delivery vehicle.