CPC G07F 17/12 (2013.01) [G06K 7/1417 (2013.01); G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3276 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0645 (2013.01); G06V 20/00 (2022.01); G07C 9/00309 (2013.01); G07C 9/00817 (2013.01); G07C 9/00896 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00476 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00825 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00841 (2013.01)] | 9 Claims |
1. A method of automatically finding a storage locker rented by a guest within a facility having one or more sites with a plurality of storage lockers deployed at the sites within said facility for storage of personal belongings of guests, said method comprising the steps of:
(a) a guest using a web-enabled mobile phone for scanning a facility-level machine-readable code displayed on any scannable surface posted within the facility, a site-level machine-readable code posted at a site within said facility, or a door-level machine-readable code posted on a storage locker at the site within the facility, and in response to said scanning operations, automatically renting the storage locker for storage of personal belongings within the facility;
(b) said guest using said web-enabled mobile phone for scanning one of said machine-readable codes within said facility, and automatically processing said scanned machine-readable code in an information server operably connected to a wireless network deployed within said facility supporting said one or more sites; and
(c) in response to said machine-readable code processing operations in step (b), automatically displaying on said web-enabled mobile phone of said guest, the identity and location of the storage locker which is being actively rented by the guest within said facility using said web-enabled mobile phone, for the convenience of the guest without the use of or need for an external look-up kiosk.
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