Generating product listings using locker sensors

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9842351-B2
Application number	US-201414466857-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 22, 2014
Priority date	Aug 23, 2013
Publication date	Dec 12, 2017
Grant date	Dec 12, 2017

Abstract

Systems and methods are presented for standardizing delivery of products in an online marketplace using one or more locker systems. In some embodiments, a system of lockers is presented. The locker system may be configured to store one or more products sold in an online marketplace. The locker system may also include a processor coupled to the one or more lockers and configured to generate access code information for a buyer to enable access to a locker storing the product. One or more sensors may be coupled to the one or more lockers and configured to examine the product for a level of product quality. A transmitter of the system may be configured to transmit the access code information to the buyer. The system can later accept the access code information inputted from the buyer and open the locker storing the product after receiving the access code information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system of one or more lockers comprising:
the one or more lockers configured to store one or more products sold in an online marketplace;
a memory;
one or more sensors coupled to the one or more lockers, the one or more sensors configured to examine the product for a level of product quality;
one or more locker access processors coupled to the memory, the one or more sensors, and the one or more lockers, the one or more locker access processors configured to:
generate a product listing of the product stored in the locker using the one or more sensors and using a locker space as a backdrop for presenting the product;

facilitate a sale of the product stored in the locker;
access information to identify a buyer of a product purchased in the online marketplace; and
generate access code information for the buyer to enable access to a locker of the one or more lockers storing the product;
one or more sensors coupled to the one or more lockers and the one or more locker access processors, the one or more sensors configured to examine the product for a level of product quality;
a transmitter coupled to the one or more locker access processors and configured to transmit the access code information to the buyer;
the one or more locker access processors further configured to:
accept the access code information inputted from the buyer; and
open the locker storing the product after receiving the access code information.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more lockers are further configured to be modified in size.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the one or more lockers being configured to be
modified in size includes adjustable floor and wall panels dividing the locker spaces of the one or more lockers.

4. The system of claim 2 , wherein the one or more lockers being configured to be modified in size includes adjustable door panels configured to be unhinged and attached to other door panels to form a single larger door panel of a larger locker space.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
record the level of product quality of the product stored in the locker based on the examined level of product quality from the one or more sensors; and
generate a rating of a seller based on the recorded level of product quality of the product stored in the locker.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
generate the product listing of the product stored in the locker; and
facilitate the sale of the product stored in the locker.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the generating the product listing of the product stored in the locker includes recording one or more images of the product stored in the locker; and
including the one or more recorded images of the product in the product listing.

8. A method of managing products in a system of lockers, the method comprising:
receiving at a plurality of lockers, a plurality of packages from a plurality of sellers;
storing the plurality of packages in the plurality of lockers;
examining, using one or more image recording modules in the system of lockers, the plurality of packages stored in the lockers to determine a level of quality for each of the packages;
generating, by one or more processors of the system of lockers and the one or more image recording modules, a product listing of a first product of the plurality of packages using a first locker of the plurality of lockers as a backdrop for presenting the product;
facilitating, using the one or more processors, a sale of the first product stored in the first locker;
accessing information to identify a buyer of a product purchased in the online marketplace;
generating access code information for the buyer to enable access to a locker of the one or more lockers storing the product;
transmitting the access code information to the buyer;
accepting the access code information inputted from the buyer;
opening the locker storing the product after receiving the access code information;
collecting statistics to track a level of quality of packages from each seller of the plurality of sellers; and
generating ratings to assess a level of quality of products sold by the sellers based on the assessed quality of the plurality of the packages in the lockers.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising transmitting the ratings to one or more buyers of the products.

10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising receiving, at the plurality of lockers, a plurality of returned packages from a plurality of buyers; and
storing the plurality of returned packages in the plurality of lockers.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising collecting statistics to track a number or rate of returned packages for each seller of the plurality of sellers.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising generating ratings to assess the number or rate of returned packages sold by sellers based on the number of returned packages stored in the plurality of lockers.

13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising examining the plurality of returned packages, using the one or more image recording modules in the lockers to determine a level of quality of the returned packages from the buyers.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising collecting statistics to track the level of quality of the returned packages from the buyers.

15. A computer-readable medium having no transitory signals and embodying instructions that, when executed by a processor of a machine residing in a physical location of a store, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
examining, using one or more sensors coupled to a locker, a product;
generating, using the one or more sensors, a product listing in an online marketplace for the product as stored in the locker and using the locker as a backdrop for presenting the product;
facilitating a sale of the product stored in the locker
accessing information to identify a buyer of the product purchased in the online marketplace;
generating access code information for the buyer to enable access to a locker of one or more lockers storing the product;
examining the product in the locker for a level of product quality;
transmitting the access code information to the buyer;
accepting the access code information inputted from the buyer; and
opening the locker storing the product after receiving the access code information.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more lockers are configured to be modified in size.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the one or more lockers being configured to be modified in size includes adjustable floor and wall panels dividing locker spaces of the one or more lockers.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the one or more lockers being configured to be modified in size includes adjustable door panels configured to be unhinged and attached to other door panels to form a single larger door panel of a larger locker space.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
recording the level of product quality of the product stored in the locker based on the examined quality from one or more sensors; and
generating a rating of a seller of the product based on the recorded product quality of the product stored in the locker.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
generating the prod

Assignees

• Ebay Inc

Inventors

• Lenahan Michael George
• Chung Chahn
• Sandoval Myra
• Mitchell Ben
• Suglian Timothy Sean

Classifications

• G06Q10/40

  Business processes related to social networking or social networking services · CPC title

• H04L67/10

  in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) · CPC title

• G06Q30/0261

  based on user location · CPC title

• H04L51/02

  using automatic reactions or user delegation, e.g. automatic replies or chatbot-generated messages · CPC title

• G06Q30/0631

  Recommending goods or services · CPC title