US 12,133,603 B2
Systems and methods for providing secure access to a receptacle
Mark Soderberg, Conifer, CO (US)
Assigned to GMI Holdings, Inc., Mount Hope, OH (US)
Filed by GMI Holdings, Inc., Mt. Hope, OH (US)
Filed on Apr. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/727,403.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/179,146, filed on Apr. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0338658 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. A47G 29/14 (2006.01)
CPC A47G 29/141 (2013.01) [A47G 2029/145 (2013.01); A47G 2029/149 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving an authentication message transmitted wirelessly from a delivery driver device, the authentication message including information associated with a parcel identifier;
comparing the information associated with the parcel identifier to one or more stored codes in an active code list;
sending, in response to determining the information associated with the parcel identifier matches at least one of the one or more stored codes, an unlock instruction signal to a lock mechanism; and
wirelessly transmitting an acknowledgement message to the delivery driver device in response to determining the information associated with the parcel identifier matches at least one of the one or more stored codes.