Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods, apparatus, and computer programs for providing a lock control signal for a mobile logistics destination
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Application No.: US15656379Application Date: 2017-07-21
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Publication No.: US09961555B2Publication Date: 2018-05-01
- Inventor: Daniel Canis , Simon Karrenberg
- Applicant: Volkswagen AG
- Applicant Address: DE
- Assignee: Volkswagen AG
- Current Assignee: Volkswagen AG
- Current Assignee Address: DE
- Agency: Barnes & Thornburg LLP
- Priority: DE102016201941 20160209
- Main IPC: H04W12/08
- IPC: H04W12/08 ; H04W64/00

Abstract:
Methods, apparatuses and computer programs for providing a lock control signal for a mobile logistic destination including obtaining information about a delivery request, providing an authorization request for opening the mobile logistic destination, obtaining information about an authorization for opening the mobile logistic destination during the probable delivery period from the mobile device, obtaining information about a lock enquiry and delivery agent location information from a mobile device of a delivery agent for the delivery, obtaining logistic destination location information from the logistic destination, determining a delivery agent authorization for opening the mobile logistic destination, computing a delivery agent location difference between the logistic destination location information and the delivery agent location information, comparing a timestamp of the lock enquiry with the probable delivery period, determining the lock control signal for the mobile logistic destination, and providing the lock control signal for the mobile logistic destination.
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