Providing virtual and physical access to secure storage container

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11922749-B2
Application number	US-202217657839-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 4, 2022
Priority date	Mar 29, 2018
Publication date	Mar 5, 2024
Grant date	Mar 5, 2024

Abstract

A device may obtain a first image depicting contents included in a secure storage container at a first point in time and first user account data associated with the secure storage container. The device may store the first image in a data structure associated with the first user account data. In addition, the device may receive data indicating that an individual associated with a second user account accessed the secure storage container, and receive a second image depicting contents included in the secure storage container at a second point in time. The second image may be stored in the data structure. The device may further receive, from a user device associated with the first user account data, a request to access the data structure, and the device may provide, to the user device, data that causes display of the second image.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a device, a request for delivery of an object to be included in a secure storage container,
the request being associated with a user account associated with a user;

authorizing, by the device, the request based on the user account being identified in access control data associated with the secure storage container,
wherein user account settings, associated with the access control data, indicate a particular set of couriers authorized to deliver the object or the secure storage container itself;

adding, by the device, an identifier associated with a particular courier, associated with delivery of the secure storage container, to the access control data for a temporary period of time,
wherein the particular courier is to be included with the particular set of couriers;

obtaining, by the device, a first image associated with storage of the object based on the secure storage container being opened or closed;
storing, by the device, the first image in a data structure associated with the user account;
obtaining, by the device, a second image depicting the object in the secure storage container;
performing, by the device, one or more object recognition techniques to identify the object in the secure storage container;
determining, by the device and based on performing the one or more object recognition techniques, that the second image is insufficient to identify the object;
causing, by the device and based on determining the second image is insufficient to identify the object, a third image depicting the object in the secure storage container to be captured; and
storing, by the device and based on performing the one or more object recognition techniques, the third image in the data structure.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing delivery data to a courier device associated with the delivery,
wherein the delivery data comprises:
information identifying a pick-up location,
information identifying a delivery location,
information identifying a delivery path,
information identifying a delivery time,
traffic information,
information identifying the user at the delivery location,
information identifying a type of authentication to be provided by the user,
information identifying a quantity of authentications required for delivery,
compensation information, or
information identifying the secure storage container.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
adding, based on a period of time, a courier, associated with the delivery, to an access control list associated with the secure storage container.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first image depicts the user adding the object to the secure storage container while at a remote location.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing, to a courier device associated with the delivery, user authentication data comprising one or more of:
an image of the user, or
application instructions that enable the courier device to receive user input from the user and transmit that input to the device for verification.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein storing the first image comprises:
storing the first image with additional information including one or more of:
time stamped records,
data identifying the object,
data identifying which user provided the object, or
data identifying a courier associated with the delivery.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
sending confirmation information to the user.

8. A device, comprising:
one or more memories; and
one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, configured to:
receive a request for delivery of an object to be included in a secure storage container,
the request being associated with a user account;

authorize the request based on the user account being identified in access control data associated with the secure storage container,
wherein user account settings, associated with the access control data, indicate a particular set of couriers authorized to deliver the object or the secure storage container itself;

add an identifier associated with a particular courier, associated with delivery of the secure storage container, to the access control data for a temporary period of time,
wherein the particular courier is to be included with the particular set of couriers;

obtain a first image associated with storage of the object based on the secure storage container being opened or closed;
store the first image in a data structure associated with the user account associated with a user;
obtain a second image depicting the object in the secure storage container;
perform one or more object recognition techniques to identify the object in the secure storage container;
determine, based on performing the one or more object recognition techniques, that the second image is insufficient to identify the object;
cause, based on determining the second image is insufficient to identify the object, a third image depicting the object in the secure storage container to be captured; and
store, based on performing the one or more object recognition techniques, the third image in the data structure.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
provide delivery data to a courier device associated with the delivery,
wherein the delivery data comprises:
information identifying a pick-up location,
information identifying a delivery location,
information identifying a delivery path,
information identifying a delivery time,
traffic information,
information identifying a type of authentication to be provided by the user,
information identifying a quantity of authentications required for delivery,
compensation information, or
information identifying the secure storage container.

10. The device of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
add, based on a period of time, information identifying a courier, associated with the delivery, to an access control list associated with the secure storage container.

11. The device of claim 8 , wherein the first image depicts the user adding the object to the secure storage container while at a remote location.

12. The device of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
provide, to a courier device associated with the delivery, user authentication data comprising one or more of:
an image of the user, or
application instructions that enable the courier device to receive user input from the user and transmit that input to the device for verification.

13. The device of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors, to store the first image, are configured to:
store the first image with additional information including one or more of:
time stamped records,
data identifying the object,
data identifying which user provided the object, or
data identifying a courier associated with the delivery.

14. The device of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
send confirmation information to the user.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions comprising:
one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the device to:
receive a request for delivery of an object to be included in a secure storage container,
the request being associated with a user account associated with a user;

authorize the request based on the user account being identified in access control da

Assignees

• Capital One Services Llc

Inventors

• Phillips Jeremy
• Volfson Hannah
• Liu Zhe
• Abbott Edward

Classifications

• G07C9/37 Primary

  using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition · CPC title

• G06F21/31

  User authentication · CPC title

• G06F21/88

  Detecting or preventing theft or loss · CPC title

• G07C9/00912

  for safes, strong-rooms, vaults or the like · CPC title

• H04N7/183 Primary

  for receiving images from a single remote source · CPC title