US 11,790,722 B2
Single-sided storage locker systems accessed and controlled using machine-readable codes scanned by mobile phones and computing devices
Mark Christopher Schmidt, Windermere, FL (US); Wesley Edward Swogger, Fairfax Station, VA (US); and Kevin George Miranda, Ocoee, FL (US)
Assigned to BEST LOCKERS, LLC, Orlando, FL (US)
Filed by Best Lockers, LLC, Orlando, FL (US)
Filed on Aug. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/399,077.
Application 17/399,077 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/990,381, filed on Aug. 11, 2020, granted, now 11,631,295.
Prior Publication US 2022/0051514 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. G07F 17/12 (2006.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); G06Q 30/06 (2023.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2022.01); G06Q 30/0645 (2023.01); G06V 20/00 (2022.01)
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
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.