US 12,154,045 B2
Reservation of lock box facilities
Marco Krause, Bonn (DE); and Henning Gaudszuhn, Cologne (DE)
Assigned to Deutsche Post AG, Bonn (DE)
Filed by Marco Krause, Bonn (DE); and Henning Gaudszuhn, Cologne (DE)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/532,761.
Application 17/532,761 is a division of application No. 14/744,784, filed on Jun. 19, 2015, granted, now 11,244,251.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2014 108 921.9 (DE), filed on Jun. 25, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0083923 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2019.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); G07C 9/27 (2020.01); G07F 17/12 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 10/02 (2013.01) [G07C 9/27 (2020.01); G07F 17/12 (2013.01); G07F 17/13 (2020.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Method to operate at least one electronic lock box facility, comprising:
receiving an electronic request associated with a party for the dynamic reservation of a specific number of lock box units of a lock box type of a lock box facility of at least one lock box facility,
verificating that the requested number of lock box units of the lock box type is available for the party, and
if the requested number of lock box units of the lock box type is available for the party, adjusting reservation information associated with the party and the lock box facility, which comprises lock box related information, wherein the lock box type related information for the lock box type of the lock box facility comprises information about the number of dynamically reserved lock box units of the lock box type, for the dynamic reservation of the defined number of lock box units of the lock box type of the lock box facility; and
wherein the lock box type related information for a lock box facility associated with a party does not comprise information about the association of a shipment to a lock box unit of a lock box facility of at least one lock box facility.