US 12,086,755 B2
Secure package delivery
Mario Kosseifi, Roswell, GA (US); and Joseph Thomas, Marietta, GA (US)
Assigned to AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Apr. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/296,739.
Application 18/296,739 is a continuation of application No. 16/529,849, filed on Aug. 2, 2019, granted, now 11,651,322.
Application 16/529,849 is a continuation of application No. 15/064,683, filed on Mar. 9, 2016, granted, now 10,417,603, issued on Sep. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0245041 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/0833 (2023.01); G06F 16/955 (2019.01); G06F 21/88 (2013.01); G08B 13/24 (2006.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 68/00 (2009.01)
CPC G06Q 10/0833 (2013.01) [G06F 16/9554 (2019.01); G06F 21/88 (2013.01); G08B 13/242 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2013.01); H04W 68/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a processing system including a processor, a wireless activation signal from a shipping service at a first wireless security device, wherein the wireless activation signal includes a first cellular telephone number associated with a first mobile device and a mobile application identifier associated with a mobile application, wherein the first cellular telephone number is provided to the mobile application by a second mobile device associated with a second cellular telephone number and associated with a purchasing transaction associated with a package, and wherein the first wireless security device is integrated with the package;
activating, by the processing system, a theft prevention mechanism for the package by the first wireless security device responsive to the receiving the wireless activation signal;
receiving, by the processing system, a wireless deactivation signal from the first mobile device at the first wireless security device; and
deactivating, by the processing system, the theft prevention mechanism for the package by the first wireless security device responsive to determining that the wireless deactivation signal includes the first cellular telephone number associated with the first mobile device and the mobile identifier associated with the mobile application.