Automated delivery device and method for delivering a package

Abstract

A ground transporter transports a package to a package recipient location and receives a token from a token recipient, wherein receiving the token represents a verification that the ground transporter has moved to the package recipient location. The ground transporter is configured, if the token is received, to deliver the package at the package recipient location.

1 . A ground transporter, configured to:
 transport a package to a package recipient location;   receive a token from a token recipient, wherein receiving the token represents a verification that the ground transporter has moved to the package recipient location; and   wherein the ground transporter is configured, if the token is received, to deliver the package at the package recipient location.   
     
     
         2 . The ground transporter of  claim 1 , wherein the ground transporter is configured to authenticate the recipient using the token. 
     
     
         3 . The ground transporter of  claim 2 , wherein authenticating the device using the token comprises the ground transporter comparing the token to a predetermined token. 
     
     
         4 . The ground transporter of  claim 1 , wherein the ground transporter is an autonomous vehicle. 
     
     
         5 . The ground transporter of  claim 1 , wherein the token is a passphrase. 
     
     
         6 . The ground transporter of  claim 1 , wherein the token is a previously negotiated token, and wherein ground transporter is further configured to verify that the ground transporter has moved to the correct package recipient location based on a verification that the recipient has possession of the token. 
     
     
         7 . The ground transporter of  claim 1 , wherein the ground transporter is configured to receive the token from a recipient device using a Secure Wireless Protocol. 
     
     
         8 . The ground transporter of  claim 7 , wherein the Secure Wireless Protocol is a Secure Authentication of Equals Protocol according to the Wi-Fi Alliance. 
     
     
         9 . The ground transporter of  claim 1 , wherein delivering the package at the package recipient location comprises leaving the package at the package receipt location. 
     
     
         10 . The ground transporter of  claim 1 , wherein the ground transporter comprises a camera system, configured to obtain an image of the delivered package. 
     
     
         11 . The ground transporter of  claim 10 , wherein the ground transporter is further configured to control the transmitter to wirelessly send the image of the delivered package. 
     
     
         12 . A non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising instructions, which, if executed cause one or more processors to:
 control a ground transporter to transport a package to a package recipient location;   receive a token from a recipient, wherein receipt of the token represents a verification that the ground transporter has moved to the package recipient location; and   if the ground transporter receives the token, control the ground transporter to deliver the package at the package recipient location.   
     
     
         13 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 12 , wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the one or more processors to authenticate the recipient using the token. 
     
     
         14 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 13 , wherein authenticating the recipient using the token comprises comparing the token to a predetermined token. 
     
     
         15 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 12 , wherein the ground transporter is an autonomous vehicle. 
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 12 , wherein the token is a passphrase. 
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 12 , wherein the token is a previously negotiated token, and wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the one or more processors to verify that the ground transporter has moved to the correct package recipient location based on a verification that the recipient has possession of the previously negotiated token. 
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 12 , wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the one or more processors to control a transceiver to receive the token from a recipient device using a Secure Wireless Protocol. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 18 , wherein the Secure Wireless Protocol is a Secure Authentication of Equals Protocol according to the Wi-Fi Alliance. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 12 , wherein delivering the package at the package recipient location comprises leaving the package at the package receipt location.