US Patent Issued to United States Postal Service on Jan. 13 for "Systems and methods for item delivery integration with a smart home" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,082, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to United States Postal Service (Washington).

"Systems and methods for item delivery integration with a smart home" was invented by Robert Sean Hanlon (Orchard Park, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods to deliver items to smart receptacles or locations secured by smart locks. A distribution network can provide access codes or credentials to access smart locks. Access codes or credentials can be provided when a mobile delivery device is determined to be within a geofence of the delivery point and/or when the mobile delivery device meets specified security criteria."

The patent ...