US 12,248,903 B2
Portable drone delivery pad
Syam Sarasamma Kunjukrishnan, Sammamish, WA (US)
Assigned to T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed by T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/884,841.
Prior Publication US 2024/0054438 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/0833 (2023.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 101/60 (2023.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 10/0833 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); B64U 2101/60 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, perform a method comprising:
establishing a wireless communication between a mobile drone delivery device and a wireless communications network by way of a wireless base station;
in response to establishing the wireless communication, causing the mobile drone delivery device to autonomously move from a first location to a second location;
determining, via one or more global positioning system (GPS) devices, the second location of the mobile drone delivery device, wherein the one or more GPS devices define the second location based on a set of GPS coordinates associated with the mobile drone delivery device;
sending, to a drone, from the mobile drone delivery device, by way of the wireless communications network, the second location of the mobile drone delivery device and a request to deliver a package at a specified delivery location;
determining that the drone has arrived at a vicinity of the mobile drone delivery device based on the drone delivery device receiving from the drone, by way of the wireless communications network, a request to wirelessly communicate with the mobile drone delivery device;
establishing a direct wireless communication between the drone and the mobile drone delivery device;
receiving, by one or more sensors associated with the mobile drone delivery device, feedback from one or more sensors associated with the drone;
calculating a relative location of the drone using the feedback received from the one or more sensors associated with the drone;
communicating to the drone the calculated relative location of the drone relative to the mobile drone delivery device;
determining that the drone has deposited the package and causing the package to be secured to the mobile drone delivery device, wherein the mobile drone delivery device comprises one or more sensors to detect unauthorized movement of the mobile drone delivery device; and
communicating, by way of the wireless communications network, an indication that the drone has deposited the package at the second location.