ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,184, issued on April 29.
"Locker management system" was invented by Kazunori Fujisawa (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locker management system including a management server that manages status of shipping of items and status of keeping each of the items at the locker spots. The locker spot is equipped with an electronically controlled locker and a spot terminal, and the management server receives selection and designation of the locker spot to keep the item and designation of predetermined length of time for which the item is kept at the locker spot, and upon delivery of the item to the locker spot, notifies a customer termina...