IP Library Granted Patent US 9,852,392
Granted Patent B2
US 9,852,392 · App. 14/193,689 · Granted Dec 26, 2017

3D model and beacon for automatic delivery of goods

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Patent No.
US 9,852,392
App. No.
14/193,689
Granted
Dec 26, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for drone delivery of products. In one aspect there is provided a method, which may include selecting, at a user equipment, a product; and selecting, by the user equipment, a three-dimensional location where a drone deposits the selected product. Related systems, apparatus, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.

Claims (27)

1. A method comprising:

selecting, at a first user equipment, a product;

selecting, by the first user equipment, a three-dimensional location where a drone deposits the selected product; and

initiating delivery of the selected product to the three-dimensional location after receipt of a message indicative of an authentication requiring a machine readable bar code displayed on a second user equipment located at the three-dimensional location where the drone is to deposit the selected product after the bar code displayed on the second user equipment is read.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the three-dimensional location further includes a latitude, a longitude, and a height.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the three-dimensional location further includes a street address and a height.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting the three-dimensional location further comprises:

presenting, at the first user equipment, a map.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising:

receiving an indication of the selection of the location on the presented map.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising:

converting the selected location to the three-dimensional location where the drone deposits the selected product.

7. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least:

select a product;

select a three-dimensional location where a drone deposits the selected product; and

initiate delivery of the selected product to the three-dimensional location after receipt of a message indicative of an authentication requiring a machine readable bar code displayed on a second user equipment located at the three-dimensional location where the drone is to deposit the selected product after the bar code displayed on the second user equipment is read.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the three-dimensional location further includes a latitude, a longitude, and a height.

9. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the three-dimensional location further includes a street address and a height.

10. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the selection of the three-dimensional location further includes presentation of the map.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the apparatus is further configured to at least receive an indication of the selection of the location on the presented map.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the apparatus is further configured to at least convert the selected location to the three-dimensional location where the drone deposits the selected product.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer program code which when executed by at least one processor causes operations comprising:

selecting a product;

selecting a three-dimensional location where a drone deposits the selected product; and

initiating delivery of the selected product to the three-dimensional location after receipt of a message indicative of an authentication requiring a machine readable bar code displayed on a second user equipment located at the three-dimensional location where the drone is to deposit the selected product after the bar code displayed on the second user equipment is read.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2022
From: WSOU INVESTMENTS, LLC
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059185/0649 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 14, 2022
From: OT WSOU TERRIER HOLDINGS, LLC
To: WSOU INVESTMENTS, LLC
Reel/Frame 058653/0862 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2021
From: WSOU INVESTMENTS, LLC
To: OT WSOU TERRIER HOLDINGS, LLC
Reel/Frame 056990/0081 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 18, 2018
From: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
To: WSOU INVESTMENTS, LLC
Reel/Frame 045084/0282 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2015
From: NOKIA CORPORATION
To: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Reel/Frame 034781/0200 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2014
From: SRINIVASAN, ARUN
To: NOKIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032325/0770 →