Granted Patent B2

US 12,423,646 · App. 18/358,607 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Inventors: Zhenghui Zhang (Palo Alto, CA); Licheng Richard Zai (Los Gatos, CA); Hailei Yang (NanJing, CN); Viet Nguyen (San Jose, CA)

Assignee: BoxNearby Corp.

G06Q10/0836G06Q10/02G07C9/00896G06K7/1417G06K19/06037G07C2009/0092

Abstract

Claims (21)

1. A system comprising:

storage compartments, each of the storage compartments being configured to store shipments and having a locking mechanism;

a computing system configured to control operations of the storage compartments, the computing system comprising:

one or more computing devices;

one or more processors; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to perform:

receiving a request from a providing entity to reserve a portion of the storage compartments;

obtaining identification information of a requesting entity requesting a shipment from the providing entity;

setting an identification code of the requesting entity;

obtaining an input by the requesting entity of a pickup location or automatically selecting a pickup location based on a location of the requesting entity, the pickup location corresponding to a location of the storage compartments;

obtaining, from the providing entity, an input of a portion of the identification information of the requesting entity;

generating a scannable code for the providing entity;

transmitting the scannable code and the identification code of the requesting entity to the providing entity;

determining a compartment of the storage compartments to be reserved in order to temporarily store the shipment;

reserving the determined compartment;

in response to reserving the determined component, determining whether the shipment fits inside a smaller compartment at a same or adjacent location as the reserved determined compartment; and

in response to determining that the shipment fits inside a smaller compartment:

reserving the smaller compartment;

cancelling the reservation of the reserved determined compartment;

detecting a scan of the scannable code or an input of the identification code on a computing device at a terminal of a location of or adjacent to the smaller determined compartment; and

in response to detecting the scan or the input of the identification code, actuating, by the computing system, a physical opening of the smaller determined compartment.

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