US 12,142,103 B2
Monitoring duration of stay and region of stay
Mareike Tietz, Cologne (DE); Christian Kasper, Brühl (DE); and Frank Langer, Troisdorf (DE)
Assigned to Deutsche Post AG, Bonn (DE)
Filed by Mareike Tietz, Cologne (DE); Christian Kasper, Brühl (DE); and Frank Langer, Troisdorf (DE)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/565,654.
Application 17/565,654 is a division of application No. 16/153,960, filed on Oct. 8, 2018, granted, now 11,288,906.
Application 16/153,960 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2017/058376, filed on Apr. 7, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2016 106 514.5 (DE), filed on Apr. 8, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0122399 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. G07C 9/00 (2020.01); G07C 9/27 (2020.01); G07C 9/28 (2020.01); G07C 9/30 (2020.01); G08B 13/00 (2006.01); G08B 21/22 (2006.01)
CPC G07C 9/30 (2020.01) [G07C 9/00904 (2013.01); G07C 9/27 (2020.01); G07C 9/28 (2020.01); G08B 13/00 (2013.01); G08B 21/22 (2013.01); G07C 2209/04 (2013.01); G07C 2209/63 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by at least one apparatus, wherein the at least one apparatus is or comprises a server or a part thereof, the method comprising:
receiving, from a mobile device of a person, a request for access authorisation information to allow entry of the person, in order to perform an action, into a building or a part of the building via an entrance securable with respect to unauthorised entry, wherein the building or the part of the building is accessible via the entrance securable with respect to unauthorised entry, the person being a delivery agent and the action to be performed is to deliver or collect a shipment or delivery:
providing, to the mobile device of the person, access authorisation information to allow entry of the person, in order to perform the action, into the building or the part of the building via the entrance securable with respect to unauthorised entry,
determining the beginning of a duration of stay of the person in the building or part of the building based at least on providing access authorisation information to allow entry of the person in order to perform the action into the building or the part of the building via the entrance securable with respect to unauthorised entry,
checking whether the person, in order to perform the action, stayed in the building or part of the building for less or no longer than a predefined duration;
receiving information representative of a reason why the predefined duration has elapsed and/or the predefined region was left.